Friday, April 1, 2011

Tech weekly: Kvidres app ban

Aleks Krotoski and Jemima Kiss talk through this week's biggest tech headlines, discussing the buoyant AIDS future for digital scene.

Kvidres heavy-handed action against developers of UberTwitter and apps Twidroyd proposes a shakedown from the top of the stack, as it transforms from one service among many to a platform courted by Facebook and Google.

Social games company Zynga in is on the brink of a major investment deal suggests that their diversification model – from games to virtual goods, merchandise, advertising – is the next evolution of companies eager to surf the Web 2.0 bubble. And Apple and Google fight next to the most robust subscription service that does not alienate consumers, stifle the fruitful apps market or – most importantly – reject developers.

Charles Arthur rounds up coverage from Mobile World Congress, including a chat with Stan Mo from MeeGo, Intel's Nokia and open operating system, had been shining the light until Nokia announced last week that it was only packaging one piece Kit with it in the next fiscal year.

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