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Smartphone users in the UK downloaded 105 million paid applications in 2010, driving download revenue to reach £280 million, according to a new report fromresearch2guidance. Over 860 million applications were downloaded last year, helping double smartphone penetration over the past two years. The UK now holds an 8% share of the global smartphone application downloads market. The report suggests that smartphone app downloads still have a lot of room to grow, particularly as the UK still has a majority of feature phone owners, who do not interact with applications as actively as smartphone users....

Marmalade, the UK-based cross-platform technology developer, has announced the release of software development kit (SDK) support for LG Electronics’ Smart TV, making it the first native SDK for the LG Smart TV. The release follows a year of engineering collaboration between the two companies, and Marmalade’s SDK support for the LG Smart TV will enable developers from across the mobile, PC and console worlds to integrate their applications into the LG Smart TV....

Oxygen Accelerator, a Birmingham-based programme for startups, has put up a £75,000 prize to be won by one of the 10 participating teams. Wereportedon the launch of Oxygen Accelerator last month. It’s a 13-week intensive mentoring and training ‘boot camp’ for businesses selected from around the world, and they will based at Birmingham Science Park Aston in the UK. Founded by entrepreneur Mark Hales and Birmingham Science Park Aston, the Accelerator aims to identify and nurture tech companies of the future and will open up new channels to further investment....

Hot on the heels of the reports thatBAandUnited Airlineswere dishing out iPads to their respective flight crews, UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has started kitting its trolleys out with docking stations for the Apple device. As the Telegraphreports, Sainsbury’s is pimping up its rides and is rolling out a brand new breed of shopping cart, armed with its very own tilting iPad holder and speakers, meaning all shoppers need to do is slot their device in and they’re good to go....

UK supermarkets roll-out further robo-delivery trials Delivery boom Like many other retailers, Co-op has ramped up its online offer to meet demand, particularly during the pandemic. It aims to offer online home delivery and click and collect, through its own site and with partners, at over 1,000 stores by the end of this year. This is up from the 650 it had originally planned. The company says it sees its stores as “micro-distribution hubs,” with orders picked from local Co-op stores so high street stores benefit from any increase in online demand....