The technology to develop nanosized particles offering multiple properties carries tremendous potential for the development of applications in nanomedicine.
BlackBerry chose to let go of the game because it wants to promote third-party development of applications.
It was co-founded by Norwegian programmer Jon Lech Johansen, known as DVD Jon because of his development of applications capable of stripping copyright protection from DVDs.
Antitrust regulators are right to look into whether the company is leveraging this clout to stymie the development of applications for its rivals, closing the door on competition.
Daniel Klaus, who recently co-created a multimillion-dollar fund to foster the development of applications for the iPad, said Apple had challenges ahead of it.
But, said Mr. Tajani, the commission vice president, it will "open a whole new world" for business in the development of applications for Galileo's highly precise positioning data.
The government hopes that the moves will boost investment in digital and medical technology, encouraging small and medium sized firms, support the development of applications by entrepreneurs and make business logistics and computing more efficient.
On Monday at the Mobile World Congress, Bret Taylor, Facebook's chief technology officer, announced a series of efforts to simplify the development of applications that can run on mobile-friendly Web sites.
The completion of that process will greatly accelerate the development of applications that use presence technology.
This app should allow third-party development of applications with Facebook, including Video.
