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has approached RIM with a view to
ing the division responsible for its popular
porate email server software, seen as one
he remaining strengths of the struggling
adian BlackBerry maker, according to
rces. (telegraph)
may be about to receive help from the
wanese government as it looks to turn its
unes around after slipping away in the
rtphone market recently. (techradar)
kia will sell some 500 wireless patents to US
Vringo & divest its Qt software business
Finnish firm Digia Oyj to bolster its fast-
nking cash reserves. (reuters)
Though Google's Nexus 7 had a rather successful
launch, the demand for the tablet may have
actually stymied the growth of Nexus 7 users. Just a
few short weeks ago, the 16GB Nexus 7 was sold
out at nearly all retailers, prompting Google to
suspend sales of the 16GB model in order to catchup to the
demand. Google was finally able to get
the 16GB tablet back to retailers last week, but
according to new data from the Chitika ad network,
the expansion of the Nexus 7 market has stalled
thanks to the supply issues.(techradar)
Retail footfall YTD 2012 v 2011 was down 2.8%
for the week ending 5th Aug 2012 (footfall.com)
Dixons has acquired a 22% stake in ecommerc
business Pixmania, taking its share holding in th
company to 99%. (retailweek)
The UK's new on-demand television platform
YouView has received a timely influx of new
movies thanks to the arrival of new Sky's Now T
service. The 15 a month service bring
unlimited viewings of over 600 films from the Sk
Movies catalogue. There's a free 30-day tri
available to new customers. Beyond the month
Sky Movies Pass, you can buy movies on a pay
and-play basis from 99p. (techradar)
great Kodak patent sell-off has begun but
firm's digital imaging patents have
nered disappointing opening bids. The
llectual property it is selling is worth
und 1.7bn for over 1,100 patents. Google
pple are reported to be bidding to bolster
r existing patent armouries, with the latter
arently joining forces with well-known
ent troll Intellectual Ventures. (WSJ)
The smartphone gaming phenomenon Angry Birds
will finally make the transition to consoles later this
year on the Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo 3DS. Rovio
has confirmed its plans to bring the game to HDTVs
as a trilogy with the original Angry Birds, Seasons
and Rovio on one disc or cartridge. (techradar)
Google no longer pushing Google+ results say
search chief. Googles search chief, Amit Singha
has said the company has found a better place
for Google+ results after criticism by Faceboo
and Twitter that it was unfairly promoting it
own social network. (telegraph)
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