HP to Acquire Palm for $1.2 Billion (Business Wire)

HP and Palm, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase Palm, a provider of smartphones powered by the Palm webOS mobile operating system, at a price of $5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion.

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How iPhone OS destroys Windows Phone 7 without even shipping (Ars Technica)

Opinion: iPhone OS 4.0's new feature set has just made Windows Phone 7's job even harder. With Microsoft's new phone platform set to trail iPhone and Android in almost every way imaginable, it's becoming increasingly hard to see how Redmond stands a chance in this highly competitive market.

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Multitasking (finally), iAd, and more coming in iPhone OS 4.0 (Ars Technica)

During a special media event held today in Cupertino, Apple unveiled details about the next major update to the iPhone OS that powers its iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad mobile devices.

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If We Could Design Philadelphia's 311 iPhone App (Philadelphia Magazine's Philly Post)

Yesterday it was revealed that the City of Philadelphia is developing an iPhone application for its 311 non-emergency call system that will allow users to submit requests for city services using an Apple smartphone.

As city Chief Technology Officer Allan Frank told the Inquirer, users will be able to track and retrieve the same information they can from the city’s 311 telephone service. The mobile interface, though, will allow for more, like snapping a photograph of a pothole to request that it be filled.

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