Recent Entries in Mergers and Acquistions
AT&T Ditches T-Mobile Buy Agrees to Roaming Agreement
AT&T has abandoned the massive T-Mobile aquisition deal. AT&T said today that after a thorough review of options it has agreed with Deutsche Telekom AG to end its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA, which began in March of this year. To reflect the break-up considerations due Deutsche Telekom,…
AT&T Asks FCC to Pull App to Buy T-Moblie
AT&T has requested that the FCC withdraw its application to acquire T-Mobile for $39 Billion. The FCC will report on what its staff has found to be its concerns over the deal. Meanwhile AT&T is focusing on the upcoming trial with the Justice Department. AT&T is still trying to push…
Sony & Ericsson Divorced Sony Gets All Handsets & Android
Sony announced that it will acquire Ericsson’s 50 percent stake in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and Sony will get custody of the entire mobile handset business a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony. Sony will rapidly integrate smart phones into its electronic device offerings including ta…
Amazon to Kindle Fire in OS Wars by Buying HP TouchPad webOS?
Amazon is learning from the HP TouchPad fire sale by pricing its Amazon Kindle Fire at a super low price and also may even buy the operating system from HP. The sale is a family affair. The Amazon Kindle Fire is on presale from Amazon and will be released on November 15. The HP TouchPad was…
Google Eats Zagat Tips Mobile Eating Search?
Google has bought restaurant rating Zagat. This will give Google the upper crust on local food search. The anouncement of Twitter came in Haiku: Delightful deal done Zagat and Google now one Foodies have more fun! The Google blog posted the title "Google just got ZAGAT Rated!" The buy-out do…
Motorola Droid Does Google Android Buy Win/Win for Smartphone Buyers
Google has bought Motorola Mobility. So what does this mean to Android smartphone buyers? At first glance it looks like a win-win situation. Many analysts are claiming that the ownership of Motorola patents is the most important part of the deal. There have been a flurry of lawsuits in t…
Electronic Arts Buys Chillingo Developer of Angry Birds
We knew all the Angry Birds game hoopla was going to explode soon, and it has in a buy-out by Electronic Arts. Almost every day this week there was a mention of Angry Birds, whether it's going to be on Windows Phone and how popular it is. Now Chllingo, maker of Angry Birds has been bough…
AOL Rallies to Mobile, Buy LBS Mobile App Maker Rally Up
Rally Up, maker of Rally Up and FacePlant mobile applications, has been acquired by AOL. The team will be based in AOL's new West Coast office in Palo Alto and work closely with David Temkin, the Vice President of Mobile at AOL, to build mobile-first experiences. Mobile-first apps wi…
Google Buys iPhone and BlackBerry Social Game Dev: Social Deck
Google will be playing a new game field, the game of multi-player social networking games, because they have purchased Social Deck, maker of mult-player games that work across iPhone, BlackBerry and Facebook. Social Deck is located in San Francisco and Toronto Canada. SocialDeck was founded in 2008…
Twitdroid Bought by TweetUp – Renamed Twitdroyd to Avoyd Confusion with Lucas Droid
TweetUp, has acquired popular Android Twitter client Twidroid. The application will be renamed Twidroyd in order to ensure minimal confusion with products from Lucas Films, trademark owner of the term "droid," and will come standard on millions of upcoming Android phones …
Google Gobble of AdMob Complete: Will Unleash Creativity & Results?
Google closed the acquisition of AdMob. They will begin the process of bringing the products and teams together.The Google Blog post says " In continuing to invest in this highly competitive area, we'll be bringing together our technology, resources and expertise in search advertising with AdMob's…
FTC Closes Investigation of Google AdMob Buy, There’s Still Competition
The FTC has closed its investigation of Apple’s acquisition of the AdMob, today. After thoroughly reviewing the deal and it concluded that it is unlikely to harm competition in the emerging market for mobile advertising networks. They cited Apple’s new ad network as a clear…
GoTV Acquires Hands-On Gets Oprah, Nascar, NFL Draft and Astrology Zone Apps
GoTV Networks, has acquired the HOMBRE (Hands-On Mobile Binary Runtime Environment division of Hands-On Mobile Inc.GoTV Networks will acquire the collection of HOMBRE applications, client and server technologies and patents.The acquired mobile apps include, Oprah Mobile, NASCAR Sprint Mobile,…
Apple Buys iPhone Personal Virtual Assistant App-Maker Siri
According to recent FCC filings, Apple is acquiring voice search app maker Siri. Like Android’s voice search, Siri dose voice search which they claim acts a “Personal Virtual Assistant” learning what users need along the way.Siri understands what you say, accomplishes …
Opera to Offer eMail Across All Platforms, Buys FastMail.fm
Opera Software acquired web-based e-mail provider FastMail.fm. it will help Opera offer cross-platform messaging to a wide range of devices, including computers, mobile phones, TVs and gaming consoles. Headquartered in Australia, FastMail.fm offers some of the most advanced web-based e-mail platfor…
Google Acquires Mobile App Dev LabPixies and Agnilux
Google is on a buying spree buying an app/widget developer, Labpixies and processor start-up Agnilux. Google announced that acquired one of the first developers to create gadgets for iGoogle was Labpixies, a company Google worked with on OpenSocial based gadgets. Recently, Google decided that they …
Google Buys Android App Plink for Google Goggles
Google bought visual search app maker Plink. Plink Art identifies artwork information based on a photograph.Plink Art had 50,000 users in just four short weeks,. Plink Art will continue to be available for download and work as it currently does today. Plink Art allows users to browse by timeline, …
Nokia Acquires Novarra Browsing and Platform
Nokia will acquire Novarra. Novarra is a provider of a mobile browser and service platform. Novarra's mobile browser and services platform will be used by Nokia to deliver enhanced Internet experiences on Nokia mobile devices.Nokia expects a new offering using the Novarra technology …
Favorite BlackBerry App Maker Viigo Now Part of RIM
Viigo announced that the company is now part of Research In Motion (RIM). The Viigo team has joined RIM's global organization and will continue BlackBerry application development and real-time content delivery to the BlackBerry platform. The Viigo for BlackBerry app will also continue to be avail…
Afilias Acquires dotMobi
Afilias announced that it has acquired mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd., the sponsoring organization and registry operator for the .mobi top-level domain. Under terms of the private deal, Afilias Limited, an Irish Limited company, has acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of mTLD Top Le…
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