Thumbs up! Social discovery engine StumbleUpon announced Wednesday that it has secured a $17 million Series B round of Read More
StumbleUpon raises $17 million second round
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Facebook dives into group chat, buys Beluga
Facebook has acquired Beluga, a free and private group messaging service for iPhone and Android devices. Terms of the Read More
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Again? Facebook, Google fighting for Twitter
Would you pay $10 billion for a website that hosts posts the length of text messages? Executives at both Read More
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Salesforce acquires productivity app Manymoon
Manymoon, a social productivity suite for businesses, announced Tuesday that it has been acquired by Salesforce. Terms of Read More
IAC, the owner of more than 50 Web companies including Match.com, announced Wednesday that it has acquired OkCupid.com, Read More
Lovefilm—hailed as the Netflix of Europe—announced Thursday that it has agreed to be acquired by Amazon. The terms Read More
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M&A case studies: WhatCounts’ sale process
Last week we got a primer on the WhatCounts story and events leading up to the decision to 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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Concur acquires Tripit for up to $120 million
Travel and expense management site Concur announced Thursday that it has acquired mobile trip management service Tripit for Read More
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Twitter acquires Q&A site Fluther for talent
$200 million in the bank? Time to spend it on talent, obviously. Twitter announced Tuesday that it has Read More
Update: Milo.com founder Jack Abraham has confirmed via Twitter that eBay has purchased the company. “It’s official. Milo.com is extremely Read More
As reports continue to pour out regarding Google’s possible acquisition of Groupon—which has yet to be confirmed or Read More
Both Google and Groupon have been keeping quiet on our report of an acquisition over Thanksgiving weekend, but Read More
Google has just purchased Groupon for $2.5 billion, according to an unnamed insider who spoke with VatorNews. Neither Read More
Update: The rumors may have some merit. Groupon just tweeted: “Hang in there, everyone: big things are afoot Read More