Google today acquired Dealmap, a San Francisco-based start-up that aggregates local and daily deals, in a push to further its efforts in the fiercely-competitive mobile payment market as to Forbes. Dealmap, started in May 2010, announced the deal but didn’t disclose the terms of the deal. The company has over two million users and 85 million monthly users on its [...]

Apple® today updated the industry-leading MacBook® Pro family with next generation processors and graphics, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology and a new FaceTime® HD camera. Featuring the very latest dual-core and quad-core Intel Core processors, the entire MacBook Pro line is up to twice as fast as the previous generation.* “The new MacBook Pro brings next generation dual and quad Core [...]

Mobile applications depend on networks that are smart, scaleable and of superior performance, and networks need the innovation coming from the apps culture, said Hans Vestberg, President and CEO of Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), in his keynote address to the GSM Association at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona. “Apps are transformative – not only for consumers but also for [...]

* PRESS RELEASE Nokia announced the launch of a new range of mobile applications and content tailored for Ramadan. The new range of Ramadan applications 2010 have now become available on Ovi Store, the updated mobile applications tailored for Ramadan can now be downloaded on the compatible Nokia devices for free directly from Nokia’s Ovi Store. “The overwhelming response and [...]