Entries in 'acquisitions' (54)
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Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1bn and promises 'not to screw it up'
Could grow Yahoo’s audience by 50 per cent to more than a billion monthly visitors.
Twitter buys data analysis startup Lucky Sort
Could offer better insight on user engagement and mobile ads.
Facebook expected to pay $1bn for acquisition of Waze
Rumours return after original whispers surfaced last summer.
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Facebook continues attack on mobile with the acquisition of Parse
Cross-platform tools provider to support developers with improved distribution.
Social titans Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn each acquire new startup
Fight to the death expected over the weekend.
WhatsApp guns down talk of a $1bn Google buyout
Search giant named as the latest buyer of the OTT messaging service.
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Yahoo acquires mobile news service Summly
App will close in order to benefit search firm's own initiatives.
Apple seals $20m takeover of indoor GPS company WifiSLAM
Buyout likely made to strengthen underwhelming Apple Maps service.
OpenMarket acquires mBlox's Premium SMS business
Transaction specific to US, UK, Ireland and Australia.
Google acquires speech recognition startup
University project specialises in language understanding.
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BlackBerry shares spike following Lenovo's takeover interest
Chinese OEM says buyout 'could make sense'.
SDL acquires bemoko
Digital customer engagement firm to further move into mobile web with the buyout.
Facebook acquires Microsoft's Atlas ad service
Claims deal will allow marketers to provide consumers with 'better digital ad experiences'.
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Telefonica Digital enters m-health market with Axismed
Secures controlling stake in Brazilian care provider.
Amazon to enhance Kindle Fire voice tech with IVONA acquisition
Prepares for a screaming match with Siri.
Twitter buys and launches mobile video-sharing app Vine
Invites users to showcase their 'creativity' in six-seconds or less.
