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Yandex, which is the leading internet company in Russia and which search engine is now default on Windows Phone devices sold in the country, acquired SPB Software, the company that we best known for their UI software SPB Shell 3D as well as some other apps like SPB Brain Evolution, SPB TV and SPB Time.
Yandex wants a piece of the mobile phone’s homescreen market to push its cloud services to the end users. Hence it will use the knowledge and expertise of SPB Software to partner with the players in the mobile ecosystem. In addition, Yandex will emerge as a default option for search on phones that ship with SPB Shell 3D like Huawei Honor.
Commenting on the news, Yandex’s CEO Arkady Volozh said: “Mobile is a vital part of our growth strategy. The acquisition of SPB Software creates new market potential for us and a plethora of possibilities for innovative solutions for our partners. SPB Shell 3D is an ideal foundation on which to build up our mobile opportunity.”
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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