• Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • October 29th, 2018
IBM Buys Linux Company Red Hat for $34B to Become World's Leading Cloud Provider

IBM Buys Linux Company Red Hat for $34B to Become World's Leading Cloud Provider

The two companies want to create a hybrid cloud provider

SiriusXM Acquired Pandora for $3.5 Billion

SiriusXM Acquired Pandora for $3.5 Billion

Pandora's products and their pricing to be maintained

Yahoo Is Now Part of Verizon, Marissa Mayer Resigns

Yahoo Is Now Part of Verizon, Marissa Mayer Resigns

Mayer will get her $23M golden parachute for quitting

Marissa Mayer to Cash Out $186 Million in Yahoo Stock After Verizon Acquisition

Marissa Mayer to Cash Out $186 Million in Yahoo Stock After Verizon Acquisition

Mayer will make a lot of money after Yahoo's sale

Yahoo and AOL Get Rebranded into Oath

Yahoo and AOL Get Rebranded into Oath

Once the Yahoo deal is done, the two will join under Oath

Verizon Wanted to Cut $925M Off Yahoo Deal, Got Away with $350M

Verizon Wanted to Cut $925M Off Yahoo Deal, Got Away with $350M

Verizon was hoping to get an even better deal for Yahoo

Google Buys Data Science Community Kaggle

Google Buys Data Science Community Kaggle

This is the newest acquisition Google signed up for

  • Finances
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 29th, 2016
Spotify Interested in Buying Soundcloud

Spotify Interested in Buying Soundcloud

This is the third time Spotify & Soundcloud engage in talks

Avast Announces Plans to Buy AVG for $1.3 Billion

Avast Announces Plans to Buy AVG for $1.3 Billion

Avast will pay $25/share for all of AVG's stock

End of an Era: Yahoo! Goes Up for Sale

End of an Era: Yahoo! Goes Up for Sale

Board of Directors forms a review committee for finding buyers, analyzing offers, and carrying out negotiations

  • Storage
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 21st, 2015
Western Digital Buys SanDisk for $19 Billion (€16.75 Billion)

Western Digital Buys SanDisk for $19 Billion (€16.75 Billion)

Transaction includes both cash and stock options

  • Apple
  • By Sergiu Gatlan
  • October 6th, 2015
Apple Acquires Deep Learning Perceptio Startup to Boost iOS' Image Processing Efficiency <em>Bloomberg</em>

Apple Acquires Deep Learning Perceptio Startup to Boost iOS' Image Processing Efficiency Bloomberg

Perceptio's founders are researchers with a background in image-recognition systems based on artificial intelligence

Micron Acquires Tidal Systems to Build SSD Controllers

Micron Acquires Tidal Systems to Build SSD Controllers

Micron prepares for a future where SSDs will rule

MediaTek and Huawei Plan to Make SSD Controllers

MediaTek and Huawei Plan to Make SSD Controllers

But first it has to pass CFIUS' scrutinizing back-check

  • Apple
  • By Sergiu Gatlan
  • October 3rd, 2015
Apple Acquires VocalIQ, Likely to Connect Siri-Enabled Devices to the Internet of Things (IoT)

Apple Acquires VocalIQ, Likely to Connect Siri-Enabled Devices to the Internet of Things (IoT)

VocalIQ should allow Apple to boost Siri's capabilities in leaps and bounds, years ahead of their direct competition

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 26th, 2015
Saudi Arabia Almost Bought Hacking Team

Saudi Arabia Almost Bought Hacking Team

US Ambassador to Italy was involved in the negotiations

Secunia Acquired by Flexera Software

Secunia Acquired by Flexera Software

Flexera Software boosts its portfolio with new tools to help discover and mitigate software vulnerabilities

 
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