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HLDR apps have announced their launch of the WorldStarHipHop.com mobile app for BlackBerry. The app features the latest videos from the WorldStarHipHop.com collection of hiphop videos.
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Bplay has announced 2 new BlackBerry themes by Magmic. Heartstrings is a red-pink theme full of hearts just in time for Valentines’ day. The Nazca theme has an ancient look reminiscent of art from the Aztecs, Incas and Mayans.
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The news of RIM promoting its COO Thorsten Heins to the position of CEO seems like its a good move from a shareholder perspective, but we won’t know its affect on the company for some time. Shareholders have been demanding a change in leadership for some time now, and if the Co-CEOs stepping down will instill more confidence in the company, then it had to happen sooner rather than later. We’re going to hold off on any judgements about Heins and his ability to lead until he’s had some time to get comfortable in the role. There’s a lot at stake here and the company is going through a major transition. Here are 5 key milestones that we see on the near horizon for Thorsten Heins.
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Polar Mobile has been doing an amazing job signing up new media companies onto its mobile platform. It seems whenever Polar launches something, it’s a hundred new apps across all platforms. The company has just announced a $6 million funding round led by Georgian Partners. The new funding joins more than $3 million invested to-date from private investors and is being used to expand globally and launch MediaEverywhere. There aren’t many details on MediaEverywhere, but it seems to be an HTML5-based content solution across all platforms including mobile and desktop.
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There’s an increasing need for innovative marketing solutions for mobile apps as the number of these apps increases and discoverability decreases. The answer to marketing apps effectively is far beyond traditional marketing such as advertising and traditional media outreach. Marketing apps has to come from good technology and implementation. AppCarousel is an interesting marketing approach because it takes the success of carousel features and gives that experience to carriers, brands and developers that want a better way to showcase their apps.
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One of Lisa and my favorite pieces of technology spotted at CES was tucked away in the Venetian. Though most of the action during the show is found at the Las Vegas Convention Center, you can find the obscure and sometimes scrappier start-ups in the neighboring hotel ballrooms. Powertrekk is a charger that uses a “PowerPukk” which holds a sodium silicate. As the water passes through the pukk, it produces a hydrogen gas. The gas then passes through a membrane, producing electricity to fuel the internal 1500 mAh battery and power your device via the USB port. Each pukk will fuel the internal 1500 mAh battery about two times.
Video after the jump!
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