http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/01/microsoft-buy-mobicomp Comments for "Microsoft to buy MobiComp" en http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/01/microsoft-buy-mobicomp <p><!--paging_filter--> <p>Microsoft plans to buy Portuguese developer MobiComp, the software company announced this week.</p> <p>MobiComp, a small company based in Braga, is supposed to become a development center dedicated to mobile products as part of the deal.</p> <p>The value of the transaction was not revealed by Nuno Duarte, Microsoft's general manager for the Portuguese market. But MobiComp's CEO, Cralos Oliveira, said the company registered €3 million (US$4.7 million [m]) in business volume in 2007. </p> <p>MobiComp is best known for products like MobileKeeper Backup &amp; Restore, for the backup of mobile data; Mobile Keeper Sharing &amp; Communities, for sharing data on mobile devices, and Active mTicker, for operators to send content, without being to invasive.</p> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/01/microsoft-buy-mobicomp#comments Corporate Issues IDGNS Mergers &amp; acquisitions Mergers &amp; Acquisitions Software Breaking News Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:18:12 -0700 IDG News Service 108924 at http://www.thestandard.com