Tag: Acquisitions

Auditude Acquired by Adobe
Adobe announced that it has acquired video ad company Auditude. Terms haven’t been officially disclosed, but reports have the transaction peg...
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NewBay Officially Acquired by RIM
Earlier this month, there were reports that Research in Motion, makers of BlackBerry smartphones and tablets,...
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RightNow Technologies to be Acquired by Oracle for $1.5 Billion
Oracle announced it will be acquiring RightNow Technologies, a company that provides cloud-based customer service. The deal is for about $1.5...
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Microsoft Skype Acquisition Now Official
Microsoft's acquisition of Skype has now closed. The company paid $8.5 billion. Microsoft says the two companies will remain focused on connecting people across all devices, an...
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SocialGrapple Acquired by Google
Google has acquired the team behind SocialGrapple, a social analytics service. A message at SocialGrapple.com says: I am excited to a...
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Should Microsoft Buy Yahoo?
What if Microsoft bought Yahoo? According to a report from Reuters, Microsoft is eyeing a bid on the company which is currently down a CEO. Would such an acquisition be...
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NewBay, a Cloud Software Provider, Reportedly Acquired by RIM
According to reports, Research in Motion, which makes BlackBerry smartphones and tablets, has acquired Irish software firm NewBay for $100 million. The Irish Times...
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Connected Acquired by LinkedIn
LinkedIn has acquired contact management company Connected, which is designed to help people manage their contacts across services from a sing...
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Napster Acquired by Rhapsody
Rhapsody announced today that it has agreed to acquire Napster from Best Buy. That includes the subscribers and "certain other assets" which remain unspecified. For the acquisition...
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Smarter Google+ Circles on the way?
The competition between Google+ and Facebook continues to heat up. Facebo...
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Julpan from “Orion” Creator Acquired by Twitter
Twitter has acquired Julpan, a social search company founded by Ori Allon, who is credited with the creation of the Orion Search Engine, and an algorithm Google bought the rights t...
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Google Buys DailyDeal
While others in the space seem to have scaled back a bit in the daily deals department (see Facebook and Yelp), Google continues to amp up its efforts. Since news that Facebook...
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AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Is Necessary for U.S. Economy & Obama’s Broadband Plan, Says Former Congressman
As the hearing date for the AT&T/T-Mobile merger draws closer, it seems the controve...
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Why Zagat Might Be a Smarter Purchase for Google Than Yelp
By now you’ve heard the news that Google has purchased Zagat Reviews. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Zagat, it has a worldwide set of reviews that travelers have relie...
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Walmart Buys OneRiot
Walmart has acquired OneRiot. OneRiot's tech team will move to Silicon Valley and become part of the @WalmartLabs team this month." If you're unfamiliar with OneRiot, it was an...
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