International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) has acquired real estate management software company Tririga. The financial details of the deal was undisclosed. Tririga’s software allows clients to make decisions about real estate initiatives, space usage, and analyzing environmental impact investments.

Samsung Ventures is investing $15 million into MasterImage 3D, a company that makes stereoscopic 3D display technology for mobile devices. It is likely that Samsung will use MasterImage’s 3D technology for their own smartphones and mobile devices eventually.

Meltwater Group has acquired Boston-based social media monitoring company JitterJam for $6 million. In February 2010, Meltwater had spent $4 million to acquire BuzzGain. Meltwater’s social media monitoring business has been doing very well, but only accounts for a small part of the company’s sales. Meltwater’s sales in 2010 added up to $106 million and $77 million in 2009.

Robocast is suing Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) over patent infringement. Robocast is saying that Apple willfully incorporated their patented automated browsing technology in several of their products like Apple TV, iTunes, and Front Row without the proper licenses. Robocast was founded by Damon Torres and had sued Microsoft earlier for similar grounds. The patent 7,155,451 is titled “Automated browsing system for publishers and users on networks serving internet and remote devices.”

T-Mobile will soon start selling the Sidekick 4G for $99.99 with a $50 mail-in rebate and two-year contract with unlimited data. For those of you that opt in for a two year contract but goes for a lower-end data plan will have to pay $149.99 for the Sidekick 4G. The Sidekick 4G does not have a 180-degree swivel, but it has a slider instead. The Sidekick 4G runs on the Android 2.2 operating system. The pre-order website will be working soon. [Engadget]

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) co-founder Larry Page almost decided to focus on automatic cars as part of his PhD academic area. He revealed this during a Faculty Summit talk in 2009. The three areas he was considering was telepresence, automated cars, and web link structure. Page’s advisor at Stanford Terry Winograd convinced him to focus on web search.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has announced that the iPad 2 will be available in 25 additional countries this Friday March 25th. The iPad 2 will be available in Apple retail stores, Apple.com, and Authorized Resellers at 5PM local time. Press release with additional details is below:

Basis is a San Francisco based company that has raised $9 million in a first round of funding co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Doll Capital Management. Basis developed a product called Basis Band, which is a watch device that measures the heart rate of the individual wearing it. The Basis Band uses game mechanics to determine the heart rate and sends a signal to mobile and web devices through Bluetooth. The Basis Band can be ordered from their website for $199. [VentureBeat]