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Twitter has announced the acquisition of advertising firm Namo Media in an effort to shore up their own native advertising business.

After weeks of rumors, it appears that Sprint is preparing a $40 per share bid for T-Mobile US in a deal that would consolidate the third and fourth largest carriers in the nation.

Vevo, the massive music video streaming service, has now put itself up for sale with an estimated value of $1 billion.

Nearly two weeks after it was first reported, Apple has confirmed their acquisition of premium headphone and streaming music company Beats Electronics.

Google has disclosed that it passed on a $5 billion deal for an unknown foreign company last year, a deal that would have been one of its largest ever.

After a week of speculation, AT&T has officially announced a $48.5 billion acquisition of satellite TV giant DirecTV.

According to the Financial Times, and later vetted by other outlets, Apple is preparing to purchase Beats Audio for up to $3.2 billion.

DreamWorks Animation (DWA), is reportedly looking to buy a stake in music video giant Vevo, expanding outside of its blockbuster animated movie business.

Klout, the service that hooks up to your social media and measures your influence on followers with an extremely controversial score, has been acquired by Lithium Technologies for a reported $200 million.

Google has acquired Green Throttle Games, perhaps signaling that a true Google Android set-top box may be on the way with gaming foundations.

Ever since Marissa Mayer took over as CEO of Yahoo in 2012, the company's stock and its reputation has soared.

Comcast, in their ongoing efforts to own the world, is preparing to acquire FreeWheel, one of the largest ad-serving platforms for streaming TV content.

Facebook has made the biggest news announcement of the day, acquiring the massive messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock.

Comcast will announce their plans to acquire Time Warner Cable tomorrow morning in a massive $45 billion deal that will merge two of the largest cable companies in the U.S.

Verizon Communications has agreed to purchase Vodafone's 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion in one of the largest acquisitions of all time.

Samsung has acquired the media software (and now hardware maker) startup Boxee for $30 million.

After weeks and weeks of speculation, it seems that Israeli mapping startup Waze will be getting sold

Could cost $1 billion

Will phase out Nook tablets by end of next year

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