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DOJ approves Google's sale of Motorola Home to Arris
DOJ approves Google's sale of Motorola Home to Arris
The deal is expected to close next week 13 Apr 2013
It's official: LinkedIn purchases Pulse app for $90 million
It's official: LinkedIn purchases Pulse app for $90 million
Newsreader app is popular across platforms 12 Apr 2013
Google rumored to be buying WhatsApp for $1 billion
Google rumored to be buying WhatsApp for $1 billion
WhatsApp playing 'hard ball' 08 Apr 2013 - 1 comment
Amazon paid $150 million for Goodreads
Amazon paid $150 million for Goodreads
Amazon will add the company into its book social discovery engine 30 Mar 2013
LinkedIn buying popular newsreader app 'Pulse' for $50 million
LinkedIn buying popular newsreader app 'Pulse' for $50 million
According to sources, professional social network LinkedIn will be buying popular newsreader app 'Pulse' for at least $50 million 12 Mar 2013
LG purchases webOS from HP, will port operating system to Smart TVs
LG purchases webOS from HP, will port operating system to Smart TVs
LG has announced today that it will be purchasing webOS from HP, giving the operating system a new home, again. 26 Feb 2013 - 2 comments
About.me goes independent after buying itself back from AOL
About.me goes independent after buying itself back from AOL
Co-founder able to buy site back for fraction of price 06 Feb 2013
Twitter acquires social TV analytics company Bluefin Labs
Twitter acquires social TV analytics company Bluefin Labs
According to sources, Twitter has acquired social TV analytics company Bluefin Labs. The price is not known but the acquisition is said to ...... 05 Feb 2013 - 1 comment
AT&T buys Alltel's retail wireless operations
AT&T buys Alltel's retail wireless operations
In a move to improve its coverage in rural areas around the nation, wireless giant AT&T has acquired Alltel's retail operations for $780 million. ...... 23 Jan 2013 - 1 comment
Sprint agrees on higher price for Clearwire
Sprint agrees on higher price for Clearwire
Last week, Sprint offered $2.1 billion to buy the rest of Clearwire that it does not own. The carrier is the current majority owner of the company. ...... 18 Dec 2012 - 1 comment
Best Buy founder to make $6 billion bid for the company
Best Buy founder to make $6 billion bid for the company
Best Buy founder Richard Schulze is preparing to make a fully financed offer to buy back the company for up to $6 billion. The billionaire ...... 13 Dec 2012 - 13 comments
MetroPCS shareholders sue over T-Mobile merger
MetroPCS shareholders sue over T-Mobile merger
MetroPCS shareholders have sued over the upcoming merger with major carrier T-Mobile USA. The shareholders claim the new merger will "drastically ...... 16 Oct 2012 - 2 comments
Microsoft preparing to acquire Rdio?
Microsoft preparing to acquire Rdio?
The latest rumor, from sources out of Europe, claim Microsoft is preparing to purchase digital music streaming company Rdio. So far Microsoft ...... 05 Oct 2012 - 2 comments
T-Mobile USA, Crown Castle enter $2.4 billion tower transaction
T-Mobile USA, Crown Castle enter $2.4 billion tower transaction
T-Mobile USA and Crown Castle have entered into a agreement in which Castle will acquire rights to 7200 T-Mobile towers in exchange for $2.4 billion in cash. ...... 29 Sep 2012
Universal approved to purchase record label EMI in EU
Universal approved to purchase record label EMI in EU
Universal Music Group has been approved to purchase the British record label EMI, with the EU competition regulator giving the "OK." However, ...... 21 Sep 2012
Slashdot, SourceForge purchased for $20 million
Slashdot, SourceForge purchased for $20 million
Dice Holdings, "a leading provider of specialized career websites for select professional communities" has purchased tech sites Slashdot, SourceForge ...... 20 Sep 2012 - 2 comments
Google buys up in-browser malware scanner VirusTotal
Google buys up in-browser malware scanner VirusTotal
Google has purchased the browser-based URL scanner VirusTotal for an undisclosed amount. How VirusTotal works is simple; head over to the ...... 09 Sep 2012 - 1 comment
HP posts massive loss
HP posts massive loss
HP has posted a massive $8.9 billion quarterly loss, following another quarter of slowing PC sales. Most of the loss, however, comes via ...... 23 Aug 2012 - 4 comments
OnLive acquired, all employees laid off, some re-hired
OnLive acquired, all employees laid off, some re-hired
Over the week, there has been a mystery surrounding cloud gaming service OnLive. Three days ago, it appeared that the company was set to ...... 18 Aug 2012 - 7 comments
IBM acquires flash memory company TMS
IBM acquires flash memory company TMS
IBM has announced its purchase of Texas Memory Systems (TMS), a maker of flash memory products. The company markets itself as a designer ...... 17 Aug 2012
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