The Wholesale Applications Community, which was created at last year’s Mobile World Congress, has announced the commercial launch of the organisation. There are now WAC-powered app stores as well as WAC-compliant handsets and web applications.
A number of major mobile operators and handset manufacturers are already working with the WAC platform.
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The winners of the 16th Annual Global Mobile Awards were announced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress last night.
Apple’s iPhone 4 was awarded Best Mobile Device, HTC collected the Best Device Manufacturer Award and Angry Birds picked up the Best Mobile App Award.
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GetJar, which describes itself as the world’s largest open app store, has raised $25 million in its latest round of funding.
The company plans to expand its offering to Android publishers while continuing to support other smartphone platforms. In the past year, GetJar has established partnerships with key players including Yahoo!, Sprint, AT&T, Openwave, Rovio, Zynga and Glu Mobile. It's also quadrupled the number of downloads per month and tripled its number of employees.
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