Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) is reportedly on the verge of concluding the acquisition of Minecraft maker Mojang for a whopping $2 billion plus, according to the Wall Street Journal. Minecraft is a block building video games, highly popular among masses. Minecraft deal, if goes through, would enhance Microsoft Xbox division, making it the first billion…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) is collaborating with Beer giant Anheuser-Busch to sell and gift Budweiser and Bud Light online in Chicago and Denver, says a report from USA Today. In its testing phase now, but the program is likely to expand in whole nation once successful. Under the program, ‘Buds for Buds’ a friend can…
Dubai-based entrepreneurship platform AstroLabs has announced that it has launched a new tech hub in partnership with digital giant Google (NASDAQ GOOG) in Dubai. The tech hub is called AstroLabs Dubai. Astro Labs Dubai will be situated in Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Free Zone, is scheduled to open in Y 2015, and will help tech…
Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) CEO Larry Page sold 33,332 Google shares in a transaction on Monday, September 8th. Page sold his stock at an average price of $595.14, for a total value of $19,837,206.48. After the transaction, Page owns 23,153,578 shares in the company valued at approximately $13,779,620,411, according to a filing with SEC. Google…
1 in 2 Internet users in Africa are accessing the world’s largest social network, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB). While Africa had an estimated population of 1.11 billion in 2013, only around 200 million are connected to the Internet with the bulk of these users relying on feature phones or smartphones to connect. Additionally, a large…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) is planning to revamp MSN, catching up with CEO Satya Nadella’s “mobile first, cloud first” strategy. The company will unveil various MSN apps for Apple and Android devices shortly. Microsoft will roll-out almost completely revamped MSN by adding new content, popular apps and productivity tools. MSN new home page displays shred…
