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Zumobi claims that its background data-caching technology will eliminate loading delays. The company is also keen to highlight what it calls its "novel zooming user interface (ZUI)", apparently the product of years of research into human-computer interaction by Zumobi's co-founder, Dr Ben Bederson.

The company hopes that communities of interest will be formed around Zumobi's content tiles, which it says can be easily sent between users.

Zumobi's beta application will be available to the general public on 14 December. The software development kit (SDK) will be made available to developers at the same time.