A couple of weeks after RIM was rumoured to be buying Dublin-based mobile tech company NewBay for around $100 million, the acquisition has been officially confirmed.
NewBay Software was founded in 2002 and provides ‘white label’ cloud-based content services to manufacturers and network operators.
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Hans Eriksson, Executive Chairman of live mobile broadcasting service Bambuser, is following the success of his non-stop video streaming adventure in London with a trip to New York.
Next Tuesday (1st November) Hans will be walking the the streets of New York for 24 hours, broadcasting all he sees and hears live onto the web from his mobile phone.
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The Bluetooth Special Interest Group is adding two new brand extensions to its logo: the Bluetooth Smart Ready trademark and the Bluetooth Smart trademark.
Both refer to compatibility with version 4.0 of Bluetooth, which supports low-power peripherals.
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ABI Research has calculated that Android overtook iOS in Q2 2011 to have the largest market share for mobile application downloads.
It says 44% of downloaded apps were for Android devices, compared with 31% for Apple’s iOS. However, the average Apple user still downloads more apps than the average Android customer.
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The UK’s tech and digital industry appears to be growing strongly, with Sunday’s Silicon Milkroundabout jobs fair in London rapidly filling up. It’ll see over 100 start-up companies offering 500 + developer jobs with salaries of up to £100,000.
London’s first Silicon Milkroundabout was held in May this year, welcoming over 400 attendees and 45 participating companies.
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