Skype will acquire group messaging app developer GroupMe, and integrate functionality from the company into its core Skype desktop app.
Pacific Fibre nabs Voda deal, hits pre-sale target
New Zealand cable start-up Pacific Fibre has met its target for pre-finance customers, after signing Vodafone NZ, to a 10-year capacity deal, and expects to have financing in place for the cable between NZ, Australia and the US by the end of the year.
Sina said to kick $30-$40m into Tudou
Web firm Sina has made an investment of between $30 million and $40 million in online video site Tudou, in a deal which may lead to deeper co-operation between the two Chinese companies.
Libya slowly getting back online
Traffic analysis indicates that internet services are slowly being restored in Libya, and social networking was used to provide on-the-ground updates on the successful siege on Tripoli.
Kenya cellcos made to block fake phones
Kenyan regulators has given the nation's mobile operators until the end of next month to block fake mobile phones from accessing their networks, despite objections that many consumers may not realize their phone is a fake.
Cisco buys service fulfilment software firm
Cisco will acquire UK-based service fulfilment software company Axiom Systems for $31 million. The seller is Axiom's parent company, Finland's Comptel.
Nokia to unveil Symbian Belle phones tomorrow
Nokia has strongly hinted that it will unveil its new line of Symbian Belle handsets on August 24.
Researchers develop antenna clothing
Researchers have developed a material that can be weaved into clothing and, when coupled with a belt-mounted controller, can act as an omnidirectional mobile antenna.
Related content
- THE WRAP: Cisco's surprise, Tencent's war
- Webwire: Samsung takes hit in AU, win in EU; HP favors PC unit spinoff
- Webwire: Telstra, Nokia, Vodafone, Cisco, BT, Verizon
- Webwire: SK telcos fined for price fixing; Sprint splits with LightSquared
- Webwire: Google to censor sites for India; HTC misses Q1 estimates