The Carphone Warehouse has launched a new customer portal called 'My Hub'. It's been created by California-based Spare Backup and offers automated online data backup and synchronisation as well as mobile banking and file sharing for Carphone Warehouse UK customers.
In addition, it includes the new App Catalogue Express white-label application catalogue from GetJar, the world’s second-largest app store.
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Back in 2008, Nokia increased its 48% share in Symbian to 100% – and said it planned to transform the company into an open software platform for mobile phones. That led to the creation of the non-profit Symbian Foundation, which allowed its members to use its mobile platform under a royalty-free licence.
Today the Symbian Foundation says it's completed the open source release of its source code. The Symbian platform, which has shipped on more than 330 million devices, making it the world’s most widely-used smartphone platform, is now completely open. This move has been completed four months ahead of schedule.
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Here's confirmation of a story we heard last week. O2 has followed last year's launch of its O2 Money financial services with O2 Flow. It's a travel insurance policy with cover that can be increased or decreased for different types of holiday. Payments are made every month; there's a six-month minimum term. Single-trip and annual policies are also available from O2 Travel Insurance, which is underwritten by Mondial Assistance. However, there's little connection to O2's mobile business with the new insurance scheme.
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