consolidation

All of Yahoo’s Top Execs Gather Today to Talk Strategery About What Stays and What Goes

Kara Swisher in News on May 2 at 10:33 am PT

Can new CEO Scott Thompson clean up a place that has been like a never-ending episode of “Hoarders,” but grosser in many way for shareholders of the Silicon Valley icon?

ConsolidationVille Coming to Social Games Market in 2012

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 23 at 4:25 pm PT

This year is expected to be a strong year for consolidation, as social games companies struggle to become profitable.

Glu Mobile Acquires Two Developers as Game Consolidation Heats Up

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 3, 2011 at 1:05 pm PT

Glu Mobile latches on to Griptonite Games and Blammo Games to double the capacity of its development studios.

Rackspace Is Not for Sale, but Thanks for Asking

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 14, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Rackspace is one of several companies thought to be likely acquisition targets following the buyouts of Terremark and NaviSite. Ask CEO Lanham Napier about it, and he insists the company is not for sale, but he clearly enjoys being asked.

Exclusive: Rackspace to Acquire Anso Labs

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 9, 2011 at 4:05 pm PT

Rackspace acquires a team best known for its work building a computing cloud for NASA.

IBM Brings the Cloud to New York City

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 31, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Big Blue will consolidate the data center operations of 14 agencies in the first phase of a plan the city hopes will save $100 million over five years.

With Goopon Stealing the Spotlight, Tippr Says Don't Forget About No. 3 (Or Its Patents)

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 2, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

Tippr CEO Martin Tobias hopes that between Google’s potential big-ticket purchase of Groupon and Amazon’s rumored investment in LivingSocial, consolidation in the group-buying space will accelerate as others scramble for a partner.

Qualcomm CEO Explains What Happened to Smartbooks

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 2, 2010 at 6:30 am PT

A year ago, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs was talking a lot about smartbooks. Today, well, not so much. For those who have already forgotten what the smartbook even was, the idea was to have a low-cost device that looked a lot like a netbook but offered far better battery life and instant-on capabilities. Once Apple released the iPad, though, everyone started focusing on tablet devices rather than on little notebooks. “Obviously, tablets are the flavor of the day,” Jacobs said in an interview on Tuesday.

Another Video Ad Tech Buy: Undertone Snags Jambo Media

Peter Kafka in Media on November 7, 2010 at 5:42 pm PT

Another ad network buys its way into the video business: Expect more consolidation to come.

As BoomTown Said: Quattro Confirms Acquisition by Apple (Price: $275 Million)

Kara Swisher in News on January 5, 2010 at 12:34 pm PT

While Quattro Wireless was not saying anything about price in its blog post this morning confirming our scoop–like the image?–last night that it had been acquired by Apple, sources reconfirmed the $275 million figure Boomtown reported. “It was a great company and a good price and a good time to sell, given all the change going on,” said one person with knowledge of the situation. “It is a game of size now.”