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  New iPad means iPhone developers need to think differently

  Software developers already building applications for Apple's wildly popular iPhone are gearing up for the new Apple tablet device announced today, anticipating new opportunities for their software as well as tweaks they will have to make to their co...

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  RIM extends BlackBerry app development to Web developers

  Research In Motion (RIM) will preview on Tuesday  technologies enabling application builders to use Web development skills to build programs for the company's BlackBerry smartphone.

• SAP, Salesforce.com make apps with Google Wave

  Google's Wave communication and collaboration platform is getting early interest from enterprise application vendors like Salesforce.com and SAP.

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  BlackBerry users get free Australian shopping app

  Australian BlackBerry smartphone users now have access to a free, online shopping application following the launch of the iDumpit app.

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  Unofficial Spotify Android app pulled

  Droidify - an unofficial Spotify app that allowed owners of mobile phones running Google Android to access the online streaming site - is thought to have been pulled from the Android app store.

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  Palm Pre apps toolkit fixed for Windows, Macs

  Palm has released an updated version of its webOS Mojo software developer kit, a set of frameworks and APIs for building native applications for the Palm Pre smartphone.

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  Android aims for the stars with Google Sky Map

  As analysts go gaga over Android this week, Google is unveiling a high-tech "mobile planetarium" that could catapult the system into a whole new world. Google Sky Map was officially introduced Tuesday, just one day after researchers suggested Android...

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  Google Adds Apps Link to BlackBerry

  Looking to increase corporate use of its hosted Google Apps offerings, Google Inc. last week unveiled a tool that's designed to make it easier for users of BlackBerry mobile devices to use its Gmail, Contacts and Calendar software.

• Controversy erupts over possible MS mobile app fee

  Microsoft may charge developers if they submit within a year more than five applications or application updates to the Windows Mobile Marketplace, a move that has some developers concerned that the store won't be able to compete with the iPhone App S...