- December 5, 2013
Steven Loeb's Channel
- December 4, 2013
HomeAway buys Australian rental co Stayz for $198M
The purchase continues HomeAway's investment in the Asia Pacific region
- December 4, 2013
YouTube reportedly delaying its music streaming service
YouTube's streaming service would be the second one launched by Google in less than a year
- December 4, 2013
Booking.com acquires messaging service eBuddy
Deal was an acqui-hire, but it is unclear what the eBuddy team will be working on at the company
- December 4, 2013
Yahoo's latest buy: photo and video sharing app Ptch
With this latest acquisition, Yahoo has now purchased 25 start ups in 2013
- December 3, 2013
Square acquired Viewfinder, who could be next?
Other photo sharing apps that have recently raised money could be the next to be acquired
- December 3, 2013
Square picks up photo sharing platform Viewfinder
Viewfinder team will join Square's seller initiatives, including Square Market and Square Retailer
- December 3, 2013
Social data platform DataSift raises $42 million
Funding will be used to expand internationally, and to expand to data types other than social
- December 3, 2013
Rdio brings on Amazon executive Anthony Bay as new CEO
Bay, who also has experience at Microsoft and Apple, will be tasked with increasing Rdio's userbase
- December 3, 2013
Facebook to highlight "high quality content" over memes
New algorithm will push up relevant news on the News Feed in order to increase referral traffic
- December 2, 2013
Facebook looking to purchase its first Indian startup
Crash testing service Little Eye Labs would give Facebook a stronger foothold in the country
- December 2, 2013
FTC approves Microsoft's deal to buy Nokia devices
The $7.2B deal will give Microsoft more control over the user experience for the Windows Phone OS
- December 2, 2013
Yahoo buys natural language seach provider SkyPhrase
SkyPhrase allows users to ask their computers questions using everyday speak
- December 2, 2013
Black Friday saw $1.2 billion from desktop sales alone
66.1 million people visited online retail sites on Black Friday using a desktop computer, up 16%
- November 30, 2013