Google has snapped up Behavio, the fledgling company behind Funf, the Android “open sensing” framework that aimed to provide better access to, and use of information from, smartphones using Google’s mobile OS. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Behavio‘s most notable achievement is the Funf framework, which gathers vast amounts of data about …

U.K. carrier EE is planning to double the download speeds for its 4G LTE customers in 10 cities as it continues its nationwide rollout of the high-speed data service. The company, which operates under the brands EE, Orange, and T-Mobile in the U.K., said it will double the speeds in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, and …

Research In Motion has released a new version of its mobile device management software, BlackBerry Enterprise Service. The software, available to download from today, is designed to manage devices running BlackBerry 10, as well as rival devices running iOS or Android operating systems. The release will also play a key role in the potential success of RIM’s forthcoming BlackBerry 10 …

Visual voicemail company YouMail has added new features to its BlackBerry app but the company also said it will be the last update for the foreseeable future bound for RIM’s operating system as its users migrate to competing mobile OSes. The YouMail team originally started work on developing for the BlackBerry platform in 2007 and attributes some of its success …

Orange has promised that within three years, it will deliver “ultra-fast” 4G LTE data services in the U.K. and the nine other European Union countries in which it operates. The mobile operator made the pledge at a meeting with the European Commission in Brussels yesterday, where it made 10 commitments designed to help the EU fulfill its Digital Agenda goals. …

Screenshot by Bonnie Cha/CNET Google has been fined for selling apps in the Android Market in Taiwan without offering a seven-day refund period, as local regulations dictate, and has responded by halting sales of apps in the country. According to a statement from the Law and Regulation commission of Taipei City Government, the California company was fined NT$1 million (about …

Alien Dalvik would let non-Google smartphones run Android apps. Google Mobile software maker Myriad plans to launch software that lets non-Android-based smartphones run apps designed for Google’s mobile operating system. The software, known as Alien Dalvik, will allow non-Android OSes to run Android Package (APK) files with little modification, the company announced yesterday. “The proliferation of Android has been staggering, …

A new plan will offer a PC and peripherals for 98 pounds ( $157) to help get low-income Britons online, according to the recycling project that will provide the hardware. The plan, which launches this week, will provide a computer, flat-screen monitor, keyboard, mouse, and telephone support in the sub-100-pound package, E-cycle marketing manager John Busby said Tuesday. The initiative …

French commercial space transportation company Arianespace has successfully launched its Ariane 5 rocket, with dual-payloads set to provide satellite broadband and television services to areas in Europe and beyond. The launch occurred on Friday at the ELA-3 spaceport in Korou in French Guiana. It took 49 minutes to separate the satellites from the spacecraft and establish a signal after launch. …

Samsung’s i8910 Omnia HD is based on the Symbian OS CNET Samsung will withdraw support for the Symbian platform and will close its Symbian developer facilities by the end of the year. The announcement, made yesterday in a post on the Samsung Mobile Innovator site, said the developer lab will be closing its doors on October 29, followed by the …