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RIM is expanding their presence in Sweden after picking up The Astonishing Tribe last year. The maker of BlackBerry has just acquired JayCut, a small company in Stockholm that has been quietly working on a web-based video editing service for the last couple of years. The BlackBerry PlayBook’s browser is its strong suit, and with…
Opera Software and Vodafone signed a three-year extension of their global frame agreement under which the Big Red carrier will continue to offer Opera mobile web browsers to its customers around the world. Included in the deal is a Vodafone-branded Opera Mini browser, which apparently is at the core of the carrier’s Internet strategy for…
PopCap and Sony Ericsson have just announced a partnership that will put classic games like Plants vs. Zombies, Peggle, and Chuzzle onto the upcoming Xperia Mini and Mini Pro Android smartphones. This is the first time PopCap’s games have landed on Android devices in Europe, though they’ve been available in the U.S. through Amazon for…
Yesterday, Telus announced that streaming music app developer Rdio would be their official mobile subscription service. Yep, that means their meager proprietary music service is on the way out. Traditionally, I’ve been a Slacker user for their great BlackBerry apps, but after using Rdio in earnest for the first time today, I can see why…
OfficeMax is now selling a portion of Virgin Mobile USA’s portfolio. Among the products available for purchase through OfficeMax stores are Novatel’s MiFi 2200 mobile hotspot and Ovation MC760 USB modem, BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone, as well as the carrier’s Broadband2Go plans (which go with the first two devices). Virgin is known for offering low-cost…
NTT DoCoMo is teaming-up with McAfee to provide McAfee VirusScan Mobile for its Android smartphone users. The mentioned solution alerts users about viruses and malicious applications by scanning and cleaning files, emails, installer packages, Internet downloads, messages and attachments; while at the same time requiring minimal mobile computing and memory resources. The automatic update feature…
I’ve been thinking a lot about the webOS prospects recently. You may’ve read my rant on why Nokia should’ve picked Palm/HP’s rather than Microsoft’s mobile platform and now I want to make a case why HP should pitch Amazon to make a webOS-based tablet and how the two companies can help drive webOS forward. I…
HTC is taking the market by storm with their Windows Phone 7 and Android devices, but their true OS focus is still in question. If you remember a few months back, Nokia’s outspoken CEO Steven Elop accused other makers of WP7 devices for putting Microsoft’s OS behind Android. This seems like a fair accusation when…
It looks like the iPhone’s Game Center is going to have some competition. RIM has just acquired a company called Scoreloop, which had previously helped developers add social elements to their game across multiple platforms (much like OpenFeint). Scoreloop also did stuff like help developers make the move from iPhone to Android, but under RIM,…
The daily deals company Groupon is teaming-up with the travel industry site Expedia to create what the press release says is the “unprecedented offering” which will connect consumers with travel offers, while at the same time giving travel suppliers brand exposure among millions of shoppers. The new service, Groupon Getaways with Expedia, will offer consumers…