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RIM unveils first devices running BlackBerry 7 OS

RIM has used the first day of the BlackBerry World 2011 event to announce two new BlackBerry Bold smartphones: the Bold 9900 and Bold 9930.

They're the first touch-screen BlackBerry Bold models and are also the first to run the BlackBerry 7 operating system. Both will be available from the summer.

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Mobile phone jammer planned for Royal Wedding at Westminster Abbey, says report

Westminster Abbey will have mobile phone signal blockers installed for the Royal Wedding, according to a report on the Yahoo! Shine web site.

It says the decision has been approved by the police, with signal jammers switched on throughout the wedding.

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Apple explains its iPhone location data policy

Following recent concerns about the use of location-based information on the iPhone - a topic we covered in today's podcast - Apple has published a set of questions and answers about its use of location data.

The company insists it is "not tracking the location of your iPhone" and has never done this.

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iPhones track their users, say researchers

Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan have told the Where 2.0 conference in San Francisco that Apple's iPhone monitors and records its location as it's used.

It appears that the phone's latitude and longitude, along with the time, are stored in a file that can be synchronised with the user's computer.

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Nokia hit by 'push' email ban in India

The Indian government is asking the country's mobile networks not to support Nokia's new email service without implementing a monitoring system. It's previously asked RIM to provide a similar option for BlackBerry email users.

Nokia's new 'push' email service enables users with compatible phones to retrieve their messages from a variety of email providers.

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