acquisitions

Is Google or PayPal Leading the Charge in Mobile Payments?

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 25 at 2:30 pm PT

The results may surprise you.

OMG, Zynga Planning “a Few” More Hundred Million-Dollar Acquisitions

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 17 at 10:13 am PT

In an interview with Bloomberg, CEO Mark Pincus said he’s looking for both great teams and companies that have break-out hits, and he’s willing to pay for them.

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What Facebook Should Buy Next

Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Columnist, The Wall Street Journal in Social on April 11 at 4:04 pm PT

Facebook obviously has learned one lesson of the Internet bubble. If you have a $100 billion market cap and no way to make money, find a way to spend it.

Dell to Acquire Virtual Desktop Player Wyse Technology

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 2 at 5:52 am PT

Virtual desktops are in, and Wyse is the company that makes more of them than any other.

Cisco Appeals Europe’s Approval of Microsoft’s $8.5 Billion Skype Acquisition

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 15 at 9:30 am PT

The networking giant wants European regulators to reconsider the deal and require Microsoft to make Skype compatible with other video calling services.

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IBM Acquires Israeli Mobile Software Player Worklight

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 31 at 1:35 pm PT

IBM said today it had reached a deal to acquire Worklight, a privately held Israeli mobile software company. Terms weren’t disclosed, but at least one report put the deal at $70 million. IBM said 75 percent of CIOs it had recently surveyed considered spending on mobile devices and software a priority.

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EU to Rule on Google, Motorola Mobility Deal on February 13

John Paczkowski in News on January 19 at 10:01 am PT

European Union regulators will soon decide whether or not to clear Google’s proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility. After suspending its review in early December to seek more information from the companies, the European Commission has begun mulling the deal anew, and set for itself a new deadline: Feb. 13. The EC’s review of the acquisition is but one of a handful. Regulators in the U.S. and China are also assessing it.

eBay’s John Donahoe Literally Starts Hammering Out the Plan for Mobile Payments

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 19 at 6:00 am PT

In an interview, eBay’s CEO provides a few details about the company’s mobile payments trial with Home Depot, and how it would expand from five to 51 stores across the country over the next week.

Somebody’s Finally Interested in Buying Brocade

John Paczkowski in News on January 9 at 1:25 pm PT

Looks like Brocade is back in play. Finally.

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Akamai’s Deal Streams Value for Investors

Rolfe Winkler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 22, 2011 at 3:14 pm PT

You don’t see deals this successful very often. Akamai is buying smaller rival Cotendo for just $268 million, about six times next year’s revenue estimates industry expert Dan Rayburn. Yet Akamai’s market cap jumped as much as $1 billion today on the news.

Is Google or PayPal Leading the Charge in Mobile Payments?

OMG, Zynga Planning “a Few” More Hundred Million-Dollar Acquisitions

What Facebook Should Buy Next

Dell to Acquire Virtual Desktop Player Wyse Technology

Cisco Appeals Europe’s Approval of Microsoft’s $8.5 Billion Skype Acquisition

IBM Acquires Israeli Mobile Software Player Worklight

EU to Rule on Google, Motorola Mobility Deal on February 13

eBay’s John Donahoe Literally Starts Hammering Out the Plan for Mobile Payments

Somebody’s Finally Interested in Buying Brocade

Akamai’s Deal Streams Value for Investors

Akamai Confirms the Rumors, Nabs Cotendo for $268 Million

IBM Acquires Emptoris, Boosting Smarter Commerce Plans

Tagged Acquires Facebook Competitor hi5

Report: Apple Eyeing Flash-Memory Maker Anobit

Yandex Search for “Acquisition” Returns SPB Software

Microsoft Acquires Video Search Engine VideoSurf

Hewlett-Packard: One Messy Piece of Business Cleared Up, Many to Go

Oracle to Acquire Data Management Firm Endeca Technologies

Demandforce Buys Social Marketing Start-Up Flowtown

Microsoft Closes $8.5 Billion Skype Deal

RIM Buys NewBay for $100 Million

Well, That Was Fast: IBM Snags Q1 Labs, Forms Security Unit

IBM Signals a New Round of Acquisitions

Britain’s First Software Billionaire Now Reports to HP CEO Meg Whitman

Oracle Buying Hewlett-Packard? Fuhgeddaboudit!

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