Yahoo has acquired yet another company – this time it’s Incredible Labs, the startup behind Donna, a mobile personal assistant. Yahoo has confirmed that five of the Incredible Labs team members will…
Tag: Mergers and Acquisition
Yahoo buys Tomfoolery
Recent reports suggest that Yahoo’s acquisition of Tomfoolery is already closed and that the company will close down Anchor once the acquisition is complete. Sources close to the deal have reported that…
Microsoft Studios buys rights to Gears of War franchise from Epic Games
Microsoft has revealed that it has purchases the rights to Gears of War from Epic Games including all existing as well as future titles of the franchise. Redmond has also revealed that…
Google acquires AI startup DeepMind
Google is buying DeepMind, a UK based artificial intelligence startup, in a deal that is believed to be in the $400 million to $500 million range making it Mountain View’s largest European…
Yahoo eyeing virtual worlds with Cloud Party acquisition?
Cloud Party, a California-based virtual gaming service, is Yahoo’s next acquisition. The deal will see closure of the virtual gaming company, founded by a team of console game industry veterans, on February…
Google buys Impermium for undisclosed amount
Google has bought a three-year old cyber security startup with Indian pedigree for an undisclosed amount. Impermium was founded by a team of three including two Indians Vish Ramarao and Naveen Jamal…
Branch is Facebook’s latest acquisition
Social networking giant, Facebook, acquired social startup Branch Media and hired company’s 9-person team to build up a new Facebook Conversation’s group in New York. Josh Miller, Branch co-founder, was the one…
Google acquires Nest for £1.9 billion; its second largest acquisition since Motorola
Google has announced a £1.9 billion ($3.2 billion) deal to buy smart thermostat maker Nest Labs Inc. thereby not only scooping up a great and promising line of products, but also a…
Facebook acquires Little Eye Labs; company’s first Indian acquisition
Facebook has acquired Bangalore, India based company that specializes in building tools for analyzing and enhancing efficiency of Android apps. “Little Eye Labs will join forces with Facebook to take its mobile…
Microsoft acquires Parature for self-service CRM
Microsoft has reportedly acquired Parature in a bid to beef up its Dynamics Customer Relationship Management product by possibly giving it self-service capabilities. Microsoft’s Parature acquisition could point to a changing landscape…
Winamp possibly acquired by online radio firm Radionomy
Winamp was supposed to breath its last on December 20 as previously announced by its parent company AOL; however, that didn’t happen and it seems that the player won’t be extinct after…
Toshiba acquires ailing OCZ for $35M
Toshiba has agreed to take over OCZ’s client and enterprise solid state drive businesses for $35 million. OCZ, which was already ailing for over a year now and having declared bankruptcy just…
PrimeSense bagged by Apple for a reported £222M
Apple has finally inked its acquisition deal of PrimeSense, an Israel based 3D motion detection technology, for a reported £222M Million. Best known for developing gesture control technology for Microsoft’s Kinect console,…
Nokia workers against Microsoft deal
Hundreds of Nokia workers in China were spotted shouting slogans outside a Nokia plant in the southern city of Dongguan on Wednesday protesting Nokia’s decision to sell its mobile business to Microsoft….
Apple eyes PrimeSense for $345 million
Apple is up with a plan to acquire PrimeSense, an Israel based 3D-sensing company. As per the news story published in the Calcalist financial newspaper on Sunday, the deal between the two…