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LinkedIn Reportedly Buys Pulse For More Than $50 Million

LinkedIn Reportedly Buys Pulse For More Than $50 Million

By Zach Walton March 12, 2013

The popular newsreader Pulse brings in 20 million users a day so it stands to reason that somebody would want to acquire such an audience. The only question that remained is who would come out on top in acquisition negotiations. …

Twitter Buys App Development Tool Clutch.io Twitter Buys App Development Tool Clutch.io
By · August 13, 2012 · 1 Comment

Clutch.io, a company that provides software to help iOS developers design and test their apps, announced today that it has been acquired by Twitter. On its website, the company describes itself as “an easy to integrate library for native iOS …

Developer
Sparrow Acquired By Google To Make Gmail Better Sparrow Acquired By Google To Make Gmail Better
By · July 20, 2012 · 2 Comments

In Google’s earnings report yesterday, the company mentioned that they would be making smaller acquisitions throughout the year. One of those acquisitions happened today. Sparrow, developers of a popular email app for Mac and iOS, was acquired by Google today. …

Business
Twitter Could be Acquiring Sense Network Twitter Could be Acquiring Sense Network
By · July 5, 2012 · 1 Comment

The company has given no official word on the matter, but there’s a rumor floating around that Twitter might be interested in acquiring New York-based Sense Networks. According to Tech Crunch, the two companies are hammering out the details of …

Business
VMware to Acquire DynamicOps, Inc. VMware to Acquire DynamicOps, Inc.
By · July 3, 2012

VMware out of PaloAlto, California just announced a definitive agreement to acquire DynamicOps, Inc., a provider of cloud automation solutions and management of IT services across diverse environments. While the terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed, the …

Business
Apple Supplier Elpida Bought By Micron Technology Apple Supplier Elpida Bought By Micron Technology
By · July 3, 2012

Micron Technology has announced that they have entered into a sponsor agreement to acquire Elpida Memory, Inc. for ¥60 billion ($750 million). Under the agreement Micron assumes all of Elpida’s assets, including its 65% stake in another chip manufacturer, Rexchip. …

Business
Nielsen Acquires Brand Metrics Measurement Platform Nielsen Acquires Brand Metrics Measurement Platform
By · July 2, 2012

Today, Nielsen, the ratings and research people, announced they have definitive plans to acquire, Vizu, an online advertising performance meter and optimizer. This acquisition is part of Nielsen’s recent commitment to cross-platform advertising measurement. Vizu’s unique solutions will be integrated …

Business
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Salesforce.com Acquires Thinkfuse SaaS Provider Salesforce.com Acquires Thinkfuse SaaS Provider
By · June 26, 2012 · 3 Comments

Thinkfuse announced today that they are being acquired by Salesforce.com. Thinkfuse is a software-as-a-service provider that allows organizations to turn business communications into useful planning and scheduling tools. While very few details of the acquisition have been disclosed, Thinkfuse will …

Business
Microsoft to Acquire Yammer for $1.2 Billion Microsoft to Acquire Yammer for $1.2 Billion
By · June 25, 2012 · 1 Comment

About ten days ago, we reported that Yammer was in talks with Microsoft to discuss terms of an acquisition. While nothing had been confirmed, it certainly looked like the wheels were set in motion. Today, we learn that Microsoft is …

Business
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LivingSocial Not in a Hurry to Go Public LivingSocial Not in a Hurry to Go Public
By · June 22, 2012

In light of the totally botched Facebook IPO, it’s no wonder many tech companies are in no hurry to go public. According to LivingSocial CEO Tim O’Shaugnessy, you can add LivingSocial to that list. Despite recent losses for the company, …

Motorola Solutions to Acquire Psion for $200 Million Motorola Solutions to Acquire Psion for $200 Million
By · June 19, 2012

Today, Motorola Solutions Inc. announced plans to acquire Psion Plc. for around $200 million in cash. The deal is expected to close by the end of the fiscal 2012 year. Under the current agreement, Motorola will offer Psion $1.36 per …

Salesforce.Com Acquires ChoicePass Salesforce.Com Acquires ChoicePass
By · June 19, 2012

Today, ChoicePass, the employee reward site, announced that it is going to be acquired by enterprise solution provider, Salesforce.com. There haven’t been any financial details of the deal disclosed at this time, but the ChoicePass website will be shutting down …

Sailthru Acquires Seamless Receipts Sailthru Acquires Seamless Receipts
By · June 18, 2012

Today, Sailthru announced the acquisition of Seamless Receipts, an electronic receipts specialist. Seamless Receipts brings with them extensive experience providing marketing messages, coupons and other loyalty offers from large clients like Oakley, Burton and Tumi. Their product and service offers …

Microsoft May Acquire Yammer Social Network Microsoft May Acquire Yammer Social Network
By · June 14, 2012

Microsoft is in talks with business social networking site, Yammer to discuss an acquisition. Yammer provides enterprise and business customers with all the tools they need to collaborate online. The acquisition would allow Microsoft to compete with other providers like …

Constant Contact Acquires SinglePlatform Constant Contact Acquires SinglePlatform
By · June 13, 2012

Constant Contact just announced the acquisition of SinglePlatform, a privately owned company focused on business mobile and web discovery. The deal closed yesterday and it cost Constant Contact approximately $65 million in cash, but could also yield SinglePlatform an additional …

Thomson Reuters Acquires Apsmart Thomson Reuters Acquires Apsmart
By · June 8, 2012 · 1

This morning, Thomson Reuters announced that have definitive plans to acquire cutting-edge mobile platform, Apsmart, out of London. Apsmart is well known for their application designs on iOS and Android systems. They were actually responsible for the first Shazam app. …

Citrix's Bytemobile Acquisitions Targets Mobile Citrix's Bytemobile Acquisitions Targets Mobile
By · June 7, 2012

As we reported earlier, Citrix, a cloud-based specialist, has announced their intention to acquire Bytemobile, a video and mobile data solutions provider. The deal will give Citrix a direct line to over 130 mobile carriers in 60 countries around the …

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