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MetroPCS shareholders approve T-Mobile merger

, Apr 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

The merger between T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS has been in the works for a few months now, getting approval from several government entities, but it looks like it's a done deal, as MetroPCS shareholders have reportedly approved the merger with number 4 US wireless carrier T-Mobile, which will see an increase an customer base thanks to the acquisition. Read The Full Story

Google tipped to attain Wavii natural language startup

, Apr 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Google has been said to have acquired Wavii, a natural language processing startup. Wavii is a service that is said to operate the same way as Summly, the news app that was recently swiped up by Yahoo. Both services search for news stories from all around the web, and then create short summaries of the main points of these stories. While Summly gathers separate news articles, Wavii collects entire stories, and provides links to several different sources reporting on the story. Read The Full Story

UrbanCode acquisition made by IBM for DevOps tools

, Apr 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

In order to provide its customers with improved software development, IBM has acquired UrbanCode, which is a provider of tools that are suited for rapid software development called DevOps. UrbanCode has provided their services to many big companies, like Wells Fargo, Fidelity, Walmart, Disney, and Expedia. Read The Full Story

Amazon reportedly acquires Evi voice-control app to take on Siri

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's been rumored for quite a while that Amazon would be manufacturing their own smartphone, especially considering that they have their own tablets. While still have yet to see anything official come out from that front, we've been treated with a report saying that the e-tailer giant has acquired Evi, which is a Siri-like voice control app. Read The Full Story

Google acquires Behavio: social prediction connects with the big G

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

When Google comes to your door – or your digital door – and tells you they’d like you to join their collective, generally you say yes, let’s do it! That’s what Behavio has announced they’ve done this week. Behavio is a company that was Knight Foundation funded and aimed to develop apps that would accurately detect social and behavioral trends of you, your friends, and everyone around you.

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Twitter’s acquisition of We Are Hunted officially announced

, Apr 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Word has had it for a while now that Twitter acquired music service We Are Hunted, which it is using as part of its rumored music app that we'd like to see an official announcement about some time soon. That acquisition was just made public by We Are Hunted, which announced it on its website while dropping precious few (and we do mean few) details. Read The Full Story

LinkedIn acquires Pulse for $90m stock and cash

, Apr 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

While normally an acquisition like this would have a title devoid of the "stock and cash" bit, the LinkedIn purchase of Pulse is a bit more unique. Here the $90 million USD has been announced to be about 90% made up of stock options while the other 10% is made of cash. LinkedIn has made it clear in their announcement of this acquisition that they believe LinkedIn can be "the definitive professional publishing platform" and that Pulse is "a perfect compliment to this vision." Read The Full Story

Google tipped to pick up WhatsApp for $1 Billion

, Apr 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's just a billion bucks, why not purchase one of the quickest growing multi-platform message ecosystems in the mobile universe: WhatsApp? That's what Google has been rumored to be chatting about this week, as an inside source speaking with Digital Trends tells it. This is a story that feeds quite well into the idea that Google is creating their own every-device messaging app system the likes of which would transform their multi-tiered systems into a singular hero. Read The Full Story

Microsoft sells Mediaroom IPTV business to Ericsson

, Apr 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

Microsoft's Mediaroom allows operators to deliver television over the internet, but the Redmond-based company is handing off the business division to Ericsson, which will continue to support and improve on Mediaroom for now on. Microsoft says they sold off Mediaroom in order to focus more on their Xbox brand. Read The Full Story

Verizon completes acquisition of Mohave Wireless

, Apr 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

While it may not be as big of an acquisition between T-Mobile and MetroPCS, Verizon announced today that its acquisition with regional carrier Mohave Wireless is now complete. The Mohave, Arizona-based wireless carrier (hence the name), is now in the hands of Verizon, and Big Red now has 100% control and ownership of the smaller carrier, buying them from Frontier Communications and Rio Virgin. Read The Full Story

Amazon acquires social reading site Goodreads

, Mar 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

Social reading website Goodreads has been providing book recommendations for quite some time now, but it seems that an even bigger force in the book industry is taking over. Amazon announced today that they have acquired Goodreads for an undisclosed amount of money, but the deal should close by the end of Q2 2013. Read The Full Story

Belkin completes Linksys acquistition

, Mar 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Back in January, we reported that Belkin was gearing up to acquire Linksys. That day has finally come, with the company announcing earlier today that the acquisition is complete. Linksys products will still be offered under that name, and not much will change for customers, but this marks a big day for Belkin. Read The Full Story
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