In a recent article by Bloomberg Businessweek, it has been revealed that Google acquired Mike and Maaike, a San Francisco based design studio. The financial terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed.

Just hours after getting a green signal from Chinese regulators, Google has announced that it has closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility today.

Samsung India has officially started taking pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 310 Android tablet. The 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 is expected to be priced at Rs. 23,250 (MRP), while select retailers have already started selling it for Rs. 19,500.

Foursquare, a location based social networking site created in 2009 by Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai has been a huge success in the US. So much that in September 2011, it registered its 1 Billionth check-in.

The never ending war between Samsung and Apple has added one more page to its record Apple has filed for an immediate U.S. preliminary injunction against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet  which could result in the device getting pulled from stores by next month. Previously, Court ordered Apple and Samsung to negotiate their problems outside [...]

Karbonn mobile launched new dual SIM mobile phone in India – Karbonn KT-21 Express, a Touch Screen phone with T9 Keypad. The handset comes with an application to provide access to over 50 free-to-air television channels on 2G network.

Facebook just went public with a market cap of $104 Billion and it has already made its first acquisition post IPO. Facebook has acquired Karma, a mobile social gifting app. The exact terms and details of the deal are not yet disclosed but the entire team of Karma with its 16 employees will be joining Facebook post the acquisition.

Facebook, the social networking site, which is heading for an IPO in next few days is not done with acquisitions yet. Lightbox, a social photo sharing app, has announced on their blog that they have been acquired by Facebook for an undisclosed amount.

Macquarie Equities Research released a report stating that Google’s Chrome browser might be coming to iOS device. The report does not state when it might arrive on the Apple’s app store, however, the report states that it could be as soon as Q2 of 2012 and if it doesn’t land on the app store by Q2, it is definitely landing by the end of this year.

Blueseed, a visa-free startup incubator planning to locate on a vessel anchored in international waters near the coast of Silicon Valley, announced in a survey that 550+ entrepreneurs from 180+ startups in 50+ countries have shown interest in taking up residence on the ship.

Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett-Packard, wants HP to get back into the ever booming tablet business, reports Bangkok Post. Having burnt their hands with WebOS powered TocuhPad tablets, this time HP will be bringing tablets in the market with Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system.

Apple is ready to ditch Google Maps in favor of home brewed mapping solution on its iOS operating system that powers iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, reports 9To5Mac. 

Spotify has announced tons of features to its application on Windows and Mac OS, while it rolls out Version 0.8.3 today.

Research In Motion (RIM), has finally filled in the gap created by former CMO Keith Pardy resigned from the position. RIM just announced that it has hired French telecom executive Frank Boulben as the company’s new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Apart from that, RIM also hired Kristian Tear as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Tata DOCOMO, Indian cellular service provider, has announced an announced a limited period exclusive partnership with Snapdeal.com to launch ‘Deal Zone’.