Tag: Acquisitions

Google to Improve Social Search with fflick Acquisition?
Update: Apparently the acquisition is more about YouTube. Interesting. Google's official announcement...
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Amazon Buys European Netflix-Like Company, LoveFilm
Amazon is acquiring the remaining shares in LoveFilm, which is often referred to around the web as the "Netflix of Europe". Amaz...
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eBay Pays $200 Million to Acquire Brands4friends [Update]
Update: eBay just announced that it has completed the acquisition.  Original Article (12/20): eBay announced that it is acqui...
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Google Buys eBook Technologies to Provide Richer e-Reading Experiences on Tablets
eBooks and e-readers are big business these days. Amazon's Kindle recently...
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Groupon Acquires 3 Deals Sites, Expands Into More Countries
Groupon is launching in India, Israel, and South Africa as it has acquired similar deals sites in each of those countries - SoSata, Grouper, and Twangoo respectively. ...
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Salesforce Buys Dimdim for $31 Million
Salesforce.com announced that it has acquired Dimdim for $31 million. The acquisition will help Salesforce expand its Chatter line of produc...
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Dell Buying SecureWorks For Undisclosed Sum
Dell has announced its intention to acquire IT security firm SecureWorks, which offers managed-securit...
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Google and FairSearch Argue ITA Acquisition on TV
As you may know, Google is trying to acquire ITA Software, but it has faced various hurdles, mainly led by a coalition called FairSearch, made up of travel sites. Now, the Depar...
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Motorola Acquires Media Sync/Streaming Company Zecter
Motorola Mobility has acquired a company called Zecter. Zecter is a company with synchronization and streaming technologi...
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Twitter Acquires Fluther Team to Make Twitter More Relevant
Twitter announced that it has acquired the Fluther, or the team at Fluther, rather. The product Fluther will remain separate from Twitter, a...
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AOL Acquires Personal Profile Site About.me
AOL announced that it's acquiring about.me, described as a "social identity site" that allows users to create personal profile pages....
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Rackspace Acquires Cloudkick for Cloud Server Management Apps
Rackspace announced that it has acquired Cloudkick, which creates web apps for cloud-server management.  Rackspace co...
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AOL To Bolster Display Ad Offerings With Pictela Pick-Up
AOL announced that it has acquired ad platform firm Pictela. The company makes what is described as a "high-definition brand content platfo...
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eBay Acquires Critical Path, Which Has Worked on eBay’s iPhone Apps
eBay announced that it has acquired Critical Path Software, a mobile app developer, which it has been working with for over two years....
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Google Looks Toward “Star Trek Future” With Phonetic Arts Acquisition
Google has acquired Phonetic Arts, a speech synthesis company based in Cambridge, England. The company works on technology that generates...
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