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Rumors are spreading very fast indeed of Twitter being approached by Google in a buyout bid, reports suggest a $1.5bn was added to the worth of social micro-blogging site Twitter. The Guardian reports two possible takeover bids, where one of the was Google. So much so that Twitter hired Goldman … [Read more...]
Google has recently purchased Odysee, and by acquiring the photo sharing and backup application they will be using it within the Google Plus social network. The Odysee platform team will now be joining the Google Plus team to bring new and innovative products to the table. Using the Odysee … [Read more...]
Staples is purchasing Office Depot in more than a $6 billion cash-and-stock deal, this will create the largest office supply retailers in the world. The transaction value of $6.3 billion will see Office Depot shareholders receiving 0.2188 of a share in Staples Inc and $7.25 in cash, which adds … [Read more...]
Rapper and entrepreneur Jay Z is all set to take on rivals Spotify after entering a new music streaming business. The 45-year-old is purchasing the Swedish technology company called ‘Aspiro’ for around $56 million. Social media, the Scandinavian press and many news groups are buzzing at the … [Read more...]
Twitter has announced via blog, tweets and a video they have finally acquired Indian start-up ZipDial. The deal promises to make Twitter more accessible around the world without the worry of high data charges. Countries such as Indonesia, Brazil and India over the next few years will see billions … [Read more...]
We have all heard of speech to text, but what about having the ability to have Facebook speech to post? This could all be possible seeing as now voice recognition company Wit.Ai is joining Facebook. Facebook has acquired Wit.ai, which surely means voice-recognition speech to post action will be … [Read more...]
Facebook has finally closed its $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, it took a while but now the authorization from European regulators has been finalised, and the good thing is no mention of ads were discussed. WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum is going to stay as the company’s chief executive, he … [Read more...]
Jetpac will be removing its apps from the App Store in the next few days after they announced they would be joining Google. This means they could be releasing web apps to fit in with Google Plus and its maps to work with the JetPac City Guides and more. Google has purchased many start-up … [Read more...]
At the point when Harvard dropouts Axel Hansen and Jonah Varon propelled Newsle in 2011, the objective was simple: "To convey essential news about the individuals who matter to you." And now moving on, the startup firm will be giving that administration to more than 300 million of LinkedIn's … [Read more...]
It is going to be very interesting to see how Twitter will take their and other data to market more aggressively since they acquired Gnip. The social data collectors and providers Gnip joined Twitter four years ago and now Twitter has decided to acquire them. Gnip were allowed to sell access to … [Read more...]
Disney is reportedly to be in talks with the Maker Studios YouTube network to complete a takeover bid worth around $500 million or more. Recode reports Disney pondering on the thought of purchasing Maker Studios for around the $500 million mark, obviously no official information has come via the … [Read more...]
Seems the general public have a few things to say about Facebook looking into buying Titan Aerospace, the drone company. So much response has happened over the last couple of days since TechCrunch reported the news of Facebook in talks into acquiring Titan Aerospace, what we have noticed a lot of … [Read more...]
Snapchat is one of the biggest messaging services and Facebook knows this, so much so that CEO Mark Zuckerberg made an offer to Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegel that you would have thought would not have been refused, but it was. Teenagers are what make messaging services huge, and they have turned … [Read more...]
Pinterest has decided to buy Hackermeter, the coding challenge website. Even though they have acquired the site they have already started to plan its funeral, not really good for a site that only started two months ago. Hackermeter is a site that assigned scores to users, which was based on how … [Read more...]
Amazon are looking to broaden their horizons by purchasing the UK's largest online book retailer. The eCommerce giant has announced that they are to buy "The Book Depository", an online book selling site. The site offers over 6 million different books to more than 100 different countries, with … [Read more...]
Google look to be dotting the I's and crossing the T's in their big money purchase of ad specialists AdMeld. The New York based firms forte is ad optimisation and inventory for publishers. … [Read more...]
Online ecommerce giant eBay has announced that it will aquire one of its rivals for a tidy $2.6 billion. GSI Commerce will be bought out by the buy sell and online auction site, it was announced early on Monday. … [Read more...]
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