Tag: Acquisitions

Google’s AdMeld Acquisition Made Official
Last week, a report came out that Google had acquired AdMeld for around $400 million....
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Facebook Acquires Sofa, Makers of Mac Apps
Facebook has acquired Sofa, a software company based in Amsterdam, which created Mac apps like Kaleidoscope and Versions. In an announcemen...
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Google Buys AdMeld for $400 MIllion: Report
According to an unconfirmed report from Michael Arrington at TechCrunch, citing "multiple sources," Google has acquired...
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RIM Acquires Mobile Gaming Company Scoreloop
RIM has acquired mobile gaming company Scoreloop for an undisclosed amount. RIM says on the BlackBerry Blog:...
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eBay to Acquire Open Source E-Commerce Platform Magento
eBay announced it has agreed to acquire open source e-commerce platform...
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Google Acquires PostRank, a Social Measurement Firm
Google has acquired PostRank, a service that helps users find, read, and measure online social engagement with news and articles. The amount has not been disclosed. The company...
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Twitter Said to Be Launching Image Service, Acquiring AdGrok
Last week, Twitter officially announced its acquisition of TweetDeck, and if there is merit to the rumors emer...
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Twitter Makes TweetDeck Acquisition Official
It's been reported all month that Twitter was acquiring TweetDeck. This week, CNN reported that the papers had been signed, but there was stilll no official word from Twitter or Tw...
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Sparkbuy Becomes Part of Google
Google has acquired Sparkbuy, a laptop and TV comparison shopping site, for an undisclosed sum. Sparkbuy, which never even emerged from beta...
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TweetDeck Purchased by Twitter, Reports Emerge Again
Around the beginning of May, reports came out suggesting that Twitter had acquired TweetDeck, and an announce...
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Inside Network Bought For $14 Million By Alan Meckler’s WebMediaBrands
WebMediaBrands announced today that it has acquired Inside Network, the publishing company that publishes...
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Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion
Microsoft and Skype just announced that Microsoft is buying Skype for $8.5 billion in cash, and that the deal has already been approved by both boards of directors. Skype is be...
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eBay Acquires WHERE, MissionFish
Two bits of acquisition news coming out of eBay today. First, the company has completed its previously...
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PayPal Buys Fig Card, Aims to Kill the Wallet
PayPal has acquired Fig Card in the latest move in the increasingly interesting mobile payments space. This comes just a week after the...
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Delicious Lives On Without Yahoo, Courtesy of YouTube Founders
Yahoo announced today that YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have acquired Delicious, and that they will keep the site up and runn...
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