All the stories tagged with acquisition
Samsung will not be buying MeeGo
09/09/2011, We’re not sure why Samsung has been a favorite target these days whether it be lawsuits or rumors. Previously there were reports that Samsung was interested in buying webOS, a rumor which was then squashed by Samsung’s CEO during IFA [...]
Sprint files its own lawsuit against AT&T-T-Mobile merger
09/06/2011, Following in the footsteps of the Department of Justice which filed a lawsuit to block the AT&T-T-Mobile acquisition last week, Sprint is also chiming in with a lawsuit of its own, to back the DOJ’s decision. Sprint had previously opposed [...]
Department of Justice files to block AT&T-T-Mobile deal
08/31/2011, It looks like AT&T’s plans to acquire T-Mobile might be coming to a halt. This morning, the Department of Justice has been reported to have filed a petition to block the takeover. According to the Department of Justice, the merger [...]
Samsung thinking about buying webOS? (Rumor)
08/29/2011, When HP announced that they would be discontinuing webOS for their smartphones and tablets, and that they were considering moving away from the PC business to focus on the enterprise market instead, there were rumors that Samsung was thinking about [...]
Samsung denies HP acquisition rumors
08/24/2011, Earlier today we reported on a rumor that suggested that Samsung may be considering acquiring HP’s PC division. Given that Samsung has plans to become the world’s largest PC maker, the rumors while unfounded, sort of made sense. Why not [...]
Moogle and the Future of Mobile
08/15/2011, This morning, we covered the unexpected acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google for $12B, which is a huge premium (60%+) compared to the market value of Motorola Mobile on the previous day. Mobile technology is currently THE hot business topic [...]
Google Acquires Motorola Mobility
08/15/2011, This morning, Google has announced that it will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12B, which is a huge premium (60%+). This move is somewhat unexpected as it drastically changes Google’s position relative to other handset manufacturers who use Google’s Android operating [...]
HTC purchases mobile backup service developer, Dashwire
08/05/2011, While HTC is still under fire from Apple due to alleged patent infringement, it doesn’t look like the Taiwanese manufacturer is letting those problems get in the way of its business. It has been recently reported that HTC has purchased [...]
DirecTV interested in purchasing Hulu?
08/05/2011, We all know that Hulu, one of the web’s premium internet streaming services, has recently been put up for sale by its stakeholders – Fox, NBC and Disney. And joining the list of potential acquirers (Apple, Yahoo, Google, Verizon, AT&T [...]
Qualcomm acquires assets from GestureTek
07/26/2011, It has been reported that Qualcomm, the manufacturer behind the popular Snapdragon processors that have been put to a lot of good use in recent smartphones, has acquired unspecified assets from GestureTek. GestureTek is a company that specializes in gesture-recognition [...]
Google buys SageTV
06/20/2011, Over the weekend, Google made an interesting acquisition which is said to help bolster its not very successful Google TV services. The search engine giant bought over SageTV, a company that’s known for the SageTV Media Center: a DVR (digital [...]
T-Mobile explains the benefits of AT&T’s acquisition
06/11/2011, It sure looks like T-Mobile really wants to be taken over by AT&T. The carrier, together with AT&T has just posted a filing to the FCC, touting the benefits of a merger. The companies cite the benefits that the consumers [...]
Twitter purchases TweetDeck
05/24/2011, It was coming your way regardless, TweetDeck being purchased by Twitter – in a cool move by the latter who forked out over $40 million (mixture of cash and stock) for the application that is widely used for organizing the [...]
