![]() Soluto - which first had its debut at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2010 in the Startup Battlefield it won - started out life as a cloud-based platform that let ordinary people help each other with managing their own and other people’s devices. Detter also says that the company plans to keep Soluto’s existing business fully operational: while the company is primarily focused on mobile devices for its core business, it also offers support for PCs and so Soluto’s existing PC business, which has some 3 million users today, will become a part of that effort. Tomer Dvir, the CEO of Soluto, is likely to take on a role that will see him working both between Tel Aviv and Asurion’s U.S. This will be Asurion’s first move into Israel, building on the 42 offices it already has worldwide. Update: We’ve now spoken with Asurion’s SVP of product management, who says the deal is in an “advanced stage.” He says that he intention will be to keep Soluto’s engineering and R&D efforts intact in Tel Aviv. We have reached out to Soluto for comment, and are contacting Asurion as well, and will update the post as we learn more. It’s not clear whether Asurion will keep Soluto, and specifically its R&D operations, intact in Israel, or move everything over to the U.S. ![]() Soluto will help Asurion extend and improve the latter part of the service, perhaps as a way also to offset some of the insurance risk around losing and replacing faulty or broken handsets. Those services include physical replacement of broken devices - consumers can file and track claims - but there are also a suite of services that are software-based, such as the ability to locate lost devices and back up content. ![]() The latter company, based out of Nashville, Tennessee, partners with carriers like Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Clear to resell its services to consumers. You can see where a deal with Asurion makes a lot of sense. We’re hearing reports of up to $130 million, specifically between $100 million and $130 million. Meanwhile, we have confirmed the sale through two separate sources. Globes, meanwhile, is reporting this as a done deal. The news is being reported as a work in progress by TheMarker and Calcalist. Soluto, a service that lets users manage PCs and other connected devices remotely, is getting acquired by Asurion, a company that offers device insurance services. To access the additional features of Task Manager, click the down arrow button next to “More Details.Looks like another exit for an Israel-based startup - this one straddling the worlds of cloud services and hardware control. If it’s the first time you’ve ever opened Task Manager, it automatically opens in compact mode-listing only what programs are running. Perhaps the easiest is to right-click any open space on the taskbar, and then select “Task Manager” from the context menu. ![]() ![]() There are several ways of accessing the Task Manager. RELATED: Seven Ways to Open the Windows Task Manager Universal apps (those you get through the Windows Store) are not allowed to start automatically when Windows starts. NOTE: Managing startup apps only applies to desktop applications. RELATED: How to Disable Startup Programs in Windows Of course, none of these tools let you add things to Windows startup, but if you need to do that, we also have a guide for adding programs, files, and folders to your system startup. In Windows Vista and 7, you had to dig into tools like Msconfig-which is powerful if a little clunky to use. Windows 8 and 10 include an interface for managing startup apps in a location that makes more sense: Task Manager. Windows has long provided tools for managing startup apps. ![]()
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