Will The BlackBerry Get A Facebook Button Today? [RUMOR] (RIMM)

Hopefully not, although they might just announce an officially-branded Facebook device.

BlackBerry posted this slightly cryptic message to its Facebook page:

Hey Team BlackBerry, what's shiny, new and social all over? We want to tell you all about it. Can you guess what it might be? Tune in tomorrow for details!

Well, that tomorrow is today, and all the speculation points to a Zuckerberg-approved BlackBerry.

It's also possible this could be part of BlackBerry's Torch 2 touchscreen phone. Stay tuned.

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RIM Isn't Making Any Money On The PlayBook (RIMM)

Research in Motion was so confident it would sell millions of PlayBooks this year, it discounted the first 500,000 to wireless carriers.

The idea, according to BGR, is that when carriers saw that RIM was selling them at less than full margin, they would apply further discounts.The first batch would sell out quickly, and carriers would place orders for millions more.

It didn't work out that way. According to the report, the 500,000 PlayBooks that RIM shipped last quarter aren't sold yet, and further orders just aren't coming in yet. Because of the subsidies, RIM hasn't made any money on the PlayBook yet.

Worse, RIM apparently waited until the last minute to tell carriers about the most glaring flaw in the PlayBook -- you can't use it to get email from a BlackBerry-managed email system unless you also have a BlackBerry phone, and connect the PlayBook to the phone wirelessly. Apparently, carriers were expecting the PlayBook to be a giant BlackBerry and were shocked at the omission.

See also: The Real Reason There Was No Email On The PlayBook.

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iPhone Users Click On More Ads Than Any Other Smartphone Users (Infographic) (AAPL, GOOG, RIMM)

A look at the mobile ad industry from digital marketing company Media Mind:

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CHART OF THE DAY: The iPad Is Still The Only Tablet That Matters (AAPL, GOOG, RIMM)

It's been more than a year since Apple's iPad started shipping, and around the world, it's still overwhelmingly the only tablet that matters.

ComScore just released a bunch of stats about traffic consumption on non-PC devices in 13 countries, including tablets, smartphones, and other devices, such as the iPod touch.

We analyzed comScore's data to focus just on tablet usage, and charted the iPad's traffic share in each country. It was 95% or higher in 12 of the 13 countries, with Android the second-place finisher in most countries (and "other" in Canada, home of RIM).

Of note: China isn't one of the countries reported by comScore in this data. That could be a market where Android does particularly well. We'll see. And, of course, plenty more competition is on the way from the likes of HP, Microsoft, etc. But for now, the iPad stands alone.

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