Tweet Remember Truecaller, the Swedish phone directory service we reported on earlier this year? It’s a service for combatting phone scams – the user gets to see who’s calling them, with Truecaller identifying the caller by their phone number. It’s big in India, apparently. Anyway, […]

Tweet Microsoft has formed a new “deep-tech” team inside its Developer and Platform Evangelism division that has the goal of attracting new third party next-gen apps to Microsoft platforms. Read more…      Neowin

Tweet Branch, a recently launched conversation startup funded by two Twitter founders, is now introducing a new feature called Groups that allows a set of people to establish a little community for discussions. Instead of inviting individuals into Branches over and over again, a host can […]

Tweet A year ago, Localmind launched its crowdsourced location app to the public around SXSW, allowing users to ask local “experts” anything about nearby bars, restaurants and other venues. This year, the startup will be back at SXSW — and it hopes to alleviate some […]

Tweet Unfortunately (or not) for Microsoft employees, raunchy alcohol-fueled parties are a thing of the past at the company. A new policy update is setting some ground rules regarding alcohol and parties. Read more… Neowin.net