Tag: Acquisitions

Yahoo Buys Cooliris, Which Includes BeamIt
Yahoo has acquired Cooliris, makers of the photo app of the same name as well as BeamIt....
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Google Acquires RelativeWave, Makes Form Free
Google has acquired RelativeWave, makers of Form, a mobile app protyping application for Mac. RelativeWave announced the news on...
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The Onion Might Be Up For Sale, Too
Popular comedy sites are putting themselves on the market left and right. Well, really just two - but they're two important properties. Fresh off the news that Will Ferrell's Fu...
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Yahoo Is Buying BrightRoll For $640 Million
Yahoo announced that it has agreed to acquire programmatic video advertising platform BrightRoll for $640 million in cash. The platform will be combined with Yahoo's premium deskto...
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Funny or Die Might Be Up for Sale
Could Funny or Die be up for sale? According to a report from Bloomberg...
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Lenovo Completes Motorola Mobility Acquisition From Google
All the way back in January, Google announced that it was selling Motorola Mob...
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Yelp Acquires French Review Site Cityvox
Investors have been concerned about Yelp's international business, and Yelp seems to be do...
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Google’s Nest Acquires Revolv, Stops Selling
Nest, which Google acquired earlier this year, has acquired Revolv, another smart-home device maker....
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Yelp Acquires German Review Site Restaurant-Kritik
Yelp announced that it has acquired Hamburg-based restaurant review company Restaurant-Kritik, which means Yelp will control more of the online review scene in Germany. Yelp pl...
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Google Beefs Up Its AI Work With New Acquisitions And Oxford University Partnership
Google announced that it has formed a partnership with the Artificial Intelligence research teams at Oxford University to "accelerate" its efforts in AI, and has hired seven founde...
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Google Announces Firebase Acquisition
Google announced that it has acquired Firebase, adding its team to its own Google Cloud Platform team. The startup has developed wasy to make it easier for developers to build mobi...
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IBM To Get Rid Of Semiconductor Business
IBM announced an agreement with Globalfoundaries that will see the latter acquire IBM's commercial semiconductor business, including intellectual property, personnel, and technolog...
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Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger Gets Thumbs Up from Shareholders
The shareholders of two of the most-hated companies in America...
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Facebook Isn’t Going to Put Ads All Over WhatsApp, at Least Not Right Away
Facebook's $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp is in the bag. After approvals from the...
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Facebook WhatsApp Deal Is Officially Done
Facebook announced in February that it would be acquiring WhatsApp for $19 billion...
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