BlackBerry India Managing Director Sunil Lalvani quits

BlackBerry’s India head Sunil Lalvani has put in his papers after a two-year stint with the Canadian handset maker. In the interim, BlackBerry Vice President (Carrier Sales and Distribution Asia Pacific) Matthew Tonkin will lead the India operations. ”I can confirm Sunil Lalvani has left his position as Managing Director, BlackBerry India to explore opportunities outside of BlackBerry. We thank him for his contributions,” a company spokesperson said in an e-mailed response. (Read: BlackBerry to cut jobs worldwide, impact on India unlikely)

He added that the firm will announce a “permanent replacement” soon. Before taking charge as the MD of India operations, Lalvani was the head of BlackBerry’s enterprise business. ”India is an important market for BlackBerry and we are committed to our customers in this region who demand the most secure and productive mobile communications,” he said. Once an iconic business phone maker, the company has been struggling against competitors like Apple and Samsung in the global smartphone market.

In May this year, BlackBerry had said it will lay off an unspecified number of workers around the world, impacting those working on software, hardware and applications side of the business. This is part of the company’s efforts to make its device business profitable. According to research firm IDC, BlackBerry’s share has declined from 8.1 per cent in October-December 2011 to 0.4 per cent in the last quarter of 2014.

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ASUS ZEN WATCH 2

ASUS announces ZenWatch 2 in two sizes and three colors, with optional steel band

The ZenWatch 2 comes in two sizes — a larger model measuring 49 x 41mm that takes 22mm watch bands, and a smaller one at 45 x 37mm which fits 18mm bands. With three different body colors available — silver, gunmetal and rose gold — and ASUS says there's a total of 18 different watch-plus-strap combos available. That includes leather options in blue, orange, red and taupe, "premium leather" straps in khaki, brown, gray, blue, and orange — and the new stainless steel strap option, seen above, which comes in the same three colors as the watch body. And ASUS has also partners with Swarovski to bring blingtastic straps to ZenWatch 2 owners' wrists.

Category	ASUS ZenWatch 2 WI501Q	ASUS ZenWatch 2 WI502Q
Processor	Qualcomm® processor	Qualcomm® processor
Operating System	Android Wear	Android Wear
Display	AMOLED	AMOLED
Cover Lens	2.5D curved Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3	2.5D curved Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
Charging	Magnet charger cable	Magnet charger cable
Water Resistance	IP67	IP67
Body Colors	Silver, Gunmetal, Rose-Gold	Silver, Gunmetal, Rose-Gold
Strap	22mm (Rubber, Leather, Metal)	18mm (Rubber, Leather, Metal)
Mobile power bank	Chargeback
Dimensions	49 x 41mm	45 x 37mm

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'Password' and '123456' keep top spot on list of most popular passwords, as security experts panic

The most popular passwords in 2014 were also the most obvious —leading security experts to once again urge people to change their passwords.

As with 2013, variations on passwords like 123456 continue to be the most popular passwords. Other obvious choices such as “password” and “qwerty” are also in the top five.

But other new (if still easily guessable) passwords have made the list, including “696969” and “batman”.

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