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Twitter buys another analytical startup to help its advertisers spot trends in real time

By Ben Popper on May 14, 2013 08:55 am + 4 comments

Twitter acquired the Portland, Oregon-based startup LuckySort yesterday, a company known for its Continue reading…
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Dropbox acquires email app Mailbox

By Ellis Hamburger on March 15, 2013 01:01 pm + 272 comments

Today Dropbox announced that it has acquired email app Mailbox, just one month after the app hit the Continue reading…
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Viddy CEO out as Vine steals the video sharing spotlight

By Ben Popper on February 5, 2013 10:38 am + 9 comments

Back in April Viddy, a social video sharing app, was the number one service in the iPhone App Store Continue reading…
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Consumers pay the hidden costs for the 'free' app ecosystem

By Ellis Hamburger on January 7, 2013 09:31 am + 165 comments

Time is money, and apps don’t last forever. You’re never going to get back the hours you spent O Continue reading…
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Failure is a feature: how Google stays sharp gobbling up startups

By Ben Popper on September 17, 2012 12:09 pm + 171 comments

I stepped out of my car in the parking lot of Google’s Mountain View headquarters and, not having Continue reading…
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Google takes on Instagram and Facebook by acquiring top iOS photo app Snapseed

By Ellis Hamburger on September 17, 2012 11:31 am + 171 comments

Google has agreed to acquire Nik Software, the German developer of photography app Snapseed, for an Continue reading…
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Nokia buys Smarterphone, developer of feature phone operating system

By Jesse Hicks on January 7, 2012 09:04 pm + 10 comments

Late last year, Nokia closed a deal to buy Norwegian firm Smarterphone, developer of the Continue reading…
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Eric Schmidt: Google TV on 'majority' of new TVs by summer 2012

By Jeff Blagdon on December 7, 2011 03:13 pm + 117 comments

Eric Schmidt thinks his company is doing great — much better than we had even realized. Onstage at Continue reading…
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Microsoft buys VideoSurf, plans to integrate search tech into Xbox Live

By Sam Byford on November 24, 2011 05:02 am + 9 comments

Microsoft has acquired "video discovery technology company" VideoSurf, in a move that Redmond says Continue reading…
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Microsoft close to buying Skype for $7 billion (update 2: official!)

By Nilay Patel on May 9, 2011 10:08 pm + 115 comments

Oh snap -- the Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is close to a $7 billion-plus deal to buy Continue reading…