Google Fights Off Brain Drain With PostRank Buy
Last Updated on Saturday, 4 June 2011 01:25 Written by External Post Saturday, 4 June 2011 01:25
Google’s acquisition of social analytics technology startup PostRank indicates the company is also looking beyond its own walls to get its social efforts off the ground. Scouting for fresh talent externally is a smart move for Google, an aging player in
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Google spent $1.6B on 40 companies in 9 months
Last Updated on Saturday, 30 October 2010 12:41 Written by External Post Saturday, 30 October 2010 12:41
Google’s 2010 acquisition spending spree has so far involved 40 companies and a total of $1.6 billion, the company revealed today. It’s been a busy year for the men and women of Google’s mergers and acquisitions team, closing an average of 4.4 deals a
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Google: Android was our best acquisition ever
Last Updated on Thursday, 28 October 2010 11:42 Written by External Post Thursday, 28 October 2010 11:42
Out of all of Google’s acquisitions, the company’s acquisition of the maker of the Android mobile operating system was its “best deal ever,” a company executive said at an industry conference yesterday. Speaking at the Stanford Accel Symposium yesterday,
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More on AOL, TechCrunch, and my ‘contempt’ for blogs
Last Updated on Thursday, 7 October 2010 01:22 Written by External Post Thursday, 7 October 2010 01:22
It appears sometimes the people I write about actually read this blog. Who knew? A couple of days ago, TechCrunch’s MG Siegler, on his personal blog, ParisLemon , took me to the virtual woodshed for some unkind things I wrote about AOL’s acquisition
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Yahoo Makes Display Ads Smarter With Dapper Acquisition
Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 01:02 Written by External Post Wednesday, 6 October 2010 01:02
Looking to make their display ads more appealing to advertisers and agencies, Yahoo today announced on its blog that it has plans to buy Dapper, a mashup technology to bring the advantages of search-based advertising into the world of display ads.
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AOL Wants to Get More Social With Brizzly Acquisition (Report)
Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 September 2010 12:20 Written by External Post Tuesday, 14 September 2010 12:20
AOL is in final talks to acquire Thing Labs, the creator of Twitter and Facebook management application Brizzly, according to multiple sources who spoke to TechCrunch. Neither company would comment for the TechCrunch story. Thing Labs chief executive
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DoJ focuses probe of Google flight data land grab
Last Updated on Tuesday, 7 September 2010 10:40 Written by External Post Tuesday, 7 September 2010 10:40
The US Justice Department is examining two particular issues as it investigates Google’s recent proposed buyout of ITA Software to see if the acquisition would be anti-competitive, according to a report citing sources familiar with the situation.
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DoJ probes Google flight data land grab
Last Updated on Tuesday, 7 September 2010 04:00 Written by External Post Tuesday, 7 September 2010 04:00
The US Justice Department has reportedly opened an official probe into Google’s recent proposed buyout of ITA Software to see if the acquisition would be anti-competitive. Late last month, the search giant said it had received a ‘second request’ from
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Google buys fifth company for August
Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 September 2010 02:20 Written by External Post Wednesday, 1 September 2010 02:20
Google has made its fifth acquisition since the start of August, this time scooping up SocialDeck , a company that develops games that people can play against friends using iPhones, BlackBerry devices, or via Facebook on a PC. Most of Google’s recent
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Government Takes Closer Look at Googles ITA Acquisition
Last Updated on Saturday, 28 August 2010 04:20 Written by External Post Saturday, 28 August 2010 04:20
Google said Friday that the Department of Justice this week requested more information and time to review the search giants acquisition of ITA Software, the flight information company. The government query, called a second request, has become commonplace
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