Telefonica Europe acquiring Jajah for around USD 207 million
Telefonica Europe has announced that they are acquiring VoIP service provider Jajah.
This deal is worth around USD 207 million.
The company said that Jajah would enable them to boost their service offerings.
Telefonica added that the deal “opens up new capabilities in the voice communication space. People using social [...]
Assocham: Social networks impacting Indian workers too
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry has stated that social networks are hindering work in offices in India.
The report said that company workers spending time online on social networks during office hours is leading to a loss in productivity of nearly 12.5%.
These findings were based on responses from [...]
Honda New Small Concept to be on display at Auto Expo 2010
Japanese automaker Honda has confirmed that they would display their New Small Concept being developed for the Indian market at the upcoming Auto Expo 2010.
Honda has long been working on this small car for the Indian market that would take on successful rivals like [...]
Rob Kalin is the new CEO of Etsy
Etsy founder Rob Kalin has announced that he would take over the company CEO position.
He would replace Maria Thomas who is now leaving the company.
Kalin spoke about the new developments at the company:
Maria joined Etsy in the middle of 2008 and led Etsy through an [...]
Eko Vehicles set to launch ET-120 hybrid motorcycle
Eko Vehicles is a company based in Bangalore. The company already manufactures a range of electric scooters
They are now going to launch a hybrid motorcycle next year. This new product has been named ET-120.
Eko ET-120 would come powered with a tiny gasoline motor of 70cc [...]
Yelp decided not get acquired by Google
Yelp has apparently decided that the deal being offered by Google was not good enough.
TechCrunch has reported that the talks between Google and Yelp have ended without a result.
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppleman apparently was not impressed with the offer.
The deal was said to be worth [...]
Chris Liddell is the new CFO and Vice Chairman of GM
General Motors has appointed Chris Liddell as their new CFO and Vice Chairman.
Chris Liddell is currently the chief financial officer of the US based software giant Microsoft.
He has been working at Microsoft since the last four years.
He would now report directly [...]
Maruti Suzuki Eeco small car launch at Auto Expo 2010
Maruti Suzuki already dominates the Indian small car market with their massive range of compact cars.
The company is not done yet as they are aiming to launch yet another model named Eeco at the upcoming Auto Expo 2010.
Maruti Suzuki Eeco would be another [...]
Star Trek was the most pirated movie of the year 2009
TorrentFreak has released a list of movies which were pirated the most in the year 2009.
Star Trek dominates the list with as many as 10,960,000 downloads.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was a close second with 10,600,000 downloads.
RocknRolla was the least [...]
Etsy acquires Adtuitive
Etsy has announced that they have now acquired Adtuitive.
The company did not reveal much about this acquisition and had just this to say:
Etsy bought Adtuitive, the company, but ultimately companies are made up of people. This team of crafty coders – with their deep knowledge, experience of working together, [...]
