Microsoft has acquired San Francisco-based startup LiveLoop for an undisclosed amount – a development it says will enable it to reinvent productivity. Announcing the acquisition, Microsoft in a statement said “We are…
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Facebook bags shopping search engine ‘TheFind’
Facebook has acquired Mountain View, California-based personalized online shopping search engine, TheFind. The announcement of acquisition was made on Friday but the details of deal were kept undisclosed. Announcing the deal, Facebook…
Twitter eyeing video streaming app Periscope
Recent rumors suggest Twitter is in acquisition talks with live streaming app Periscope, which lets users’ stream video in real time. According to TechCrunch, the acquisition talks are in early stages and…
Game Digital bags gaming event organizer Multiplay for £20m
UK high street retailer, Game Digital, has acquired gaming events company Multiplay for £20m. As part of the £20 million acquisition deal, GAME will pay £12.6 million up front and then a…
HP agrees to acquire Wi-Fi gear maker Aruba for $3 billion
Hewlett Packard has agreed to buy Wi-Fi solutions provider Aruba Networks Inc for an equity value of $3 billion in a bid to boost its networking business. HP is hoping that acquiring…
PlayTech bags GameMaker creator YoYo Games for £10.65m
Online gambling technology company PlayTech has acquired GameMaker creator YoYo Games for around £10.65m ($16.4m). An additional £3.4 million ($5.25 million) may also be paid out depending on performance as part of…
ARM buys internet of things firm ‘Offspark’
UK based multinational semiconductor and software design company ARM has acquired Dutch internet-of-things (IoT) company called Offspark specialising IoT communication security for an undisclosed sum. The news about the acquisition was announced…
Microsoft takes big data firm Revolution Analytics into its fold
Microsoft has agreed to acquire big data firm Revolution Analytics for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2007, Revolution Analytics is popular as a provider of software and services for R, a programming…
Dropbox bags Israeli startup CloudOn
Cloud storage provider Dropbox has reportedly acquired Israel-based startup CloudOn for an undisclosed amount. Although Dropbox did not formally announce the deal, CloudOn confirmed the acquisition in an announcement post on its…
Microsoft acquires Israeli text analysis startup Equivio
Microsoft has acquired text analysis startup Equivio for an undisclosed amount. Announcing the deal, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Rajesh Jha, in a blog post, said “We are making this acquisition to help…
Twitter bags Indian start-up ZipDial
Twitter has reportedly acquired India-based mobile phone marketing start-up ZipDial for an undisclosed amount. While the financial details of the deal remains undisclosed, it is expected that the deal would have cost…
Google in talks to bag mobile payments startup Softcard
Recent reports suggest Google is in talks to acquire mobile payments company Softcard. According to a report on TechCrunch, which cites people familiar with the situation, the search giant is interested in…
Facebook bags online video startup QuickFire Networks
Facebook on Thursday announced it has acquired QuickFire Networks, a San Diego-based video processing and transcoding startup that specialises in delivering high-quality video at low bandwidth requirement. “Video is an essential part…
BT’s EE acquisition bid likely to face regulatory hurdles instigated by competitors
BT has inked an exclusivity agreement with Deutsche Telekom and Orange for possible acquisition of Everything Everywhere (EE) pegged at around £12.5 billion on a debt/cash free basis, but the deal will…
BT to acquire O2 or EE? The question worth billions has been answered
The question worth billions of pounds may very well have been answered as BT revealed that it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Deutsche Telekom and Orange for possible acquisition of…