He bought Finnish mobile software developer Hybrid Graphics and Indian mobile video software developer Pace Soft Silicon in early 1996.

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"As a mobile software developer and middleware vendor, Resco customers are enabled to use our products to develop MonoTouch, and now Mono for Android applications for Android and Apple devices, " said Michal Sartoris, senior developer at Resco.

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The Silicon Valley-based software developer has launched a program whereby eBay users can access the site via their mobile telephone.

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The size and scope of Apple's developer program remains a bit of a mystery, but Apple has already shown off demos from online auctioneer eBay, mobile social-networking start-up Loopt, blogging service TypePad, the Associated Press and game developer Pangea Software.

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