Tag: Acquisitions

Groupon Buys Blink, Rebrands It With The ‘Groupon’ Name
Groupon announced on Monday that it has acquired Blink a "last-minute" travel app from Europe, which lets users find deals on same-day hotel bookings. "Based in Madrid, Blink w...
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AOL’s Adap.tv Acquisition Is Now Complete
About a month ago, AOL announced the company's biggest acquisition under CEO Ti...
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Nokia/Microsoft Deal Likely to be the First of Many
Earlier this week, Microsoft acquired its own handset manufacturer by buying up N...
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IBM Completes Trusteer Acquisition
IBM has completed its acquisition of Trusteer, first announced last m...
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Microsoft Buys Nokia’s Phones Unit, Brings Elop Back
Microsoft and Nokia announced that the former will acquire the latter's devices and services business for 3.79 billion Euros ($5 billion), and will pay 1.65 billion Euros ($2.18 b...
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Twitter Has Acquired Trendrr
Trendrr announced today that it has been acquired by Twitter. Trendrr is a company that fits right in with all the TV and advertising-related efforts Twitter has been focusing on l...
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Apple Buys AlgoTrim, Which Apparently ‘Loves To Work With Android’
While perhaps not to the extent of Yahoo's, Apple appears to be on something of a little...
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ARM Buys Internet of Things Company Sensinode Oy
Semiconductor company ARM this week announced that it has acquired Sensinode Oy, a software company focused on "Internet of Thin...
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Yahoo Buys IQ Engines To Improve Flickr
Yes, Yahoo is still acquiring companies. This time it's IQ Engines, an image search company, as first...
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Apple Buys Embark To Continue Its Maps Debacle Recovery
Apple is still working to improve its Maps product for iOS, which was the subject of a great deal of grief and ridicule...
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GoDaddy Buys Website Builder Partner Locu
GoDaddy announced today that it is acquiring San Francisco-based Locu, which provides services for local merchants. According to the company it's used by over 30,000 businesses....
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IBM To Launch Super Security Lab With Big Trusteer Acquisition
IBM announced on Thursday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire security company Trusteer....
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Apple Reportedly Acquires Matcha, Presumably As Part Of Its TV Plans
Apple has reportedly acquired Matcha.tv, former provider of an iOS app, which served as something of a TV guide for cable, online streaming services and online video stores like iT...
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Twitter Acquires Tech Training Company Marakana to Help Run New ‘Twitter University’
Twitter wants to make sure its engineers are some of the best around, and in order to assure that they've just acquired an open source training company to help. The company is...
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Facebook Acquires Speech Translation Company Mobile Technologies, Makers of Offline Translation App Jibbigo
Facebook has just announced that they have acquired Mobile Technologies, a language software developer who is best known as the makers of...
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