Tag Archives: applications

Orange and Netvibes deal brings Widgets to the fore

Orange made a very interesting announcement yesterday regarding their support of widgets. Their tie up with Widget Behemoth Netvibes is a big positive step towards adopting widgets as a platform. This ties neatly into the conversations that were going on in Barcelona about unified app platforms. Ericsson, for example, use widgets as the basis for [...]

MWC Report 1. App bunfight – Cream horns at the ready

It seems the big bun fight at MWC this year was the war of the application store. Not, as in previous years, the scrap for platform or handset supremacy, but the realisation that handset manufacturers and network operators need to consider how to create a unified development environment and experience for applications across all devices [...]

Android Marketplace stalls?

Have you had a look at Android Marketplace recently? I mean, a proper nose around? Initially, it made me feel a little excited. The example apps that use all the possibilities are the sort of stuff we used to go all misty eyed over at Hutch all those years ago. Integration with GPS? sure! Plus [...]

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