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RIM Snaps Up Web Browser Company

Aug 24, 2009, 10:08 AM by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social
updated Aug 24, 2009, 10:10 AM

Mobile web browser maker Torch Mobile today announced that it has been acquired by Research In Motion (RIM). Torch created a WebKit-based browser called Iris, which it will now bring to the BlackBerry platform.

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