Steve Jobs used patents to pressure Bill Gates into 1997 investment in Apple
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was no stranger to legal battles involving the patent system. Apple is currently waging war on a number of Android vendors …
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Primecap doubles RIM stake in vote of confidence
Pasedena, California-based investment management firm Primecap Management Co. recently doubled its investment in BlackBerry vendor Research In Motion. According to a recent regulatory filing, Primecap …
Microsoft makes secret investment in social navigation company Waze
Microsoft secretly participated in a recent $25 million funding round for Israel-based navigation solutions provider Waze, Israeli tech site TheMarker reported last week. Microsoft makes …
Visa invests in Square iPhone credit card reader
Visa has made an undisclosed investment in payments startup Square in exchange for a seat on the firm’s board of, Reuters reports. Square is a …
Reuters: LG, others show interest in MeeGo as Nokia bows out
No one likes letting a perfectly good operating system go to waste. Reuters is reporting that just as Nokia begins to divest in the MeeGo operating system, other …
Angry Birds developer Rovio sets sights on New York IPO
It may soon be possible for you to own your own slice of the Angry Birds empire. Days after announcing $42 million in Series A …
Angry Birds wields shillelaghs for St. Patrick’s Day as Rovio secures $42M in funding
It looks like everyone’s favorite themed, fowl-flinging game — Angry Birds Seasons — has been updated to celebrate the March 17th holiday, St. Patrick’s Day. The game …
HTC invests in digital multimedia delivery company Saffron Digital
Taiwanese handset giant HTC has announced a “strategic investment” made in the digital media-delivery company Saffron Digital. “Saffron Digital has developed an incredible expertise in mobile multimedia …
Amid SEC inquiry, Facebook gets $50 billion valuation after $500 million private investment
Social networking giant Facebook may be looking to conquer another market, Wall Street. After news spread of a $500 million investment — $450 million from …
AT&T spends over $3.5 billion on network in first six months of 2010
You can say what you want about the quality of AT&T’s network — and we know you will — but at least they are trying. …
BlackBerry loves U2 but U2 still loves Palm
With all of the money RIM is dumping into its U2 sponsorship, a bit of irony shined through earlier this week when Palm announced its …
