Tag: Acquisitions

DoJ Files To Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
The United States Department of Justice announced today that it has filed an antitrust lawsuit to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. “The combination of AT&T and T-...
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CNN Acquires iPad News Reader App Zite
CNN announced that it has acquired tech company Zite, which makes a news app of the same name for the iPad. CNN says it has already added Zite to...
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Facebook Takes the Google Route. Will it Work?
Facebook is the king of the hill when it comes to social networks, but it faces growing competition from a couple of old foes. Google is rampantly trying to play catch up in the so...
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GroupMe To Be Acquired By Skype (Microsoft)
GroupMe announced today that it has agreed to be acquired by Skype. GroupMe is a popular group messaging service. On its company blog, Gr...
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HP to Explore PC Spin Off, Acquire Autonomy
Update: HP has officially announced its intent to acquire Autonomy in what would amount to about $10.2 billion at $42.11 per share. The exact words of the announcement are t...
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Google’s Motorola Mobility Acquisition Draws Suit From Share Holder
Earlier this week, Google announced its intent to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, whi...
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eBay Acquires Magento (Officially)
eBay announced that it has officially completed its acquisition of Magento, which it...
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Time Warner Cable Acquires Insight: Twitter Weighs In
Call it today's other major acquisition news. This morning Google announced their purchase of Motor...
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Motorola Mobility: Google to Get Into Baby Monitor Business?
Everybody in the tech industry is talking about Google's pending acquisition of Motorola Mobility, which Googl...
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Google Motorola Deal: What Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC & LG Think About It
As you may know, Google announced its intent to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The company has positioned the acquisition as a defensive strategy to "anti-competitive...
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Google Buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion
Google announced this morning plans to acquire Motorola Mobility. The price: $12.5 billion - the company's biggest-ever acquisition by far. CEO Larry Page made the...
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Zong Officially Acquired by eBay
eBay announced that it has officially completed its acquisition of Zong, announced just over a month ago. Zong provides payments through mobil...
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Twitterfeed Acquired by Bitly
Bitly, once Twitter's favorite URL shortening service before Twitter decided to go with its own service, announced that it has acquired Twitterfeed. Twitterfeed allows bloggers...
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Bagcheck Acquired by Twitter
Twitter has acquired Bagcheck for an undisclosed sum. Bagcheck engineer and co-founder Sam Pullara is also along for the ride, as he is joining T...
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Obtiva Acquired by Groupon
Groupon announced today that it has acquired Obtiva, a Ruby on Rails software development firm from Groupon's hometown of Chicago. "We’ve be...
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