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Google is said to be in the process of acquiring fflick a movie recommendation service based on your friends' tweets and the general view of Twitter users. Google is paying about $10 million for the company that's been around for only a few months. It's unclear whether Google is interested in the servi... |
25 January 2011
07:17 GMT |
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It seems that TSMC is quite bent on expanding its production capacity besides just advancing its existing nodes, as a recent report has revealed that the outfit decided to spend quite a bit of money on some acquisitions.2011 will be a year of unusual happenings on the semiconductor markets, as DRAM and NAND, along w... |
15 January 2011
06:17 GMT |
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For Google, every major acquisition is, increasingly, an uphill battle. The company announced its intention to buy ITA Software, a maker of flight search technology used by many travel websites and related services, last summer. But the move has been contested by many competing companies. The US Department of Justice... |
14 January 2011
06:22 GMT |
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Network security solutions provider Sourcefire acquired young antivirus vendor Immunet in order to expand the company's security portfolio into the cloud.Immunet was founded in 2008 by former Symantec executives Oliver Friedrichs and Alfred Huger, together with Cloudmark's former director of emerging techno... |
7 January 2011
11:49 GMT |
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The latest meme about Google is that the company has become too big and unwieldy and it's actually starting to drive away potential acquisitions, along with valuable employees. While it may be too early to claim this, Groupon's rejection of a $6 billion offer along with the lengths Google is going to keep i... |
4 January 2011
05:47 GMT |
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Twitter has been growing, fast, and it's been in need of more hands on deck for quite a while now. Though it's one of the hottest startups on the web, engineering talent is on high demand these days, so Twitter is resorting to something quite common lately, a "talent acquisition." Twitter has "acquired" the... |
22 December 2010
04:53 GMT |
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AOL has made a string of small acquisitions this year and it's continuing with buying About.me a site which enables users to set up an unified profile page for themselves. The company is just a few months old and the service just went out of beta and gone live for four days when AOL acquired it."about.me is more... |
21 December 2010
04:10 GMT |
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eBay has announced an important strategic acquisition in Europe, the private sales site brands4friends for $200 million. The purchase will enable eBay to position itself in the emerging market where it has had no presence so far. brands4friends is particularly strong in Germany, where it has 3.5 million users, but ha... |
20 December 2010
09:06 GMT |
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Those users keeping track of such things will know that the European Commission and Intel do not have a very pleasant history, and the former seems to again be suspicious of the latter's activities. Ever since the European Commission fined Intel $1.45 billion for antitrust charges, it seems to have kept close w... |
20 December 2010
04:43 GMT |
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Google has acquired over 40 startups this year and that's not counting transactions that haven't closed yet, like the ITA deal, or the ones that haven't been made public. One example is the acquisition of Zetawire, a small company with interests in NFC (near field communications) technologies. While th... |
14 December 2010
04:05 GMT |
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Since the holidays are almost upon us, Dell figured it would finish the year with an acquisition, so it approached Compellent and got it to sign an agreement that states it will be integrated into the former along with all its IP. Compellent is a provider of highly-virtualized storage solutions with automated data m... |
13 December 2010
10:25 GMT |
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Google is on a roll today. It's not getting its hands on Groupon, but it has made a couple of smaller acquisitions. One of them is video-on-demand software maker Widevine used by a wide range of customers, from big Hollywood studios to web-only companies. Widevine's technology and existing partnerships shou... |
4 December 2010
06:22 GMT |
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The Google - Groupon monster deal worth $6 billion has fallen apart as talks ended between the two companies without an agreement. The deals site, which is said to be making $2 billion a year - significantly more than estimated, will go at it alone and aims for an IPO.
The news of the talks breaking down was firs... |
4 December 2010
05:20 GMT |
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It seems that Seagate's decision to no longer listen to proposals of acquisition ended up preventing the most gigantic HDD-making company from coming into existence.One might say that each market segment has two representatives that have been locked in a rivalry for years.The CPU market has Intel and AMD, the G... |
3 December 2010
04:13 GMT |
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In a bid to expand it data protection product portfolio, security vendor Trend Micro has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mobile Armor, a company specializing in encryption solutions.Based in St. Louis, MO, Mobile Armor is currently majority-owned by a New York venture capital firm called Dolphin Equity Partn... |
30 November 2010
12:15 GMT |
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The Google - Groupon deal is looking more solid with several new sources confirming talks between the two companies. What's more, there is a new, more realistic price $5.3 billion plus $700 million in earnouts. The price is closer to the more recent valuations for the group buy site and is certainly within Googl... |
30 November 2010
10:56 GMT |
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As some may or may not know, Seagate has been trying to become a private company for some time, and it seems that, even though the idea is still being considered, those plans have now been mostly put on hold.The well-known, world-class supplier of hard disk drives expressed its intention to turn into a private compa... |
30 November 2010
02:25 GMT |
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Over the weekend a rumor popped up saying that Google had acquired the deals site Groupon for $2.5 billion, a rather modest sum compared to some of the valuations the site had been seeing. The deal may or may not have closed, depending on the source, and the price may be higher than the reported sum, but something is... |
29 November 2010
10:26 GMT |
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It appears that Seagate is still quite bent on becoming a private company, and though private investors seem to be getting cold feet, new rumors are suggesting that a rival HDD maker might end up buying Seagate off.Currently, Seagate has market capitalization of about $6.7 billion, which means that any deal that end... |
24 November 2010
07:30 GMT |
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Google is said to be in talks to buy local deals phenomenon Groupon, though the talks are in the early stages and may not go through. Groupon is perhaps the fastest growing company of all time and is valuated at several billion dollars. There's no word on how much Google is willing to pay but it is said to be ab... |
19 November 2010
12:11 GMT |
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AOL has revealed its third quarter financial results, painting a mixed picture. While there were some upsides, things are getting worse at the once mighty web company. Revenue was down, year-over-year and, while profits surged they were mostly due to sales of several assets. "AOL is working hard to redefine the consu... |
3 November 2010
10:06 GMT |
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Antivirus vendor Webroot has acquired cloud security solutions provider Prevx and plans to integrate the company's technology into its own services in order to enhance their capability.Based in Boulder, Colorado, Webroot offers both consumer and corporate products. The company's flagship product is Webroot ... |
1 November 2010
14:11 GMT |
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While such things don't happen very often, it seems that Seagate may be planning on once again turning into a private company, the HDD maker supposedly already holding talks with certain potential buyers.Seagate's stock has been decreasing since January but, overall, it seems to be holding its own well eno... |
15 October 2010
09:29 GMT |
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The CEOs of Microsoft and Adobe reportedly met to talk about a possible merger to combat Apple. An Adobe spokesperson said that the two companies do meet from time to time, but declined to confirm whether Apple was the topic of their last discussion.eWeek picked up on a piece by The New York Times which spreads the w... |
9 October 2010
08:28 GMT |
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Xmarks, the ill-fated bookmark sync service, seems to be getting a new lease on life. After announcing that the service will be shut down due to failing to generate revenue, the company came back and said that there may be hope yet, as users were adamant about not letting Xmarks die. James Joaquin, CEO of Xmarks, is ... |
8 October 2010
06:51 GMT |
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BlindType, a startup looking to improve virtual keyboards for touchscreen devices, has been acquired by Google, it announced. There were no financial details disclosed. The move should enable Google to build a significantly improved keyboard for Android devices."We are excited to announce that BlindType has been acqu... |
3 October 2010
10:41 GMT |
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Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are the companies whose chips are known best among consumers, but Oracle just launched a 16-core processor only to reportedly reveal that it is now looking to acquire major chip companies.Just a short time ago, Oracle slammed the server processor market with its SPARC T3, a chip that... |
25 September 2010
06:13 GMT |
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Google has been on an acquisition spree for the past year. As Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicted about a year ago, the pace of acquisitions picked up significantly. According to a study by a private research firm, Google acquired 23 companies this year alone, almost as many as in 2007, 2008 and 2009 put together. "Goo... |
22 September 2010
06:37 GMT |
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Google is said to have acquired a second Israeli startup, Quiksee. The startup makes a software which enables users to create 360 degree panoramas and video tours from their own footage. Google is said to have paid $10 million for the company. Neither Google, nor Quiksee, also known as MentorWave Technologies, have c... |
13 September 2010
08:07 GMT |
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Web and email security provider Commtouch has finalized the acquisition of Authentium's Command antivirus division, therefore adding an anti-malware solution to its portfolio.The Command antivirus line of products was created by Command Software, a security company dating back to 1984 and acquired in 2002 by Aut... |
7 September 2010
13:56 GMT |
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Despite initial signs that Google would be able to complete the ITA acquisition without too much fuss, it now looks like the company is going to have to wait as the US Department of Justice is apparently investigating whether the acquisition raises anti-trust concerns.While Google doesn't currently compete in th... |
7 September 2010
12:51 GMT |
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Eager to expand its product portfolio beyond the realm of CPUs, Intel has announced that it has just signed a deal with Infineon, through which the former transfers ownership of its Wireless Solutions business (WLS) over to the Santa Clara company in exchange for $1.4 billion.For years, Intel has been known as the d... |
30 August 2010
05:56 GMT |
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Just when things were settling down for Skype and the newly-independent company was on its way towards an initial public offering, comes the rumor that Cisco may be interested in buying the VoIP company before the IPO goes through.Cisco has made an offer to buy Skype, according to TechCrunch, though this comes from o... |
30 August 2010
04:53 GMT |
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Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced the signing of an agreement with Motally Inc., aimed at the purchase of the privately-held US-based company. According to the global leading handset vendor, it is interested in the purchase of this company due to the fact that its mobile analytics service offers in-a... |
20 August 2010
06:46 GMT |
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Intel announced a definitive agreement to buy all of McAfee's common stock for $7.68 billion, in a move unanimously supported by the board of directors of both companies.The deal, which is part of Intel's new strategy to focus on security as much as it does on energy efficiency, has still to get the go ahea... |
19 August 2010
10:14 GMT |
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Indian online marketing company Ybrant Digital bought Lycos, a vestige of the dot com era, for the bargain price of $36 million. Lycos, which was once valued at several billion dollars, still has a decent worldwide audience of several tens of millions of visitors. “Brand Lycos needs no introduction, we are exci... |
18 August 2010
06:33 GMT |
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Like Intel, Dell has just announced that it has begun the acquisition of a certain supplier of highly-virtualized storage solutions known as 3PAR, with the purpose being to integrate the eponymous clustered storage architecture into its own offering.Basically, what 3PAR is well known for is its range of highly-virtu... |
16 August 2010
10:23 GMT |
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Intel recently made a strong push on the flash storage market and has been quite arduously developing solid state drives, but it now appears to be planning a push in another area, that of providing voice, video and data content in homes, by acquiring the cable modem unit of Texas Instruments. Intel has already ... |
16 August 2010
09:57 GMT |
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Facebook hasn’t been known for its acquisitions, but it has started to make some moves, mostly snapping up small companies. The social network is said to have acquired Chai Labs, a web publishing company, for an estimated $10 million. All Things D cites several sources but was unable to confirm the acquisition ... |
16 August 2010
04:28 GMT |
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Google is said to be close to completing yet another acquisition and, for once, it’s not another social gaming company. The search company is said to be interested in Like.com, a site which enables users to search and shop for products which are visually similar. Google is probably most interested in the visual... |
16 August 2010
03:54 GMT |
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Google has acquired Instantiations a company specializing on Java and Ajax development tools. One particularly popular product has been its Google Web Toolkit (GWT) Designer, a tool which enables developers to create GWT apps using the open-source Eclipse IDE. The tool was probably the core interest for Google, but t... |
5 August 2010
10:32 GMT |
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LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, has made its first acquisition to date. LinkedIn bought mSpoke, a startup focusing on media recommendations. The social network was likely interested in the technology developed by mSpoke. The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. “mSpoke and Li... |
4 August 2010
10:16 GMT |
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For anyone not following Google very closely, it would seem that the company is on a somewhat of a acquisition spree of late. It’s buying a new company once a week most of the time and it has made several large acquisitions this year. Google only spent $148 million on the 11 companies it managed to buy in the s... |
3 August 2010
07:17 GMT |
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URL shorteners were somewhat of a fad last year and everyone was getting into the game. The problem was, even back then, that the market was dominated by Bit.ly which enjoyed the ‘approval’ of Twitter as the default link shortening service on Twitter.com. Unfortunately for Bit.ly, Twitter started using it... |
20 July 2010
05:53 GMT |
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GFI Software has announced the acquisition of antivirus vendor Sunbelt Software. The company's VIPRE product line will be merged into GFI's own email, Web and network security solutions."Over the past several years, we have looked extensively for the best technologies, the best developers and the best manag... |
13 July 2010
08:50 GMT |
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Even though the worst of the economic recession has passed in the US, its effects are still being felt quite strongly in other parts of the world. This is causing certain hardware makers, such as Infineon, more problems that they'd like. Nothing official has been said on just how the company intends to get over... |
10 July 2010
04:01 GMT |
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Webroot Software announced today the acquisition of BrightCloud, a company providing content classification services. The security vendor plans to integrate BrithCloud's Web reputation systems into its own security solutions.BrightCloud Reputation Index (BCRI) contains reputation score for over 200 million URLs.... |
7 July 2010
09:46 GMT |
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Like any well-to-do PC maker, Dell makes a point of being at least as prominent on the enterprise front as it is on the consumer market. As such, it is on a constant lookout for ways to increase its portfolio of intellectual property (IP). Buying patents is, of course, one option to achieve this goal. The other is t... |
3 July 2010
05:20 GMT |
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Parties involved have now confirmed AOL’s Bebo sale. The sale was first rumored yesterday, but there were little details to go on. Now we have the name of the buyer, Criterion Capital Partners (CCP), but there’s still no price tag for the social network. The selling price is rumored to be either of $2.5 m... |
17 June 2010
09:04 GMT |
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HTC announced the acquisition of Abaxia, a France-based software developer specialized in mobile software solutions for network operators and handset manufacturers. The acquisition will strengthen HTC's software-development capabilities. "HTC is committed to creating the best possible mobile experience for our ... |
8 June 2010
05:53 GMT |
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