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Facebook announces $16 billion purchase of WhatsApp - 0 views

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    "WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people," said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO and founder, in a press release. "The services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable. I've known Jan [Koum, WhatsApp's CEO] for a long time and I'm excited to partner with him and his team to make the world more open and connected."
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Walmart acquires recipe startup Yumprint - 0 views

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    "Chris and Wes's ideas and ambitions for transforming the grocery shopping experience match the global opportunity Walmart enjoys in this space, and their accomplishments with Yumprint just scratch the surface of what we're going to do next together," Ben Galbraith, Walmart.com's vice president of global products said in the statement.
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Yahoo buys social data platform Vizify - 0 views

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    Portland, Oregon-based Vizify was founded in 2011 and raised $1.4 million before its July 2012 launch. With the service, users are able to promote themselves to recruiters on a personal website that contains an infographic that highlights important aspects of their work histories. The information on the page is culled from several social networking sites.
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Shutterstock acquires digital asset management service WebDAM - 0 views

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    "Like Shutterstock, WebDAM is an innovative technology company trusted by some of the world's leading brands," Oringer said in the statement. "We are excited to join with WebDAM's talented team to deepen our relationship with large organizations and to make it easier than ever for marketing and creative teams to do their best work."
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Discount Coupons Corp. acquires Daily Deal Builder - 0 views

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    Discount Coupons is an internet marketing and technology company that operates daily deal management division and a full-service digital marketing agency. Since 1997, the company has operated DiscountCoupons.com, a website that benefits both businesses and consumers. The company's current acquisition strategy is to purchase more established daily deal websites to expand its customer base.
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TravelClick acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo - 0 views

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    Genstar Capital Management recently announced its plans to sell its portfolio company TravelClick to Thoma Bravo for $930 million. The company was put up for sale in January of this year. The deal is expected to close sometime during the second quarter of 2014.
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Disney in talks to purchase Maker Studios - 0 views

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    Maker currently operates a network of 60,000 online channels that feature content from a wide variety of categories. It also works with some of YouTube's most popular personalities to help them get their videos to a wider audience. The company has already attracted many high-profile investors including Time Warner and Canal Plus.
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Mergers and Acquisitions - Ottawa-based LiveQoS acquires startup company - 0 views

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    Given that LiveQoS manages real-time networks, it will have plenty of uses for Openera's technology. Those who seek to use an application or watch a video over the networks will benefit from the increased speeds and lack of pixelation that can occur when watching particularly large video files
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Merger and Acquisition - Crowdfunding provider acquires financial advisory firm - 0 views

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    According to apress releaseon Market Wired, crowdfunding technology provider InvestedIn recently announced that it has acquired My New Financial Advisor (MNFA), which offers "scalable marketing resources to financial advisors and financial intermediaries worldwide."
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Mergers Acquisitions - Live events producer acquires three startups - 0 views

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    The first, Arc90, is the maker of the Readability app, one of the many read-it-later services available for computers and mobile devices. The second, Fame House, is a marketing agency that specializes in digital technology. The third, Tunezy, is a music commerce platform that seeks to personalize the way in which people interact with their favorite songs and artists.
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Mergers and Acquisitions - Square acquires Evenly to strengthen payment services - 0 views

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    Square allows both individuals and businesses to accept payments on their iOS and Android devices. The technology has become popular among some small retailers, who prefer hooking up an iPad as a cash register rather an investing in the real thing.
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Facebook buys Oculus VR - 0 views

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    On the heels of its acquisition of the messaging service WhatsApp, Facebook recently announced that it will pay more than $2 billion for Oculus VR, a virtual reality gaming startup. The social networking site will pay $400 million in cash along with 23.1 million shares of Facebook common stock, valued at $1.6 billion.
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Facebook acquires creator of fitness app 'Moves' - 0 views

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    ProtoGeo Oy is a Finnish Software company that was founded in 2012. Their fitness app, "Moves," which launched in January 2013, allows users to track the distance that they have walked, cycled or run. It shows users when they have been moving, where and how much. One of the app's notable features is that it is capable of detecting whether a user is riding on public transit.
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RetailMeNot acquires mobile shopping app Pickie - 0 views

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    The largest digital coupon marketplace in the world, RetailMeNot, Inc., has announced the acquisition of Pickie, an iPad app that allows users to create personalized fashion and retail magazines, according to TechCrunch.
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Red Hat to acquire mobile platform provider FeedHenry for $81.8 million - 0 views

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    In accordance with the recent technology merger trend in which companies acquire others in order to expand their cloud-based offerings, Raleigh-based open-source software provider Red Hat, Inc. has announced its intention to acquire FeedHenry, a self-described "leading enterprise mobile application platform provider," for $81.8 million.
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Intel to acquire assets from Ginger Software - 0 views

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    As virtual assistant technology continues to be developed, some companies are working on strengthening this area of their business in order to be more competitive players in the market. These days, there are several personal assistant software platforms that operate on smart phones, offering consumers an increasing number of choices in this area.
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Did Google's Nest acquire Dropcam to better compete with Apple? - 0 views

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    Nest acquired Dropcam for $555 million, and Google recently began implementing the additional capabilities it obtained as a result of the technology merger, integrating the Nest thermostat with Dropcam so users can choose to have the surveillance camera activate automatically when the thermostat is set to "away."
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Scooter developer Segway purchased by Ninebot - 0 views

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    This week, it was announced that Chinese firm Ninebot has purchased Segway. Sequoia Capital, Shunwei Foundation and Xiaomi's MIUI Technology backed the deal with a reported $80 million in capital, though the total price of the acquisition was not disclosed.
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Apple boosts app-tech credentials with MapSense acquisition - 0 views

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    This wouldn't be a problem if it weren't likely or even inevitable that Google will launch an Uber challenger. Similarly, Apple has recently purchasedĀ MapSense, a startup that analyzes location data, to help improve its Maps application. Long seen as a distant quality rival to Google Maps, Apple's Maps technology has significant room for improvement before it becomes a serious threat to Google's geography and directional dominance.
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Mergers Acquisitions - Apple acquired 15 companies in FY2013 - 0 views

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    According to a report by TechCrunch, Apple completed 15 acquisitions, of which eight are currently known to the public. This is not a surprising move for the company, which is highly interested in acquiring smaller companies who have been developing specific skills or technologies that Apple can turn around and implement in future product lines.
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