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DOJ to also clear Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility
The U.S. Justice Department is also preparing to clear Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility.
In August, Google shocked the tech world by ......
Apple confirms its purchase of Israeli flash memory company
After weeks of speculation, Apple has confirmed its purchase of Anobit Technologies.
The Israeli flash memory maker has its tech already ......
Akamai buys content delivery specialist Cotendo
Akamai Technologies has bought out their rival Cotendo, the maker of mobile-network acceleration software.
The purchase price of $268 million ......
AT&T officially kills bid for T-Mobile, will pay $4 billion break-up fee
AT&T has officially killed its bid for T-Mobile, following government and corporate opposition.
The proposed $39 billion acquisition was ......
Confirmed: Gowalla bought out by Facebook
Gowalla has confirmed that they have been acquired by social networking behemoth Facebook.
The company says that its founders and team members ......
Facebook buying Gowalla?
According to multiple sources, Facebook has acquired the location-based social service Gowalla.
Neither company would comment on the rumor.
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DOJ approves Google's $400 million Admeld purchase
In June, Google acquired the large advertising optimization platform for publishers, AdMeld, for $400 million in cash.
The company launched ......
AT&T offers to sell 40 percent of T-Mobile if merger is approved
Despite withdrawing its merger proposal for T-Mobile from the FCC, AT&T has a "Plan B" in the works, one in which it would sell up to 40 percent ......
Microsoft buys video search engine for $70 million
Microsoft has acquired startup video search engine VideoSurf for $70 million.
The software was created by Israeli entrepreneurs Lior Delgo, ......
Swype acquired for over $100 million
Swype, the popular smartphone input technology, has been acquired today for $102.5 million by Nuance.
Nuance is the company behind the FlexT9 ......
Rumor: Vodafone could possibly purchase RIM
Shares of RIM have jumped 14 percent today after an unsubstantiated rumor hit that Vodafone should look into purchasing RIM.
Vodafone declined ......
HP completes expensive acquisition of Autonomy
HP has completed its $12 billion acquisition of software maker Autonomy today, with Autonomy shareholders overwhelmingly voting for the deal ......
Alibaba looking to buy Yahoo
According to multiple sources, Alibaba CEO Jack Ma is "very interested" in buying Yahoo.
Says the chairman:
We are very interested in ......
Did Apple try to buy Dropbox for $800 million?
According to BI, Apple tried to acquire cloud storage company Dropbox earlier this year.
The company, which is set to go public eventually, ......
AT&T, T-Mobile submit enough info for FCC to continue deal review
The FCC has said this morning that both AT&T and T-Mobile have provided enough info so that the regulatory agency can now continue its review ......
AOL considered buying Apple in the 90s
According to former Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis, AOL considered buying Apple in the 90s, as the computer maker floundered.
In 1996, Apple was ......
Electronic Arts completes acquisition of PopCap Games
Electronic Arts (EA) has now completed its previously announced acquisition of popular casual gaming company PopCap Games.
PopCap, the company ......
MySpace on verge of being sold, for $30 million
News Corp. is just about ready to part with the death spiraling social network MySpace, at a price at least 70 percent smaller than their asking price.
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GoDaddy to be sold for $2.5 billion?
Although it has been unconfirmed by the private equity firms, multiple reports are claiming that KKR and Silver Lake are in deep talks to purchase ......
Samsung looking to buy Nokia?
Last week it was reported that Microsoft was set to drop $9 billion to purchase struggling phone maker Nokia.
Nokia denied that claim outright ......
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