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Kym
18-03-2012, 6:44am
Internet Brands is the parent company of vBulletin Solutions the supplier of our forum software.
IB have acquired Forum Runner (which with Tapatalk) provide the mobile solutions offered here on AP.

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/397700-Internet-Brands-Acquires-Mobile-App-Creator-Forum-Runner


LOS ANGELES, CA, Mar 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Internet Brands
today announced the acquisition of Forum Runner ( www.forumrunner.net (http://www.forumrunner.net) ), a
mobile application that allows forum users to interact with online communities
from mobile devices. Forum Runner will operate as part of Internet Brands'
vBulletin software division.

"Mobile is no longer the future; it's the present," said John McGanty,
general manager of vBulletin. "It's imperative for online forums to offer a good
mobile user experience as they experience explosive growth in usage from mobile
devices. Forum Runner gives forum sites an easy way of providing native iOS and
Android mobile apps to their users."


The rest: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/internet-brands-acquires-mobile-app-creator-forum-runner-2012-03-07

Kym
24-03-2012, 12:08pm
Update https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/content.php/707?postid=2277098#comments_2277098

vBulletin 4.1.12 will have FR baked in.