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BlackBerry PlayBook to launch in UK on 16th June

RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook will launch in the UK on Thursday 16th June 2011, with pricing expected to start at £399 for the 16GB tablet.

The 7-inch PlayBook was first revealed in September and was released in the USA last month.

 

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Theft and vandalism causes problems for O2 in south of England

O2 UK is reporting problems on its network in parts of London, Kent and East Sussex. It follows the theft of equipment from one of the company's sites in East London early this morning.

Calls, text messaging and data services are all affected.

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Vodafone annual results show revenue and profit up

Vodafone has announced its results for the financial year ended 31st March 2011.

Group revenue was up 3.2% to £45.9 billion, while adjusted operating profit rose 3.1% to £11.8 billion. Revenue from data traffic was up 26.4% year-on-year to £5.1 billion, representing 12% of the company's service revenue.

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A third of Google US searches for 'flowers' came from mobile devices on Mother's Day

Google and brand agency Digitas have announced a partnership to produce mobile marketing research that'll help predict trends. The first results focus on Mother's Day in the USA, which was on 9th May this year.

33% of Google search queries on that day for the term 'flowers' came from mobile devices...

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Nokia kills Ovi brand

Nokia says it'll start rebranding its 'Ovi' services as 'Nokia' from July, although the transition isn't expected to be completed worldwide until the end of next year.

No disruption to any of the services is expected.

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