Wine coming to Android, will run Windows apps on Google’s mobile OS

Android apps on Windows? Been there, done that. Try running Windows programs on Android for size. Alexandre Julliard, the developer behind the Wine compatibility layer, gave an update about an ARM-friendly flavor of the software and showed off a version that runs on Android at the 2013 Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting. According to Phoronix, the demo of a Windows app running on Android was “horrendously slow,” but Jullia…

Research in Motion now known as BlackBerry

RIM CEO Thorsten Hiens just announced that Research in Motion is no longer known as “RIM,” and will be simply known as “BlackBerry” going forward. “We have reinvented the company, and we want to represent this in our brand,” Heins said. The company’s new tagline, as seen above, is “One brand. One promise.” Developing …Gallery: RIM becomes BlackBerry Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds, Mobile, RIM Comments