Mobile analytics and payment company Bango Inc says the volume of mobile web browsing from Android phones grew by 400% in the USA between Q1 and Q2 2010. The volume of growth from Apple devices was just 13% during the same period.
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Last year Intel and Nokia announced a partnership. They've since worked together on the creation of MeeGo and are now opening a joint research centre. It's called the Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation Center, it'll employ around 24 R&D professionals and it'll be based at the Center for Internet Excellence within the University of Oulu in Finland.
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There's definitely money in application stores. PocketGear, which acquired Handango earlier this year and now claims to be the world’s largest open app store and content marketplace, has arranged $15 million in new funding.
The money will come from Trident Capital and BlackBerry Partners Fund.
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Mobile research company research2guidance has calculated that the first six months of 2010 have seen more mobile app downloads and more money generated by apps than all of 2009.
Its newest report shows that the worldwide application market was worth over $2.2 billion within the first six months of 2010, compared with a total of $1.7 billion for the 12 months of 2009.
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There's a new British World Record holder for sending text messages from mobile phones. Okay, so it's currently unofficial... and it's a promotional opportunity for Samsung and Swype... and it's just for touchscreen phones... but that's not stopped us celebrating.
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