By Vikram Sethi Motorola Mobility Italia has launched a new budget-friendly Android-powered smartphone. The Motorola Fire XT comes in dark titanium and is expected to be available from the end of November in Italy at the recommended retail price of…
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The Galaxy Note smartphones from the Samsung stables will hit the European market starting from Germany in November. The Android Gingerbread-based devices will be available with major carriers including Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, and Vodafone. Galaxy Note features the world’s…
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Zoopla and The Digital Property Group announced that they have agreed to merge their respective businesses that “will create a credible challenger to long-standing market leader, Rightmove”. The merger will bring together a complementary set of brands including Findaproperty.com, Zoopla.co.uk and…
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The European Commission has given the go-ahead to the Microsoft-Skype deal. Brad Smith, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Microsoft Corporation, called the move an important milestone, and said that the company is completing the final steps needed to complete the…
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London-based Just-Eat has completed its acquisition of Urbanbite, a London online food delivery provider. The deal, which sees Just-Eat take a 100 per cent stake in Urbanbite, will have its former British Airways IT expert founder Ben Carmona remain with the…
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Ogilvy & Mather Russia announced it has agreed to acquire Promo Interactive, formerly a part of the Next Media Group.Following completion, Promo Interactive and OgilvyInteractive will have a combined 71 employees. The size of the deal was not disclosed.
PepsiCo announced the ten start-up companies from across Europe that will make up PepsiCo10 – a programme designed to discover and support emerging technology companies. Chosen from submissions of more than 130 technologies, the ten winners will work with some…
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Worldwide software as a service (SaaS) revenue is on pace to reach $12.1 billion in 2011, a 20.7 per cent increase from 2010 of $10 billion, according to Gartner. The North American region is forecast to account for 63.6 per…
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