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NewsDropbox acquires Mailbox
Dropbox on Friday announced that it has acquired Mailbox, the email app that has many iPhone users finally reaching – however briefly –...
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NewsLinksys brand survives as Cisco completes sale to Belkin
Belkin completed its acquisition of Linksys yesterday and will keep the longtime home networking company’s brand, products and support channels....
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BlogsWhy I hope Apple never buys Dropbox
During the Q&A portion of a Macworld/iWorld session last week, an audience member asked: “What not-from-Apple utility do you use the most during...
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NewsTwitter confirms acquisition of TV analytics firm Bluefin Labs
Twitter has confirmed that it acquired Bluefin Labs, a vendor of data that uses commentary on social networks to measure the effectiveness of commercials...
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NewsFormer Apple insider: ‘At Apple, they really are after you’
The former CEO of Anobit Technologies, an Israeli flash memory company that Apple purchased in 2011, has said that it is Apple’s ‘near...
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NewsReports of Apple acquiring mapping company Waze revelaed as ‘fabricated’
TechCrunch this week published a story about the possibility of Apple acquiring navigation service Waze to fix iOS 6 Maps, but the website was quick...
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News 1Color employee sues over ‘blocked’ opportunity at Apple
A former employee of Color, a company recently acquired by Apple, is suing the company and its CEO Bill Nguyen over claims that he was a victim of...
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NewsFacebook’s price tag for Instagram drops to US$715 million
Facebook has paid far lower than the announced US$1 billion in cash and stock for photo-sharing app Instagram, following a drop in its share price....
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NewsApple to acquire Color Labs for FaceTime-related patents?
Apple has been busy buying up companies it seems. Last week we reported that Apple had acquired HTML5 specialist Particle, however reports are that...
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NewsFacebook in the clear to buy Instagram for US$738m following investigation
Facebook has been permitted to officiate its acquisition of Instagram by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), but the deal is now said to be worth...
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News 1Seagate finalises purchase of shares in LaCie, holds controlling interest
Storage manufacturer Seagate has secured its acquisition for controlling interest in peer storage maker LaCie, following the completion of a share...
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NewsApple’s fingerprint-authentication deal under fire
Apple’s purchase of fingerprint-authentication software developer AuthenTec is being called into question by an investor, who thinks the company...
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NewsKwaga acquires notification app Boxcar
Boxcar.io, the company behind the popular iOS notification app Boxcar, announced Thursday that it has been acquired by Kwaga. The acquisition news...
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NewsGoogle buys QuickOffice: what it means to you
Google has acquired Quickoffice, which makes QuickOffice Pro HD one of the leading iPad office suites. At the very least, the acquisition will give...
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NewsGoogle acquires social media toolbar maker Meebo
Google has acquired Meebo, a company that makes a toolbar that aggregates content from websites as well as displaying advertisements, the company...
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NewsFacebook launches Instagram lookalike app
Following its recent US$1 billion acquisition of Instagram, Facebook has just released a separate photo-taking application for the iPhone. The app,...
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NewsGoogle becomes hardware company with US$12.5B Motorola buy
It’s official: Google is now a hardware company. Google said that it has closed the deal to acquire Motorola Mobility for US$12.5 billion....
