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Facebook's $120 Million Onavo Buy Comes With Lots of Upside
Facebook made news on Sunday night, snapping up the Tel Aviv-based mobile app analytics company Onavo. And the price paid is nothing to sneeze at; multiple sources said that Facebook ended up paying...
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NetSuite Acquires HR Software Player TribeHR
Interesting development in the enterprise cloud software business today. NetSuite, the company that sells a cloud-based enterprise-resource management suite — applications that are used to run a...
View ArticleYahoo Snaps Up Image-Discovery Startup LookFlow
LookFlow, a Mountain View, Calif.-based startup with technology that incorporates artificial intelligence into a platform for image search and discovery, announced today that it had been acquired by...
View ArticleOracle to Acquire Cloud Commerce Provider Big Machines
Oracle said today it will acquire Big Machines, a Chicago-based company that specializes in “configure, price and quote” software that runs in the cloud, essentially automating certain sales processes....
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Intel Acquires Ed-Tech Startup Kno
Intel announced on Friday that it has acquired Kno, an education-software startup that specializes in interactive textbooks for mobile devices. Kno was founded in 2009, and had first focused on selling...
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Here's Why One Snapchat Investor Thinks the App Is Worth Billions
You may have heard by now — Snapchat is worth a lot of money to a lot of important people. If the app doesn’t end up selling to Facebook for billions (and, for now, it looks like it won’t), the company...
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Could Google or Tencent Beat Facebook to Buying Snapchat?
Right now, Snapchat is having its “belle of the ball” moment. The mobile messaging service — which lets users exchange photos and video that disappear after a few seconds — is being courted by...
View ArticleLivefyre Acquires Analytics Startup Realtidbits
Lifefyre, the social commenting platform startup, announced Thursday it had acquired Realtidbits, a San Diego-based analytics startup. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Realtidbits will...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable's Suitors Lining Up Funds for Bid
Charter Communications Inc. is nearing an agreement with banks to borrow money for a bid for Time Warner Cable Inc., according to people familiar with the situation — a sign that the scrappy cable...
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Sheryl Sandberg Says Facebook Totally Doesn't Have a Teenager Problem
Perhaps you’ve heard: Facebook may — or may not — have a teen problem. It’s been the talk of the town since Facebook’s last earnings call, when CFO David Ebersman admitted that in the past quarter, the...
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Apple Confirms Acquisition of 3-D Sensor Startup PrimeSense
Apple has completed its acquisition of PrimeSense, the Israel-based company focused on 3-D sensor technology, for a price sources said was around $360 million. Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguet...
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HP and Its CEO Must Answer Shareholder Lawsuit Over Disastrous Autonomy Deal
Computing giant certainly appeared to have a good day yesterday. On the same day that it reported quarterly earnings that beat expectations, a federal judge in California ruled that HP will have to...
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Tech Execs See a Dealmaking Surge in 2014 -- Maybe
Think there haven’t been enough mergers-and-acquisition deals among tech companies lately? Well, a new survey of senior tech executives and other dealmakers suggests that the dealmaking pace may speed...
View ArticleAkamai to Buy Cybersecurity Firm Prolexic for $370 Million
Akamai Technologies Inc. agreed to buy Prolexic Technologies Inc. for about $370 million in cash, expanding its cybersecurity offerings. Prolexic specializes in technology that guards data centers...
View ArticleSquare Acquires Team Behind Social Photo Startup Viewfinder
Square announced on Tuesday that it had acquired the team behind Viewfinder, a New York-based social startup. The Viewfinder team will focus on seller initiatives from Square’s New York offices, and...
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Twitter Considered Buying Topsy, Too -- Here's Why It Didn't Happen
Apple just spent a bunch of money on social analytics company Topsy. And while everyone has good guesses on what Apple wants from Topsy, no one seems to know for sure. But before Apple, Topsy had at...
View ArticleHomeAway Buys Australian Rental Marketplace Stayz for Nearly $200 Million
HomeAway, the Austin-based vacation-rental company that operates VRBO.com and HomeAway.com, said today that it had acquired Australia’s Stayz Group for $198 million in cash. Stayz operates under a...
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Yahoo Acquires Evntlive, a Concert Streaming Video Service
Yahoo announced Friday it had acquired Evntlive, a streaming video startup that broadcasts live concerts and events to online viewers. The company was founded in 2012 and launched the beta version of...
View ArticleYahoo Acquires Another Video Startup
Yahoo has acquired QuikIO, a cross-platform streaming video startup, according to a report from technology site Pando. Three of QuikIO’s employees have joined Yahoo as part of the deal, and the...
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Viggle Tries to Bulk Up Its Social TV Business by Buying Wetpaint
Viggle, the company that rewards people for watching TV shows, has bought Wetpaint, a Facebook-centric publisher that specializes in writing about TV shows. The deal, which is costing Viggle $30...
View ArticleYahoo Acquires Content Delivery Startup PeerCDN
Yahoo on Tuesday acquired PeerCDN, a small California-based startup that aims to reduce bandwidth costs for companies’ servers while decreasing content delivery response times. It is unclear what the...
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Continuing Its Public Content Push, Facebook Acquires SportStream
Twitter may still be synonymous with real-time, in-the-moment discussion. But that’s hardly stopping Facebook from moving in on the territory. Natch, Facebook announced on Tuesday it had acquired...
View ArticleBraintree Officially Joins PayPal as $800 Million eBay Acquisition Closes
EBay’s $800 million purchase of payments startup Braintree on behalf of its Paypal subsidiary has closed, according to a PayPal blog post. The acquisition gives Paypal a strong foothold in the world of...
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Oracle Acquires Cloud Marketing Player Responsys for $1.5 Billion
Marketing software in the cloud is still pretty hot. Software giant Oracle proved it today by saying it will spend $1.5 billion to acquire email marketing company Responsys for $27 a share. The deal...
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Apple Did Indeed Acquire BroadMap and Catch Earlier This Year
Apple buys a lot of of companies. The challenge for us reporter types is that they typically aren’t the big-name firms that are required to be disclosed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. So,...
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