This summer, startups in the Nordic region will have something to be busy with. Aalto Entrepreneurship Society is holding Summer of Startups on June 6th, 10 am at Aalto Venture Garage. It will be an episode to be filled with fun, hard work, keynotes, tech mavens and other remarkable things. Out of the 74 teams ...

In an effort to increase the potency of its information management, Symantec today announced the acquisition of Clearwell systems, a recognized privately-held leader in the eDiscovery market. Clearwell’s eDiscover, archiving and backup products greatly complement Symantec’s information management solution. The acquisition is said to somewhere around $390 million and is subject to regulatory approval before ...

Let’s have a recap on what had happened in the mobile pitch this week. The earliest news we took down was Nokia’s decision of shelving Ovi Mobile. The Espoo, Finland-based mobile giant is gravely disappointed by the poor performance of Symbian and MeeGo against competitors Android and iOS. Dropping its two OSes, Nokia will be ...

It’s only first half of the year but Zynga is already making is 14th acquisition in the past 12 months, buying out DNA Games. Monetary details were not disclosed. DNA Games is known for its game Casino City on Facebook, and according to Zynga, the newly acquired developer will become its “core of a studio ...

With the threat brought about by the location tracking system issues on iPhones and Android smartphones, the Federal Communications Commission decided to organize a public forum tackling these matters. It will be held on today June 28 in Washington DC, and is inviting telecom industries, smartphone operating systems suppliers, privacy groups and academia to take ...

Advertising platform Tap.Me named redbox as the first brand to leverage with its iOS in-game advertising platform. It converts in-game achievements to real-world rewards without upsetting the currents of virtual gameplay. The company’s advertising platform was first introduced at the 2011 Game Developers Conference, allowing game developers to drive in game functions with real-life branded ...

The intricacy of modern lifestyle demands for a more flexible way of managing tasks. Tech companies are on the race of devising intuitive programs that will make these tasks accessible and easier to manage. Today, SAP launched NetWeaver Gateway technology, an open, standards-based framework for extending the reach of its business software to an exponentially ...

AT&T just announced early this month that it’s Samsung Infuse 4G will be the first smartphone to allow apps outside the Android Market, and we’ve suspected there’d be more to come. AT&T finally clered all doubts and decided to implement this on all devices sold on May 15 and onwards.

A research conducted by the University of Ulm in Germany reveals some pretty disturbing facts about devices running Google’s Android. The results show that the Google’s OS is vulnerable to cyber attacks, stealing digital credentials such as access to calendars and contacts and other sensitive data.

Good news to all T-Mobile USA subscribers! The carrier now offers free Wi-Fi calls to mobile phones that support UMA. The news broke out last week, reported by TMONews.com, and it was confirmed by UMA-based system company Kineto Wireless in an email newsletter this week. Wi-Fi calls used to be credited to minute plans till ...