Digg founder Kevin Rose is hired by Google. Kevin Rose, founder of social-sharing site Digg, who left the company and found a mobile applications startup Milk. Rose’s mobile app incubator Milk yesterday…
Posterous has been acquired by Twitter
Twitter,the micro blogging company has acquired the blogging site Posterous. Twitter’s welcoming message says “Acquisitions have given us people and technology that have enabled us to more quickly build a better Twitter…
Loopt Acquired by Green Dot
Green Dot acquires location-based services company Loopt for $43.4 million in cash. “We believe that mobile phones have the potential to change the way people interact with their bank, control their money…
Google Chrome hacked in Pwn2Own competition
A Russian university student, Glazunov hacked Google Chrome and get $60K. During Google’s own Pwnium competition, Russian university student Sergey Glazunov won $60,000 for hacking a PC running Chrome. Glazunov discovered a…
Research In Motion(RIM) acquires Paratek
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, said it acquires Paratek Microwave, Inc., leading developers of tunable radio frequency (RF) technology. RIM says,”The Paratek team will continue to focus…