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Value of mobile payments for physical goods will almost treble in next four years

A new report from Juniper Research expects the gross merchandise transaction value of mobile payments for physical goods to exceed $170 billion worldwide by 2015.

That’s almost three times this year’s forecast of $60 billion.

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Podcast - 7th October 2011

Mark Bridge visits Over The Air 2011, a unique event for mobile developers. In this report Mark meets Andy Williams, Craig Heath and Denise Stephens to talk about crime, security and design.

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Alien Dalvik 2.0 extends Android apps to non-Android tablets

Mobile technology company Myriad Group has revealed version 2.0 of Myriad Alien Dalvik.

The original release allowed Android apps to run on non-Android smartphones; Alien Dalvik 2.0 enables Android applications to run on other platforms as well, such as tablets, eBook readers, TVs and in-car devices.

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies

Apple has announced the death of its executive chairman and co-founder, Steve Jobs. He was 56.

Current Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the message to staff with an email that said “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.”

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Apple becomes top 10 brand in tech-dominated 2011 Interbrand global survey

Branding consultancy Interbrand has released the 12th version of its Best Global Brands report. Once again, Coca-Cola is rated as the world’s most-valuable brand at $71,861 million (around £46.5 billion).

In fact, the top seven brands remain in the same places as they did in 2010; after Coca-Cola comes IBM, then Microsoft, Google, GE, McDonald’s and Intel.

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