Patrons of Heineken and BT Broadband can imbibe and browse thanks to free Internet access in some London pubs to the 'Heineken Hub.'
Today’s top news:
Skype buys GroupMe messaging app
Skype is buying GroupMe in a bid to break into the increasingly competitive mobile group messaging market. Earlier this year, the mobile app which makes it possible to share text messages, photos and locations privately with selected groups of people, won the ‘Breakout award’ at South By Southwest Interactive awards.
UK HP TouchPad tablet prices slashed as retailers look to shift stock
Retailers across the UK have begun discounting HP’s TouchPad tablet to shift stock following the announcement that HP is to concentrate its business around software and services. Amazon has already cut the price from £400 to £312, while Argos has reduced it to £349.99, as retailers look to offload stock after HP confirmed that it will not manufacture any more devices.
Networks, handset makers vie for mobile dominance
WebOS is all but dead, and died without apparently leaving a gap for its competitors to fill, but the bloodbath of mobile platforms isn’t over despite the clearing field. LiPS, LiMo, Moblin, Maemo and MeeGo are all dead or dying, while Symbian fights on like some jungle soldier who has not been told of the surrender. Access is still awaited, the Else handset having been killed off last year despite its slick video launch, so the field seems clear for a four-way battle between Apple, Google, Microsoft and RIM: though Bada and Brew are still lurking nearby.
Think HP is going to be able to license WebOS? Think again
Already there is plenty of talk about the possibility of HP licensing the WebOS operating system – used previously in Palm’s range of phones, and most recently in the TouchPad tablet (which, sold for $100, has done bumper business over the weekend in the US, we hear). According to a few hopeful people
both inside and outside HP, the idea is that some company somewhere has a hardware specification sitting there, into which it is just aching to pour someone else’s OS and software. So how likely is this? Not at all.
BT installs free Wi-Fi in London pubs
BT and Heineken have teamed up to offer BT Broadband customers Wi-Fi access in 100 London pubs
Drinkers in London will get free Wi-Fi access under a partnership between BT and Heineken to connect 100 of the capital’s independent pubs – if they are BT Broadband customers.
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