Microsoft makes another big mobile acquisition
July 17th, 2008Microsoft is set to add Portuguese mobile back-up specialist MobiComp to a long list of mobile-related purchases
With the purchase of MobiComp, it adds mobile back-up, advertising and social networking to the mix. MobiComp’s primary products are MobileKeeper, a suite of services for storing content remotely, and Active mTicker, a mobile news feed service.
In the last few years Microsoft has also bought into mobile music (Musiwave), search (MotionBridge), advertising (Screentonic), and devices (Danger).
