Canadian cloud-based calendar service Tungle has been acquired by Research In Motion.
The entire team will be joining RIM to work on the BlackBerry platform.
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tinyHippos, a young Canadian company that builds tools to help mobile developers, has been acquired by Research In Motion.
As part of the takeover, the tinyHippos Ripple mobile emulator will be enhanced to include BlackBerry support.
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Research In Motion says its new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, which launches in the US and Canada next month (and is expected in the UK this summer), will also be able to run Android applications and BlackBerry Java apps.
Two optional 'app players' will be offered by RIM in a few months, enabling users to download and run BlackBerry Java apps and Android v2.3 apps from BlackBerry App World.
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RIM has announced a launch date and pricing for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. It'll be available in the USA and Canada on 19th April via Best Buy, with a range of other retailers also expected to sell the devices.
There'll be three WiFi-equipped models, from $499 (around £305) for the 16GB version to $699 for the 64GB version.
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RIM's BlackBerry Protect security software, which was announced as a limited beta last year, is now available for anyone to try - but only if they’re based in North America and some parts of Latin America. Other countries will be added in the next few months, although there's no confirmation whether or not the UK will be included.
BlackBerry Protect lets users backup, restore and locate a BlackBerry smartphone wirelessly.
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