An all-pervasive mobile computing platform has been the great hope of tech investors for the better part of the decade: a successor to the PC-and-server world, it would provide the foundation for the next generation of Googles or ebooks. Now, as that promise starts to show signs of being fulfilled, the money is pouring in. In the US, the amount of venture capital investment in mobile more than doubled last year, hitting $7.8bn, according to CB Insights, which gathers start-up data. That represents 16 per cent of all the money invested by venture capitalists during the year.
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