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Telefonica pitches social media to LatAm masses

Telefónica was confident enough on Thursday to launch its own social networking portal across its Latin American portfolio. Telefónica, which operates as Movistar in the region, has tapped up software developer Myriad Group to provide social networking to its 13 mobile operations.

Android gets access to Java-flavoured apps

Myriad turns Java into Android apps

Mobile operating system Android got access to a whole new library of pre-written applications this week, as mobile middleware developer Myriad launched a tool which it claims seamlessly converts Java MIDlets into Android applications.

Android gets faster apps, better graphics, longer battery life

Dalvik Turbo brings faster apps, better graphics, longer battery life to Android

Mobile middleware developer Myriad has unveiled a turbo boosted version of the Dalvik virtual machine, which runs applications on the Android platform, boosting performance and battery life.

Come into my parlour, said the spider to the fly

There was a report on the news in the UK this morning that this autumn will be a bumper season for spiders in this country. This is terrible news for just about everybody, because spiders are horrible. The Informer once spent a month in Costa Rica, a glorious country, and encountered some of the biggest spiders in the world. But that hasn’t helped him overcome the panic he experiences when even the most unprepossessing common-or-garden UK spider scampers into view.

Myriad takes Nokia’s Schillings

Benoit Schillings quits Nokia for Myriad

The chief technology officer of leading handset vendor Nokia made an interesting career move on Wednesday, when it was announced that he is to take a similar position at mobile middleware developer Myriad.