Posts tagged Acquisition
Apple to buy Quattro Wireless mobile ad firm for $275M
Jan 5th
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Apple is expected to announce soon that it has purchased Quattro Wireless for $275 million, according to a report by AllThingsD. Quattro has a mobile ad network and platform that lets advertisers target mobile users with ads.
The report said several sources had confirmed the announcement but that Apple has declined comment. The move [...]
Google acquisitions may signal big push against Microsoft Office (via postie)
Dec 22nd
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I use Google Docs for almost all of my writing, and I’ll be the first to admit that it’s pretty bare-bones compared to Microsoft Office. But that may change next year.
For one thing, Google has been making a number of acquisitions that are clearly Docs-related. Over the weekend, TechCrunch reported that the search [...]
Aardvark considers a $30 million-plus offer from Google
Dec 7th
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The leaders behind a prominent Silicon Valley social search startup may be contemplating returning to the mothership.
TechCrunch is reporting that Aardvark, a company founded by ex-Googlers including CEO Max Ventilla, is weighing a $30 million-plus offer for an acquisition.
The site just opened to the public in October and raised about $6 million from [...]
Zynga, Flurry, YouWeb, GetJar and more (via postie)
Dec 1st
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We’re excited to make some new announcements about the speakers and content at DiscoveryBeat, our event on Dec. 8 at the Automattic Lounge on Pier 38 in San Francisco. The event is all about how to get apps noticed in an age of noise. We’ve got a maximum capacity of 200 and we [...]
