Research In Motion confirmed the acquisition of Swedish UI design company TAT. TAT team will be joining RIM and bringing their talent to the BlackBerry PlayBook and smartphone platforms.

TAT is renowned for their innovative mobile user interface (UI) designs and has a long history of working with mobile and embedded technology.TAT helped develop the original Android interface on the T-Mobile G1. TAT focuses on delivering great user experiences, from a design, technology, and usability perspective. Their design technology is used today in a variety of industries including the consumer electronics and automotive sectors.

A year ago RIM announced that push APIs had become available to its Alliance Program members now its finally taking action. RIM are now offering a brand new feature for the BlackBerry app developers – Push notifications. Developer teams are welcomed to use the BlackBerry Push Service in their own apps bringing live updates to the mobile.

The BlackBerry Push access comes in two packages – Push Essentials the free one and Push Plus with a number of tiers that reflect different options and price points.

With Push service you will be able to receive immediate updates on all your Push-enabled apps such as weather, email, all kind of news, etc.

You can find additional information about the Push Service here.