Tag: Acquisitions

Google Acquires Songza To Improve Google Play Music And Maybe YouTube
It's been rumored for weeks, but Google just announced that it has acquired Songza. It will use the acquisition to improve Google Play Music. "They’ve built a great service whi...
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Twitter Is Acquiring TapCommerce
Twitter is acquiring mobile retargeting company TapCommerce, as first reported by...
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Oculus Acquires the Team That Designed the Xbox 360 Controller
The Facebook-owned Oculus VR, makers of the Oculus Rift, have just announced the a...
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Oracle Buys Micros Systems for $5.3 Billion
Oracle, no stranger to large acquisitions, has just announced a $5.3 billion buy o...
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Google Acquires mDialog For DoubleClick
Google announced on Thursday that it has acquired mDialog, a video advertising technology company. A post from Google's DoubleClick Digital Marketing Google+ Page (via...
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Twitter Announces SnappyTV Acquisition
Twitter announced on Thursday that it has acquired SnappyTV, which lets broadcasters edit TV snippets for social media. Twitter Dire...
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Priceline Buys OpenTable for $2.6 Billion in Cash
One booking and accommodations company has agreed to acquire another, as travel and hotel site Priceline is buying restaurant reservation purveyors OpenTable. The acquisition is fo...
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Apple Reportedly Buys Another Search Company
Earlier this week, Apple unveiled its new operating systems for Macs, iPhones, and iPads. As previously reported, there are some significant search-related features and changes tha...
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Twitter Acquires Namo Media To Add Its Native Ad Tech To MoPub
Twitter has acquired Namo Media, a native advertising company known for in-stream ad technology. It's backed by Google Ventures, betaworks, Trinity Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, a...
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Apple Officially Announces Beats Acquisition
You knew it was coming, but now it's official. Apple just made the announcement that it has agreed to acquire Beats Music and Beats Electronics. Co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dr...
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Microsoft Acquires App Analytics Company Capptain
Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Capptain, a platform for app developers that combines analytics with push notifications and in-app messaging campaigns. Here it is in...
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Google Said To Be Close To $1 Billion Skybox Imaging Acquisition
Google is on the verge of acquiring Skybox Imaging, a satellite company, for over $1 billion, according to a...
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Twitter Reportedly Backs Out of SoundCloud Talks
Just a day after reports emerged that Twitter was mulling a purchase of music str...
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Comcast, Time Warner Still the Most Hated as Regulators Weigh Merger
The American Customer Satisfaction Index, a gigantic (80,000 or so) annual survey that asks Americans about their satisfaction with certain companies and areas of the national econ...
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