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SOFT as a baby's bum!. . .Microsoft has just agreed to buy this company. . . - NewtonMP2100 - 06-26-2008
. . .Portuguese mobile software company MobiComp. . .
Microsoft to Buy Portuguese Mobile Software Company
By REUTERS
June 26, 2008
LISBON (Reuters) - Microsoft has agreed to buy Portuguese mobile software company MobiComp in the U.S. software giant's biggest-ever investment in Portugal, Microsoft's chief in Portugal said on Thursday.
Microsoft's head in Portugal, Nuno Duarte, said Microsoft intends to turn MobiComp into a research and development unit in Portugal after the acquisition. He gave no financial details of the purchase other than that it was Microsoft's biggest investment in Portugal to date.
"This is clearly the biggest investment Microsoft has made in Portugal in recent years," Nuno told journalists. "MobiComp will and R&D centre of Microsoft's mobile communications division."
MobiComp produces software that can store content, such as contacts and calendars, held on mobile phones, and has a tool to enhance mobile social networking to Internet sites like Facebook.
Finland's Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, is among MobiComp's clients.
Re: SOFT as a baby's bum!. . .Microsoft has just agreed to buy this company. . . - MacMagus - 06-26-2008
I use their software on my nokia.
Not for much longer, I guess.
Re: SOFT as a baby's bum!. . .Microsoft has just agreed to buy this company. . . - tenders - 06-26-2008
A lot of Microsoft documentation would be clearer if it were written in Portugese anyway, so this is certainly a step in the right direction.