acquisitions

Facebook Buys Fitness And Location Tracking App Moves

Facebook agrees deal to buy Finnish firm ProtoGeo, creator of popular iPhone and Android app Moves

11 years ago

Microsoft Nokia Takeover Is Granted Chinese Regulatory Approval

Chinese Ministry of Commerce appears to be satisfied Microsoft won't abuse Nokia patent portfolio

11 years ago

Apple Acquires British Speech Recognition Firm Novauris

Apple could boost Siri ahead of CarPlay launch with Novauris acquisition

11 years ago

Microsoft Nokia Takeover Is Delayed Until April

Completion of the Microsoft Nokia deal is delayed until it receives approval from Asian regulators

11 years ago

Alibaba Invests $215m In Video Messaging App Tango

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba investing money ahead of its upcoming US IPO

11 years ago

WhatsApp Founder Denies Facebook Acquisition Will Alter Privacy Policies

Jan Koum defends WhatsApp users' right to privacy following $19bn acquisition by Facebook earlier this month

11 years ago

Lenovo Still Hungry For Acquisitions

Lenovo executives are still open to possible acquisitions following the Motorola and IBM server deals

11 years ago

Dropbox Buys Workplace Instant Messaging App Zulip

Dropbox looks to boost collaboration tools as part of enterprise push, by buying work chat app

11 years ago

Vodafone Agrees £6bn Deal For Spanish Cable Firm Ono

Vodafone makes another fixed line acquisition as it seeks to offset sliding mobile revenues

11 years ago

Privacy Groups Call For Probe Into £11.4bn Facebook WhatsApp Takeover

US regulators face calls from privacy advocates to investigate Facebook's expensive acquisition of WhatsApp

11 years ago

Google Acquires Spider.io To Take On Ad Fraudsters

Google hopes the acquisition of Spider.io will improve its relationship with advertisers by spotting click fraud and advertising malware

11 years ago

Vodafone Completes £78.2bn Sale Of Its Verizon Wireless Stake

Vodafone exits the US market with massive deal

11 years ago

WhatsApp Rebuffed Google Advances In Favour Of Facebook Deal – Report

WhatApp founders reportedly turned down a Google takoever offer in favour of Facebook, despite being offered more money

11 years ago

Why WhatsApp Is Worth £11.4bn To Facebook

Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp protects its mobile business and allows it to expand to new markets, says Steve McCaskill

11 years ago

Facebook Agrees To Buy WhatsApp For £11.4bn

Facebook will take over the popular mobile instant messaging app

11 years ago

Will Vodafone Spending Spree Buy It A UK Fixed Network?

Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao has a £24 billion warchest for acquisitions, but will it move into fixed line services in…

11 years ago

Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside To Join Dropbox

Dennis Woodside leaves Motorola to become Dropbox’s first ever Chief Operating Officer

11 years ago

Comcast Agrees £27bn Deal For Time Warner Cable

Potential deal would combine the top two cable operators in the US with 30 percent total market share

11 years ago

Google Overtakes Intel To Become ‘World’s Top Dealmaker’

Search engine giant takes Intel’s crown as the largest buyer and supporter of tech firms over the last three years

11 years ago

Viber Denies Acquisition Rumours

The Cyprus-based messaging start-up is set to remain independent - denying all knowledge of the takeover story

11 years ago

Vodafone Bids £5.8bn For Spanish Cable Company Ono – Report

Vodafone reportedly looks to boost European fixed line network with another acquisition

11 years ago

Google To Own Six Percent Of Lenovo As Part Of Motorola Mobility Deal

Search engine giant will complete deal upon completion of Motorola Mobility sale

11 years ago

Google Sells Motorola To Lenovo For £1.76bn But Retains Patents

Google sells Motorola after just 19 months, saying it needs to focus on Android

11 years ago

AT&T Rules Out Vodafone Takeover Bid For Six Months

UK takeover panel requests AT&T makes its position clear after months of speculation

11 years ago

VMware Acquires MDM Provider AirWatch In £929m Deal

VMware strengthens mobile strategy with Airwatch acquisition

11 years ago

Google To Pay £2bn For Home Electronics Start-Up Nest

Two former Apple executives will join Google as part of the deal

11 years ago

Facebook Snaps Up App Optimisation Developer Little Eye Labs

Rumoured $15 million acquisition should help Facebook improve and expand its mobile offerings

11 years ago

Blue Coat Buys Norwegian Sandboxing Experts Norman Shark

Half of Norman Shark technology has already been integrated into Blue Coat products

11 years ago

Facebook Acquires Sports Data Startup Sportstream

Facebook wants you to talk about all the football all the time

11 years ago

EU Approval Brings £4.6bn Microsoft Nokia Deal Closer To Completion

Nokia handset acquisition clears another regulatory hurdle and is expected to close early next year

11 years ago