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Report: Sprint, T-Mobile Agree on Price for Acquisition

Tim June 4, 2014 132

On April 30, news broke that Sprint was readying a bid to purchase T-Mobile. Today, according to sources familiar with the deal, the two companies have agreed on a price, settling at about $40 per T-Mo share. At that price, and with T-Mobile's reported debt of...

Google Buys Enterprise Android Company Divide (Formerly Enterproid) for an Undisclosed Sum

Kyle May 19, 2014 7

Following reports of a rumored acquisition of Twitch that hit the web this weekend, Google has officially acquired Divide (formerly Enterproid), a startup company that specialized in securing Android devices in corporate environments. Few details were...

AT&T to Acquire DIRECTV for $48.5 Billion

Kellen May 18, 2014 79

Last week, a report surfaced suggesting that AT&T was on the verge of acquiring DIRECTV for close to $50 billion. Today, that deal became official for $48.5 billion. Together, AT&T thinks the companies can become a content distribution leader across...

Google Acquires Quest Visual, Makers of Word Lens

Tim May 16, 2014 4

The latest acquisition to take place down in Silicon Valley is the snatch up of Quest Visual, the makers of Word Lens, by Google for an unknown price. The Quest Visual team will join Google to help build the current Word Lens engine into Google Translate,...

Facebook Acquires Exercise Tracker App Moves

Tim April 24, 2014 14

A new Facebook acquisition took place today, but compared to others we have seen from the company, it's not the most exciting news we could have hoped for this morning. Facebook has acquired Moves, a company and fitness tracking application which works to...

Google Acquires Drone Company Titan Aerospace

Kyle April 14, 2014 95

The acquisition war between tech giants looks to be heating up. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google has purchased Titan Aerospace, the same drone-making company Facebook was reportedly in the process of buying, for an undisclosed sum. Titan Aerospace...

Google Acquires Nest for $3.2 Billion (Updated)

Kellen January 13, 2014 135

Google announced moments ago that it has acquired Nest Labs for $3.2 billion in cash. For those not familiar, Nest "reinvents" home products that you either neglect, ignore, or don't realize could be awesome and then makes them something you can't live without...

Motorola Mobility Acquires Viewdle, Bolstering Image and Gesture Recognition

Eric October 4, 2012 23

Now that Google owns Motorola Mobility, Moto seems to have taken on the strategy of acquiring businesses to make their products amazing. Today Motorola has announced that they are taking on the Ukraine company Viewdle to make use of their awesome image and...