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While working on new marine cameras, Garmin has also been negotiating new deals, one of which involves the full acquisition of a certain maker of sonar technology.
Right to the point, Garmin has announced the acquisition of Interphase Technologies Inc., a privately-held phased array scanning sonar technology maker.... |
14 February 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Google and Motorola are now one step closer to finalizing the proposed acquisition and merger that were announced last year.
On Monday, both the European Commission and the US Department of Justice announced that they approved of the deal.
The European Commission has announced that it had cleared under the EU Me... |
14 February 2012
06:06 GMT |
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After losing a major patent against NVIDIA, Rambus has announced that it has acquired a privately-held memory technology company, complete with its own special portfolio.
Rambus has managed to get Unity Semiconductor to sign a deal through which the latter becomes part of the former in exchange for $35 million in c... |
6 February 2012
08:51 GMT |
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Anyone wondering what Intel was doing to improve its video and graphics technologies may want to know of the recent deal it signed with RealNetworks.
Right to the point, Intel is going to buy 190 patents and 170 patent applications from RealNetworks, including its next-generation video codec.
“Selling these ... |
26 January 2012
10:44 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is reportedly interested in purchasing parts of Canadian smartphone designer Research In Motion.
The maker of BlackBerry has been long rumored to plan selling its assets due to falling stocks and slimmer market share.
Nothing has been officially confirmed for the time bein... |
18 January 2012
02:40 GMT |
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Besides revealing their plans to offer organizations solutions to help them better connect company business, legal and IT departments while reducing risks and costs, Symantec also made public the fact that it had acquired LiveOffice, a market leader when it comes to cloud-based archiving.
“The acquisition of ... |
17 January 2012
04:33 GMT |
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Rumor has it that the Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion plans on putting itself up for grabs, and that it has already kicked off the process.
Apparently, the leading handset vendor hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to look into various strategic options.
The BlackBerry maker has been long rumored ... |
16 January 2012
05:04 GMT |
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Looks like another one of those famed transactions has happened or will happen, this once between Samsung and Sony. The two companies used to work on the S-LCD joint business, and technically still do. Now, though, Samsung has decided to assume ownership of the whole thing, which means it has to pay Sony quite a bi... |
27 December 2011
06:00 GMT |
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Seagate has finally gotten past that short period of time when it was farther behind Western Digital than the world is used to. Back when WD Bought Hitachi, it gained a share of about 50% of the whole thing, leaving the rest for Seagate, Toshiba, Samsung and others to divide amongst each other. Considering that Se... |
20 December 2011
03:24 GMT |
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Apple has already established itself as a leading mobile phone maker, and Google might soon make a similar move, since it is in the process of acquiring Motorola Mobility, and it would not come too much as a surprise if Microsoft made such a step, that’s for sure. In fact, more rumors on the company’s pl... |
14 December 2011
12:32 GMT |
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It's official, Facebook has acquired Gowalla, the location based service turned travel guide. Rumors popped up over the weekend and, while neither company confirmed it, they didn't deny it either."We were blown away by Facebook’s new developments [at this year's f8]... it became clear that ... |
5 December 2011
13:21 GMT |
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Facebook is said to have acquired (or be very close to acquiring) Gowalla, the location based service that hasn't been able to leave Foursquare's shadow. The social network is said to be interested in the talent above everything else and will move most of the Gowalla team to its headquarters in Palo Alto.
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5 December 2011
05:23 GMT |
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The European Commission has finally given its stamp of approval for Western Digital's acquisition of Hitachi, but there is a catch, one that involves a production plant. It was quite a while ago that Western Digital decided to buy Hitachi, all of it. Hitachi agreed, but that didn't mean everything would ... |
24 November 2011
02:58 GMT |
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Google is on an acquisition roll, the latest addition to its rooster is Apture, a company which creates a browser plugin designed to enhance the web by providing additional info for any highlighted word on any page.Apture also creates a white-label service for websites which enables them to add overlay popups that sh... |
11 November 2011
08:12 GMT |
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Google has acquired a small startup that is a perfect fit for Google+. Katango makes an iPhone app designed to make it easier to group Facebook friends and share only with one group or another.In essence, it enabled Facebook users to do what Google+ can do by default with circles, however, it also automated the proce... |
11 November 2011
04:57 GMT |
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Even in the fast moving and casual world of tech startups, business is business. Especially when faced with a multi-billion dollar offer, you'd think entrepreneurs would stick to more customary procedures. That was not the case when YouTube was acquired, cofounder Steven Chen recounted in an interview at Disrup... |
31 October 2011
06:32 GMT |
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Less than a couple of months ago, Google acquired Zagat, the renowned restaurant-rating guide, to provide it with reviews and other data for its local business projects.Zagat has been around for a few decades and, while it was still transitioning to a digital version, it was a respected source of info. One big questi... |
27 October 2011
08:20 GMT |
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Most people aren't aware of what Akamai is or what it does, yet they're probably using it every day. The content distribution network helps plenty of websites better handle international and high volume traffic and has built a very solid infrastructure around the world.
But the company has also been get... |
13 October 2011
10:21 GMT |
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Imation has been seeking to improve the security of its products and services, so it announced, a while ago, that it would be buying IronKey's secure data storage hardware business, a maneuver that has now been finalized.
When trying to expand one's intellectual property, buying another company, or part... |
5 October 2011
10:46 GMT |
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McAfee and NitroSecurity, a security information and event management (SIEM) solutions provider, fully agree on the terms of the future acquisition. With this move the buyer hopes to improve their enterprise services providing a better view of a company's entire network infrastructure.
“McAfee is focuse... |
5 October 2011
02:27 GMT |
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Despite what PR nightmare the acquisition of Autonomy contributed to for HP, the deal was, in the end, sealed, as revealed by the newest press release on the latter's part. When HP sacked its previous CEO and chose Meg Whitman to take his place, it was hoped that the new leader would revert those two infamous ... |
4 October 2011
03:30 GMT |
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At their annual MAX conference, Kevin Lynch, Adobe's CTO announced the acquisition of Typekit, a true innovator in the world of web typography, and the most successful service in delivering web fonts to sites across the web.If now everybody looks and expects to see non-standard web fonts in live websites, this w... |
4 October 2011
03:19 GMT |
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Texas Instruments may have already controlled the largest share of the analog chip market, but this didn't stop it from offering to buy National Semiconductor for a huge sum of money about six months ago.
Acquisitions are a common thing on the IT industry, especially ever since the establishment of the paten... |
26 September 2011
05:10 GMT |
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Coming to add to the string of announcements about corporate acquisitions, Imation has issued a press release in which it states that it will completely buy all of IronKey's secure data storage hardware business.
As online storage gains prominence, it becomes obvious that companies have to keep ramping up th... |
20 September 2011
10:22 GMT |
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The popular social media dashboard HootSuite announced the acquisition of TwapperKeeper, a Twitter archiving and analytics tool.Soon after securing a new round of funding from established investors, HootSuite went on a shopping spree and bought TwapperKeeper, a very small but promising startup focused on storing, arc... |
19 September 2011
13:01 GMT |
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Yahoo is still in turmoil after ousting CEO Carol Bartz. The company has been in trouble for years, but the move opened up the question of its future once again. While the board is putting together a list of options, it has tried to downplay the possibility of a sale.
The board is looking at other alternatives to ... |
15 September 2011
06:21 GMT |
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Google's move to acquire Motorola came as quite a shock to most people. It was a bold move and an unexpected one from the software company. Now we have a few more details on how the whole deal went down, how the negotiations carried out and even details like the fact that Google outbid itself just o make sure it... |
14 September 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Many buyouts have occurred in the IT industry, like they have been happening in all other segments of the industry as a whole, and the newest one to be announced is the deal sealed by Broadcom and NetLogic.
Broadcom already has an extensive collection of wired and wireless communications chips, but its portfolio ... |
12 September 2011
07:56 GMT |
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Yahoo has been having quite a week. After firing CEO Carol Bartz, the company is examining its options and has hired consultants to come up with a path forward. Perfect timing for the perennial AOL acquisition/merger rumor to pop up again.
Right on cue, the possibility of an AOL/Yahoo merger is being discussed aga... |
10 September 2011
05:33 GMT |
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Acquisitions happen all the time in the IT industry, the same way they happen everywhere really, and the most recent one was just completed by PC maker Dell.
It was some time ago that Dell said it would buy all the assets of Force10 , world-class provider of data center networking for service provider and enterpr... |
27 August 2011
05:56 GMT |
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Not quite the resounding acquisition someone might be expecting, but Reddit indeed made its first move on another business. The company bought redditgifts.com, a Secret Santa project started by two of its own users after a community discussion.RedditGifts started back in 2009, after public talks on Reddit requested a... |
24 August 2011
10:39 GMT |
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With all the news about companies reshaping their businesses and sealing acquisition deals, ARM decided to come out and clearly state its decision to remain a private IT player.The recent revelation that HP is going to spin off or sell its whole PC business seems to have started something akin to a chain reaction.It... |
24 August 2011
02:49 GMT |
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HP only just announced that it intends to pass on its PC business to someone else, or spin it off in an independent company, and already rumors are pinning names to prospective buyers, in this case Samsung.The revelation HP made during its most recent conference call with financial analysts are among the type that l... |
23 August 2011
04:21 GMT |
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Soon, Motorola Mobility will be part of Google, the two announced on Monday. The Internet giant agreed to acquire the mobile phone maker for $12.5 billion, as part of a deal that already saw the green light from their board of directors and which is now subject to regulatory approvals. The mobile industry already re... |
16 August 2011
04:16 GMT |
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Google has announced that it will acquire Motorola Mobility, mostly to strengthen its Android business. It's the biggest deal Google has done, by far, it will pay $12.5 billion if it goes through, and it's a very bold move for the company since it has never been in the hardware making business before.Howeve... |
16 August 2011
03:30 GMT |
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In a move aimed at strengthening the Android ecosystem, Internet giant Google announced plans to purchase Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc., the popular mobile phone maker. The two have entered an agreement according to which Google would pay $40.00 per share in cash for Motorola Mobility, which represents a premium ... |
16 August 2011
01:58 GMT |
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Facebook bought digital book maker Push Pop Press. The company only has one book behind it, but the book, which is more of an application than it is an ebook, made quite an impression on anyone who saw it in action.
Unfortunately, that's going to be the first and last book Push Pop Press publishes, as the tea... |
3 August 2011
05:04 GMT |
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With how things have been getting difficult in the memory industry, one would expect some of those involved to contemplate retirement, but it looks like at least some companies, in this case Samsung, are still looking for opportunities to expand.Those following the happenings on the IT market may or may not know of ... |
3 August 2011
04:03 GMT |
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Amazon announced yesterday that it plans to acquire UK-based outfit The Book Depository. Because of the nature of the deal, the two companies are two of the biggest book sellers in the UK, the Office of Fair Trading is now asking for comments from interested parties on whether the deal should be allowed to pass or no... |
5 July 2011
10:53 GMT |
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Amazon is already a top-tier online store, but it looks like it felt it could do with an expansion in terms of how many books it has to offer and where, perhaps even enabling an acceleration in the expansion of its digital e-book collection.E-books have been selling quite well over the past year, much to the detrime... |
5 July 2011
04:47 GMT |
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It looks like a certain financial transaction that the world's prime supplier of CPUs was seeking, and which had been put on hold a while ago, has finally been approved by the Federal Trade Commission.
Intel seems to decide on buying companies quite often, though this is hardly surprising for such a large-sc... |
25 June 2011
06:20 GMT |
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Google has acquired HTPC/DVR software maker Sage TV, as announced over the weekend, for an undisclosed sum. The company, which has been around since 2002, seems like a good fit for Google TV, but neither Google nor Sage TV have commented on what their plans are going forward."As the media landscape continues to evolv... |
20 June 2011
04:01 GMT |
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Google has confirmed its intentions of buying Admeld, an online advertising startup. While it hasn't provided a price, Google has explained where Admeld fits into the online ad landscape. What's more, in its own blog post, Admeld said that the two companies will remain independent while regulators work out ... |
14 June 2011
03:40 GMT |
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Facebook is building up a huge team of talented people and, if it can't get them to join, it simply buys the entire company, like it just did with Sofa, a software design company from Amsterdam.
Sofa has announced that the entire team will be moving to Facebook's headquarters in Palo Alto and also said ... |
10 June 2011
09:11 GMT |
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PostRank, a company focusing on social data analytics, engagement and, now to a lesser degree, content discovery, has been acquired by Google. The company hasn't said what it plans to do with its latest acquisition but it will likely integrate the technology into its Analytics product. The existing products and ... |
4 June 2011
05:21 GMT |
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It appears that the many product launches at Computex 2011 aren't all that is happening on the IT market, as Lenovo appears to have taken yet another step forward in its plan to expand its business, this time by acquiring a certain German company.Lenovo can very well be said to be one of, if not the fastest-gro... |
2 June 2011
04:36 GMT |
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Video game publisher Take Two has announced that it has extended the contract agreements it has with key personal from Rockstar Games that are implicated in the development of the Grand Theft Auto franchise and of Western hit Red Dead Redemption and at least one video game analyst believes that this could actually ma... |
26 May 2011
10:09 GMT |
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It's finally official, Twitter has announced that it has acquired TweetDeck, maker of the popular Twitter client of the same name. No price was given, but the companies did say that they plan to continue to support and develop TweetDeck as is and will position the tool as something for companies, professionals a... |
26 May 2011
08:31 GMT |
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Google has acquired the team behind the Sparkbuy comparison shopping site. Sparkbuy was barely six months old and offered a way for users to narrow down their searches for a new laptop or other gadgets based on some clear and intuitive criteria. The site has been shut down, but the three-person team will start workin... |
24 May 2011
06:11 GMT |
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The latest and, hopefully, last rumor about Twitter's TweetDeck acquisition is that it's finally been completed. Twitter has bought TweetDeck for $40 million in cash and stock, somewhat lower than the $50 million that's been rumored in the past. The company still hasn't confirmed anything, but the... |
24 May 2011
05:20 GMT |
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