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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.
News Byte
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?
Here’s Why One Snapchat Investor Thinks the App Is Worth Billions
No revenue? No problem.
Intel Acquires Ed-Tech Startup Kno
An exit for the e-textbook software startup.
Facebook’s $120 Million Onavo Buy Comes With Lots of Upside
It’s not just about helping bolster Internet.org.
Facebook Acquires Israeli Mobile Analytics Startup Onavo
The move into the mobile data management space looks to be another step toward Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of bringing the whole world online.
