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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Independent app store GetJar, which has now seen over 1.5 billion downloads, has released data from its recent global survey. Almost 40% of respondents said they'll switch to Android when they purchase their next mobile phone, compared to 18% who intended choosing an iPhone.
Almost 34% of consumers spend at least an hour every day using applications, compared to 49% who spend the same amount of time watching television.
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Mark Bridge writes:
Last week Nokia announced a new typeface called Nokia Pure.
The new branding will soon start appearing in Nokia's advertising and on Nokia devices as well.
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There was big news from the United States this week as Deutsche Telekom decided to sell T-Mobile USA to AT&T. Was it a shotgun wedding or is this a carefully calculated deal designed to benefit consumers? Time will tell – assuming, of course, the merger gets approved by the US regulator.
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London Underground is inviting telecoms companies to tender for providing public WiFi service across its network by June 2012. It follows last year's trial of WiFi technology at Charing Cross tube station.
The winning bidder will be given the go-ahead by the end of this year, which means the network could be in place for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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