acquisitions 
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Continuing Its Public Content Push, Facebook Acquires SportStream
Take note, Twitter!
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Yahoo Acquires Content Delivery Startup PeerCDN
Yahoo on Tuesday acquired PeerCDN, a small California-based startup that aims to reduce bandwidth costs for companies’ servers while decreasing content delivery response times. It is unclear what the acquisition — which was first reported by TechCrunch — will bring to Yahoo, though PeerCDN alludes to its love of Web technologies in its blog post on the matter.News Byte
Yahoo Acquires Another Video Startup
Yahoo has acquired QuikIO, a cross-platform streaming video startup, according to a report from technology site Pando. Three of QuikIO’s employees have joined Yahoo as part of the deal, and the startup’s flagship product will be shut down to current customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Yahoo did not immediately respond to AllThingsD’s request for comment.Yahoo Acquires Evntlive, a Concert Streaming Video Service
Another small acquisition for Yahoo to add to the company’s video unit.
Twitter Considered Buying Topsy, Too — Here’s Why It Didn’t Happen
The data mining startup had more than one big tech company interested in buying it.
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Square Acquires Team Behind Social Photo Startup Viewfinder
Square announced on Tuesday that it had acquired the team behind Viewfinder, a New York-based social startup. The Viewfinder team will focus on seller initiatives from Square’s New York offices, and will work to triple the size of Square’s engineering team over the next year. The Viewfinder app will no longer be updated or supported.Apple Confirms Acquisition of 3-D Sensor Startup PrimeSense
Signed, sealed, delivered.
Sheryl Sandberg Says Facebook Totally Doesn’t Have a Teenager Problem
Facebook’s COO talks to AllThingsD about teens, the health of the company’s mobile ad business and the possibility of a major Snapchat acquisition.
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Livefyre Acquires Analytics Startup Realtidbits
Lifefyre, the social commenting platform startup, announced Thursday it had acquired Realtidbits, a San Diego-based analytics startup. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Realtidbits will continue to work as a team based in Southern California. All Realtidbits users will be migrated over to Livefyre’s existing commenting platform, and the Realtidbits analytics software will eventually be offered to Livefyre’s enterprise customers.Could Google or Tencent Beat Facebook to Buying Snapchat?
And will the messaging startup sell, or continue to push ahead and build out a business?
