Mergers And Acquisitions News
Is Twitter About To Overhaul Its Business?
1st June 2011
According to several reliable sources, Twitter is in the mood to expand their services. They are acquiring a couple of businesses and are rumoured to be changing associated services that work with the micro-blogging platform. More »
Microsoft Buys Skype For $8.5 Billion
11th May 2011
The popular VoIP service Skype has just been bought over by Internet giant Microsoft. The deal has been finalised for a staggering $8.5 billion. More »
Facebook Phone Rumours About To Come True?
12th January 2011
Rumours of a Facebook branded mobile phone have resurfaced this week following the recent news that a new handset called the INQ Cloud Touch has been certified by Bluetooth. More »
Yahoo! Japan Chooses Google
4th August 2010
Last week Yahoo! Japan confirmed that Google will be their local partner for search and ads. The announcement was made by the CEO of Yahoo! Japan, Masahiro Inoue. More »
Google Invests In Zynga – Prepares Google Games
22nd July 2010
A post recently published by TechCrunch says that Google recently invested a substantial amount of money in the social gaming site Zynga. More »
AOL Shopping For New Search Partner
9th June 2010
Rumours have been doing the rounds regarding a possible deal between AOL and Microsoft. AOL’s Chief Executive, Tim Armstrong, has said that the company is in talks for a new search deal. Their current deal with Google is due to end shortly. More »
Google’s Trading Floor
2nd June 2010
Google has so far managed their vast cash reserves in a very traditional manner. BusinessWeek reports that Google might now have decided to be more aggressive with their investments. More »
Google-AdMob Deal Gets Federal Approval
25th May 2010
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has recently given the green signal to Google for its planned acquisition of AdMob. Google will pay $750 million for this deal. More »
AOL To Sell Bebo
9th April 2010
AOL bought the social network Bebo in 2008 for $850 million. However, the network has not been doing too well and has been losing ground against its more popular competitors. It is believed that AOL is likely to sell the social network or shut it down. More »
Google Takes Picnik Away From Yahoo!
2nd March 2010
Google announced yesterday that they have acquired the photo editing site Picnik right from under Yahoo!’s nose, while Yahoo! seems to have done nothing about it! More »
Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal
21st December 2009
Last week it looked almost certain that Yelp would sign a deal with Google. However, sources now reveal that Yelp has decided to back out of the deal. More »
Microsoft Could Buy Ask.com
4th November 2009
How far will Microsoft go, in their bid to increase the market share of their search engine Bing?
The latest rumour making the rounds is that Microsoft may buy Ask.com, which has been up for sale for a long time now. Barry Diller, the Chairman of InterActive Corp, the parent company of Ask.com, has said that the search market is challenging, and he would be quite willing to part with his search engine (In exchange, for appropriate remuneration, of course.) More »
Can Facebook Justify Acquiring FriendFeed?
19th August 2009
Facebook has been trying hard to offer the latest and most popular new social features to their users. In an attempt to mimic Twitter’s functionality they bought the social media sharing site FriendFeed last week for a tidy sum of $47.5 million. More »
Is Google About To Acquire Twitter?
3rd April 2009
Undisclosed sources have apparently informed TechCrunch that Google is holding negotiations to buy over the popular microblogging site Twitter. More »
Why Facebook Failed To Takeover Twitter
3rd March 2009
During a recent interview with Business Week, Facebook’s Director and one of its largest investors, Peter Thiel, publicly confirmed for the first time that Facebook and Twitter had been in serious talks with each other but the deal failed over disagreements regarding price and structure. More »
Will eBay Sell Skype? Should Google Buy It?
2nd February 2009
As if the blogosphere was not already rife with rumours of mergers and acquisitions, the latest rumors to add to the lot are that eBay may actually sell off Skype if they get a good offer. More »
AOL Rumoured To Sell Bebo
29th January 2009
The latest rumors doing the rounds are that AOL may be planning to sell Bebo for about $200 million, less than a year after it acquired the social network for $850 million. More »
Will The Microsoft-Yahoo! Deal Be Revived?
14th January 2009
It looks as though there is no end in sight for the Microsoft-Yahoo! acquisition deal. More »
Twitter Rejects Facebook Merger
1st December 2008
After several weeks of negotiations, Twitter and Facebook have failed to come to an agreement about a possible acquisition of the micro-blogging service by the social network. More »
Yahoo! Talking Merger With AOL
25th September 2008
Following all the hullabaloo after the Yahoo! board of directors refused Microsoft’s offer to buy them over, and the threats led by investor Carl Icahn, to replace the entire board of Yahoo!, the headless chicken that is Yahoo! is now looking at merging with another collossal sinker, AOL. More »
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