Osmeta-Stealth Mobile Software Startup Acquired By Facebook

A spokesperson of Facebook has confirmed that Facebook has acquired Osmeta, a Silicon Valley startup based in Mountain View. After announcing the launch of Facebook Home, it seems that Facebook wants to make the launch as successful as possible, although it’s not quite clear whether it’s been acquired completely or if it’s just a deal. Osmeta was founded in 2011 …

Instagram Still Continues To Deliver

Last year, somewhere around the same time Facebook shook the media world by purchasing Instagram. The agreement and the purchase of Instagram left the social media titans with 1 billion dollar less in their account. Back then, Instagram was a new and comparatively small app. The basic use of this app was to edit or share photos with no distinct …

Babbel Raise $10 Million From Nokia, Reed Elsevier And Other Investors

Want to learn a new language? But can’t find time to take out from your tight schedule? Head over to Babbel, a website which offers an online and mobile based language learning system covering Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portugese, Swedish, Turkish, Indonesian, Polish, Norwegian, Danish and Dutch. The website, which is a Berlin based startup is present in more …

Apple Purchases WiFiSlam

Apple is trying to make the indoor GPS the next hot selling thing in the market. The Wall Street Journal has just reported that Apple has acquired WiFiSlam. WiFiSlam is an indoor GPS startup, which will enable the smartphones to determine it’s own location. Not just your own location, it will also help you identify your friends current location. The …

TeePublic – A New T-Shirt Selling Start-Up

Josh Abramson, the co-founder of jokey T-Shirt retailer BustedTees, has launched a kickstarter website for T-Shirts. Users can go on the website, pledge to buy designs they like, and if the design gets 30 or more sign ups, TeePublic will print it and continue selling the T-Shirt. The T-Shirts will cost $20, out of which $5 will be pocketed by …