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Mobile Payment Debuts Nationally at Starbucks
Long awaited use of mobile payment portals takes a big step with the announcement that Starbucks will now facilitate the use of mobile devices in the payment process. Although the technology is not new, use on a large scale in the U.S. has been somewhat slow. Not anymore! SEATTLE, January 19, 2011 – Starbucks (NASDAQ: […]
Blackberry Partners Fund consolidates $150 million to focus exclusively on mobile venture capital investment opportunities
October 28, 2010
BlackBerry Partners Fund today announced that its co-managers have merged their investment teams to focus exclusively on mobile venture capital investment opportunities under the BlackBerry Partners Fund brand around the world. The $150-million BlackBerry Partners Fund was founded in 2008 with capital commitments from limited partners, including Research In Motion, Thomson Reuters and RBC. […]
RIM adds online purchasing to APP storefront
October 25, 2010
(Fierce Mobile) Research In Motion unveiled an updated BlackBerry App World storefront enabling consumers to purchase and download applications directly via the web. In addition to PC-based application browsing and buying, the expanded BlackBerry App World features Edit My World accounts to synchronize app downloads directly to BlackBerry smartphones–consumers also can read and write reviews, recommend […]
Nokia reaches 2.3 million downloads a day through their Ovi Store
October 1, 2010
For those that think Nokia will just roll over in the mobile space and let Apple and Android take over, think again. With the number of active Nokia service users now reaching 140 million worldwide, the company today announced that more than 200,000 people are currently signing up daily to Ovi, and that Ovi Store […]
RIM exec confirms today that the Blackberry Playbook OS to ultimately replace the existing Blackberry OS
September 29, 2010
Over a breakfast event at its BlackBerry DevCon 2010 event, taking place in San Francisco, a RIM VP confirmed that the QNX operating system announced in their new PlayBook tablet would in fact be finding its way to smartphones in the long run, and ultimately replace the existing BlackBerry OS. Of course that kind of […]
RIM fires at Apple today by the unveiling of its new professional-grade BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet and BlackBerry® Tablet OS
September 28, 2010
Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM – News)(TSX:RIM – News) today redefined the possibilities for mobile computing with the unveiling of its new professional-grade BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet and BlackBerry® Tablet OS. Perfect for either large organizations or an “army of one”, the BlackBerry PlayBook is designed to give users what they want, including uncompromised web browsing, […]
Blackberry to release new tablet computer next week, or so we hear.
September 22, 2010
(WSJ) BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. could unveil its new tablet computer—as well as the operating system that will power it—as early as next week at a developers’ conference in San Francisco, said people familiar with RIM’s plans. The tablet, which some inside RIM are calling the BlackPad, is scheduled for release in the fourth […]
The latest version of BlackBerry App World™ is out of beta and available
September 16, 2010
Blackberry APP World is out of Beta and ready to go. Read below for some of the changes- oh one other thing, the split is 30/70 now, not 20/80- don’t think they included that in the press release. BlackBerry App World Update (press release) The latest version of BlackBerry App World™ is out of beta […]
RIM buys Cellmania to bolster APP store- Don’t count Blackberry out just yet!
August 25, 2010
Research In Motion has acquired mobile software platform provider Cellmania, a move designed to bolster the device maker’s BlackBerry App World storefront. Financial details were not disclosed. Cellmania confirmed the deal on its website, stating “Our team has joined RIM’s global organization and will continue to bring our expertise in application storefront development to the […]
BlackBerry platform remains the percentage market share leader in the U.S., accounting for 37 percent of mobile website visits in the second quarter, up 20 percent over Q1
August 24, 2010
Mobile web browsing across Google’s fast-growing Android smartphone operating system increased 400 percent among U.S. consumers between the first quarter and second quarter of 2010, according to new data published by mobile analytics and payment firm Bango. By comparison, web browsing on Apple devices grew 13 percent during the same period, representing a market share […]
January 19, 2011
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