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- RIM may consider partnering on BB 10 software
Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins told a German newspaper that the BlackBerry maker might try to license its BlackBerry 10 operating system by entering into strategic alliances with other companies. "The main thing for now is to successfully introduce BlackBerry 10. Then we'll see," Heins said. The company also announced Sunday that it would change the name of its application market to "BlackBerry World" from "App World" and put a greater focus on music and video content. Reuters
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- Analysts: Apple may be speeding up iPhone production cycle
Apple's reported cutback in iPhone 5 screen orders may be a sign that the company is working on developing new display technology for a smartphone that some analysts predict the company will release in June or July instead of in its usual fall timeline. They said Apple has made a strategic decision to deal with the iPhone 5's fluctuating sales by working with Sharp on that company's new IGZO advanced screen technology. Computerworld/Apple Holic blog
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- In 4 global cities, cellphones better the lives of urban poor
Cellphones have been saving lives of poor people in cities all over the globe. Here are success stories in Mexico City; Rio de Janeiro; Nairobi, Kenya; and Mumbai, India. In India, mobile phones have given expectant mothers greater access to critical medical information. Mobile banking systems have helped people in Mexico City and Nairobi pay their bills. The Huffington Post/The Blog
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- Marketing issues crimp apps that remind people to take medication
Mobile applications are helping some patients remember to take their medications, said NEHI, the former New England Healthcare Institute, which claims that U.S. health care companies lose $290 billion annually because up to half of all patients fail to take their medicine. NEHI said applications such as MediSafe and Vitality GlowCaps have helped push up adherence but relatively few patients have downloaded these apps, which the group views as a failure to effectively market the solutions. MobiHealthNews.com
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- Will Opera release tablet-focused mobile browser next month?
Opera Software reportedly will try to keep up with the mobile browser wars with the release of Opera Ice next month, according to an Internet site that saw a company presentation late last year in which the browser ran on a new platform. The technology, which will run on the WebKit platform, will emphasize gestures to control certain functions. Pocket-Lint.com (U.K.)
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