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AT&T Completes Time Warner Acquisition

Kellen June 15, 2018 4

AT&T has completed its acquisition of Time Warner, following a US court's approval earlier this week. AT&T now owns Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner, as well as DirecTV and their wireless and fiber networks. They own a lot of sh*t that you deal with on a...

US Court Gives AT&T Approval to Buy Time Warner for $85 Billion

Kellen June 12, 2018 23

A US court today gave AT&T approval to go ahead and buy Time Warner without conditions. The ruling arrives after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit in November 2017 to try and stop the deal, which is valued at $85 billion. The District Court Judge...

Pocket Casts Acquired by Group That Includes NPR, Nothing Changes for Users

Tim May 3, 2018 12

Announced today, Pocket Casts, one of the more popular podcast listening and sharing platforms, has been acquired by a group of four large podcast producers. The new owners are NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life. Together, these producers...

Official: T-Mobile and Sprint are Merging, Will Just be Called “T-Mobile”

Kellen April 29, 2018 173

UPDATE: Here are some additional thoughts on this, including how it might impact your bill. Weekend news! T-Mobile and Sprint announced today that they are merging to create a single company, simply called, T-Mobile. This is the end for Sprint, but combined,...

🙄: T-Mobile and Sprint are Talking Merger Again, Again

Kellen April 10, 2018 45

T-Mobile and Sprint are reportedly talking about a merger again. The latest report comes out of the Wall Street Journal, which notes that this is the third time in four years the two have discussed such a move. This time around, no one has any idea what's...

Google Acquires Tenor GIF Platform, Will Still Operate as Separate Brand

Tim March 27, 2018 3

Tenor, makers of the GIF Keyboard available on Google Play and the operators of a GIF-finding platform that sees 10 billion GIF searches a month, have just been acquired by Google. According to Google, this acquisition is all about the GIFs. Most people now...

White House Issues Order Prohibiting Broadcom’s Bid for Qualcomm (Updated)

Kellen March 13, 2018 12

You guys know this already, but Broadcom and Qualcomm have been going back and forth over several months now after Broadcom attempted to acquire the US chipmaker. It's been somewhat nasty, often drama-filled, and possibly a little too greasy for my taste. But...

Apple Confirms Purchase of Shazam, Price Estimated at $400 Million

Tim December 11, 2017 21

It was reported late last week that Apple made a move to acquire Shazam, the song recognition service. Well, unlike many of Apple's other acquisitions, the company actually came forward and publicly confirmed that this one is indeed a reality, but that...