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Today’s top news:
RIM Overhauls Blackberry in Bid to Regain Ground on Apple IPhone
Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) — Research In Motion Ltd. is releasing three new versions of its BlackBerry smartphone simultaneously in the first overhaul of the handsets in a year as the company tries to regain ground against Apple Inc.
App makers relying more on repeat users to make money
Mobile developers are increasingly focusing on engaging repeat customers rather than chasing sales of apps to new users, according to a new survey of developers. It’s a natural outgrowth of the explosion of the apps marketplace, which is nearly impossible to stand out in anymore, with more than 425,000 apps in the iOS App Store and 250,000 in the Android Market alone.
Push Pop Press takes its technology and talent to Facebook.
Bits: Why Did Facebook Buy an e-Book Publisher?
Facebook announced Tuesday that it was acquiring Push Pop Press, an interactive digital e-book publisher, although Facebook said it did not plan to enter the book industry.
Twitter Rolls Out An Improved, HTML5 Version Of Twitter.com For iPad
Because the stream of realtime palaver that is Twitter needed even more ways to be consumed on even more devices, the company has just announced that it’s started to roll out an HTML5-based Twitter.com for iPad, and that all iPad users should have it accessible within the week.
Survey finds in-app purchasing ousting app stores
A survey of 2,012 Appcelerator developers carried out in conjunction with IDC has come up with some gripping conclusions. Others are more blatantly obvious – such as the significance given to Google +’s challenge to Facebook and the rise of cloud computing. We were most fascinated by the overall importance given to in-app purchasing versus sales through app stores. Another interesting angle was the respondents views on which mobile OS will dominate the enterprise sector.
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