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by Simon Sage
Oct 11, 2012
Sprint today confirmed that they're discussing a "substantial investment" by Japan's Softbank and that "such a transaction could involve a change of control of Sprint". N...
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by Simon Sage
Oct 04, 2012
Motorola recently confirmed that they've acquired Ukranian facial and gesture recognition developer Viewdle for an undisclosed amount (though rumor has it that the deal went down for between $30...
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by Simon Sage
Oct 02, 2012
Following a flurry of rumors, MetroPCS has come right out and confirmed that yes, they're talking with Deutsche Telekom about merging with T-Mobile USA, but nothing definitive has been reached. ...
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by Simon Sage
Sep 17, 2012
Last January, Snapseed made its debut on Android, and though it never made its way into Play, we will likely see the photo editing suite bundled in very tightly into the core Android experience. The...
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by Simon Sage
Sep 06, 2012
After a good, long run on Android, Seesmic has been acquired by HootSuite. Seesmic users don't have to worry too much, as HootSuite has promised that they'll continuing supporting the app, t...
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by Chris Parsons
May 09, 2012
It's not all that often we hear of Samsung acquiring other companies that's exactly what they've done with cloud content service provider mSpot. As noted in the press release, Samsung wi...
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by Sean Brunett
Feb 23, 2012
Google has selected Dennis Woodside to be the new CEO of Motorola Mobility, replacing Sanjay Jha, according to three people speaking to Bloomberg. Woodside is a Google executive who led the company&...
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by Chris Parsons
Sep 08, 2011
If you thought Google was done with their acquisitions for now, today's announcement of them acquiring Zagat may come as a surprise. However, Zagat in the past has put themselves up for sale and cons...
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by Richard Devine
Aug 15, 2011
Big news from the Googleplex this morning, as the news broke that Google is to acquire Motorola's handset business for $12.5 billion. This is HUGE news, as now Google will finally become a smartphone ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 28, 2010
Speaking at a conference at Stanford University, David Lawee, Google's vice president of corporate development, praised Android, labeling it at the company's "best deal ever" despite h...
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by afazel
Oct 02, 2010
In what can only be described as an epic win for all Android-kind, Google has purchased the company behind the Blind Type keyboard. Still no word on a release date, but Now that they have Google...
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by Casey Chan
May 04, 2010
Bumptop, a 3D desktop manager that's been implemented in Windows 7 and OS X, has just been bought out by the Google. Bumptop was a ridiculously slick experience that beautifies and changes the ...
