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Article | 8/12/2011 Micro Focus hopes to help enterprises build better mobile Web apps
Micro Focus has adapted its SilkPerformer platform for testing of mobile web applications, in a effort to help users improve performance, the company ...
Article | 7/12/2011 IBM launches enterprise social collaboration apps for tablets
Responding to increased use of tablets within workplaces, IBM will release on Wednesday several mobile applications designed to let employees use IBM ...
Article | 6/12/2011 Facebook hires Gowalla team, but will shut the service
Facebook has hired the team at Gowalla, a mobile location service in Austin, Texas, but the service will be shut down by January, the companies said M...
Article | 6/12/2011 European regulators start investigating Carrier IQ
Organizations and regulators across Europe, including Germany, have started looking into the use of Carrier IQ's tracking software, to ensure that mob...
Article | 3/12/2011 MediaTek and Opera integrate Mini browser on feature phones
Opera Software will work with MediaTek, a designer of software and chipsets for low-end phones, on integrating the Norwegian company's Mini browser on...
Article | 22/11/2011 Social networking use among mobile users grows in Europe
The number people accessing social networking sites in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K. using their mobile phone has grown by 44 percent in ...
Article | 17/11/2011 Visa introduces mobile payments for emerging markets
Visa has introduced a payments product designed for emerging markets to serve the needs of "unbanked and under-banked consumers" who have mobile phone...
Article | 17/11/2011 BlackBerry shunned by app developers as Windows Phone 7 booms
App developers are rapidly losing interest in RIM's BlackBerry platform and setting their sights on the new big three, Apple, Android and Windows 7, a...
Article | 17/11/2011 You've got Gmail: Google's iOS app returns
Two weeks ago, Google released a Gmail app for iOS. Thirteen days and 20-something hours ago, Google pulled that app from the App Store, citing an em...
Article | 16/11/2011 Orange introduces cheap Facebook phones in Europe, Africa
Orange launched three Alcatel One Touch phones on Wednesday with dedicated Facebook buttons priced below €100 (US$135).
Article | 15/11/2011 Salesforce.com to buy cloud computing services company
Salesforce.com has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Model Metrics, a cloud computing consulting and services company, with practices in the ar...
Article | 14/11/2011 IBM to build e-commerce research labs for Chinese retailer
IBM has reached a deal with Chinese electronics retailer Suning Appliance to build research centers in China and the U.S. meant to develop e-commerce ...
Article | 10/11/2011 RIM: BlackBerry services affected, but not another outage
Research In Motion <a href="http://twitter.com/blackberry/status/134369333106319360">said</a> on Wednesday that it was investigating reports from some...
Article | 9/11/2011 SAP pumps up its in-memory, mobile and cloud strategies
SAP is expected to make a slew of announcements related to in-memory computing, mobile applications and cloud-based services on Wednesday during the S...
Article | 3/11/2011 Gmail iOS app released, then pulled
Google's highly anticipated Gmail app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad enjoyed a brief moment in the App Store on Wednesday, but was quickly pulle...