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RIM's PlayBook finally gets email but is it too late given iPad 3 rumours?

TORONTO - Ten months after the release of Research in Motion's (TSX:RIM) first tablet, the device finally has an app to access email. But analysts say it may be too late for the Waterloo, Ont.-based company to make a dent in the tablet market, particularly with a new iPad rumoured to be on the way, possibly within weeks. RIM released an update for its PlayBook tablet Tuesday, adding a host of features including the ability to access email without connecting to a BlackBerry or using a web-based account. The email app can consolidate corporate and personal accounts as well as messages from social networks including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. "I think it's nice, but as most would say, it really should've been there a year…

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A startup backed by media billionaire Barry Diller has launched a service that sends live local TV feeds to iPhones and iPads. But the service may be short-lived, since TV stations…

BEIJING, China - Chinese officials face a choice in Apple's dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark — side with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name or with a global brand that has created thousands of jobs in China.…

VANCOUVER - Linguists at National Geographic are taking the digital route in their efforts to both document and help preserve endangered languages. Eight new talking dictionaries were unveiled at the annual meeting of the American…