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Nokia and Alpine reveal new in-car technology

At last year’s Geneva Motor Show, Nokia was talking about the proposed ‘Terminal Mode’ industry standard that would enable smartphones to support in-car entertainment and information systems.

Since then, Terminal Mode has become MirrorLink - and now Nokia has announced the first commercially available solution for the MirrorLink platform.

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Iridium has more than half a million users

Iridium Communications says it’s reached 500,000 subscribers for its satellite voice and data services worldwide. Around 10% of these are US Government workers.

It says recent growth has been helped by the machine-to-machine data market, with M2M data subscribers representing 32% of commercial subscribers and 21% of government subscribers.

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New research suggests business apps could be the next target for mobile developers

A new report from research2guidance shows that the average Android application has generated $2,437 since being published.

However, this cumulative revenue figure varied dramatically between categories, with the average paid Weather app having generated $21,000 but the average multimedia app only making $300. The average selling price of a chargeable app was $3.13.

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Geography meets Social Media on 'Geosocial' sites

Ted Landphair of voanews.com writes:

There’s a well-worn phrase in real estate: “location, location, location,” meaning that where a property is located, alone, means more than anything else when it comes to assessing its value.

But ‘location’ is getting new meanings in these days of smartphones and other hand-held devices.

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Dolby drops legal action as RIM signs licence agreement

Dolby Laboratories says Research in Motion has agreed to license Dolby’s audio technologies for its devices.

As a result, Dolby has withdrawn the two patent infringement lawsuits it had filed against RIM earlier this year.

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