In a surprise move, software giant Microsoft struck a 5.44 billion euros ($7.2 billion) deal to acquire Nokia's smartphone and cellular handset business. The move is one of the boldest yet by CEO Steve Ballmer. However, Microsoft is paying $5 billion to buy Nokia's Devices & Services unit and an...

I honestly can't remember the last time I found such a useful tool. Acronis, a leading provider of physical, virtual, and cloud backup solutions, has launched a tool to automatically back up the VMware vCloud. You'll have the ability to integrate backups so workloads are not lost. In a blog...

Raj Singh is a mobile industry veteran having worked across the space over the past 13 years. Raj is the Founder and CEO of Tempo AI focused on developing a smart calendar. Tempo AI was spun-out of SRI (Stanford Research Institute) where Raj served as an EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)....

For founders by founders venture fund, Global Founders Capital (The Samwer brothers $200m investment fund) has finally announced its first 3 investments: Lingoda, Videdressing, and GirlMeetsDress. Oliver and Marc Samwer — founders of the Rocket Internet startup have teamed up with Fabian Siegel, the founder and architect of online food...

Fantastic update, one of the most popular iOS email app "Mailbox" (owned by Dropbox) has been updated with "cloud search" --- you can now quickly search all of your Gmail messages in the cloud and locally on your device. Previously, search was limited to messages that had been downloaded and...

One of the leading cloud based real-time bidding (RTB) and analytics platform "Turn" opened its first office in Japan and appointed Akito Sato as country manager. The top executives in the company are  Bill Demas - President and CEO,  Joe Nemeth - CFO,  Paul Alfieri - Vice President of Marketing,...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that he intends to step down and retire within the next 12 months. It's difficult to pinpoint, Who will it be? I’d like to hear other suggestions for possible Microsoft CEO candidates in the comments. Compensation: insane.! where should I submit my résumé? Well, Microsoft...

The Oxford Dictionaries Online is adding a slew of words, from BYOD, twerk to phablet in its latest update of phrases that have recently come into general use. Before you completely lose it, the Oxford Dictionaries Online is separate from the Oxford English Dictionary, though both are published by the...

Can you briefly describe Rajasthan Angel Investor Network (RAIN) and the offerings? Mahavir Pratap Sharma, President of Rajasthan Angel Investor Network (RAIN): Rajasthan Angel Investor Network (RAIN) is a group of Angel investors in Jaipur interested in investing in early stage businesses, which have a potential to create scale. The members...