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AT&T Acquires Assets of Carrier iQ, the Company Everyone Hated in 2011

Tim December 30, 2015 26

Many moons ago, when Android was still relatively young, there was once a company called Carrier iQ. The company was contracted to place software on devices for carriers that tracked which apps you opened, places you went, texts you received, and a whole lot...

Fossil to Acquire Fitness Tech Maker Misfit for $260 Million

Tim November 12, 2015 6

Fossil Group, a design and manufacturing company, is to acquire Misfit, the wearable fitness tech maker, for $260 million. Fossil has been in the news quite a bit lately in the Android world, as the company recently announced its first Android Wear-powered...

Say It Ain’t So: Deutsche Telekom Wants to Sell T-Mobile to Comcast (Updated)

Kellen June 17, 2015 81

As a T-Mobile customer, try to think about the worst thing that could ever happen to the company you pay each month for wireless service? Oh, come on, that's easy - the worst company on Earth could buy T-Mobile. And that's the news today, according German...

ASUS Didn’t Say They Talked to HTC About a Merger, But HTC Wants You to Know They Didn’t

Kellen June 15, 2015 26

Last week, ASUS admitted during an investor call that internally, they had tossed around the idea of trying to acquire HTC. That's it, though, they just threw out the idea at a board meeting or something before moving on to other matters. They even followed up...

ASUS has Talked Internally About Buying HTC

Kellen June 12, 2015 47

ASUS has talked about buying HTC, at least internally, according to Reuters, who spoke with the company's CFO. Of course, that bit of news is making headlines this morning, and not the follow-up statement which essentially said that ASUS is unlikely to make...

Microsoft Acquires Popular To-Do List App Wunderlist

Kellen June 2, 2015 7

Wunderlist, the popular multi-platform to-do list app that seems to get better by the day, was acquired today by Microsoft. Add Wunderlist to the list of companies Microsoft can't seem to keep their hands off in recent months, like Sunrise and Acompli, a list ...

Verizon Will Acquire AOL for $4.4 Billion

Kellen May 12, 2015 112

Verizon announced this morning that it is acquiring dial-up internet king, AOL, for $4.4 billion. Of course, that "dial-up king" comment is tongue-in-cheek, as the company is now known for their digital content and advertising platforms. Verizon hopes to take...

Report: Samsung in Talks to Buy BlackBerry for Up to $7.5 Billion

Tim January 14, 2015 59

According to sources of Reuters, who had eyes on with the paperwork, Samsung is currently in negotiations to purchase BlackBerry outright. With a high premium on BB's current trading price, Samsung could spend anywhere from $6 billion to $7.5 billion to...