Startups: if you want to be bought by Facebook, now’s the time. But you better focus on design. Read More
Facebook to acquire twice as many startups in 2011
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Microsoft-acquired Skype snaps up GroupMe
The big fish eats the medium fish and the medium fish swallows the small fish. Three months after Read More
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Hot off funding, Evernote acquires Skitch image app
Everything-organizer Evernote announced Thursday that it has acquired image annotation application Skitch. Terms of the deal were not Read More
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Facebook acquires Push Pop Press for tablet design
Digital book creator Push Pop Press announced Tuesday that it has been acquired by Facebook. Terms of the Read More
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Cohuman, a Vator Splash finalist, to be acquired
Cohuman, creator of a task management and team collaboration system, announced Wednesday that it has been acquired. The Read More
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News Corp. unloads Myspace for $35 million
Another social network bites the dust. Digital media company Specific Media announced Wednesday that it has acquired Myspace Read More
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GREE pays $104 million for OpenFeint network
GREE Inc., operator of Japan’s largest mobile gaming social network, announced Thursday that it has paid $104 million Read More
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What you need to know – 01/31/11
Finally topping Symbian, Google’s Android has become the leading smartphone platform in the world, according to data published Read More
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What you need to know – 01/27/11
Telecommunications company AT&T announced its quarterly results, reporting consolidated revenues of $31.4 billion, up $653 million, or 2.1 percent versus the quarter from the Read More
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What you need to know – Wednesday 1/19/11
Apple announced its record-breaking financial results for the first quarter of 2011 on Tuesday, with revenue of $26.74 billion and Read More
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RockYou buys social gaming studio Playdemic
RockYou announced this week that it has acquired social game developer Playdemic. Terms of the deal were not Read More
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Acquisition roundup: Heroku, Etacts, & Movity
Three Y Combinator companies have enjoyed three healthy exits in the past two weeks, as first pointed out Read More
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eBay acquires brands4friends for $200 million
EBay announced Monday morning that it has acquired Germany’s largest online shopping club, brands4friends, for €150 million (approximately Read More
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Shutterfly acquires WMSG for $6 million
Photo publishing and printing service Shutterfly announced Tuesday that it has paid $6 million in cash to buy Read More
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Disney buys Tapulous to enter mobile space
Tapulous, the uber-successful developer of iPhone games like Tap Tap Revenge, has been acquired by Disney to become Read More