Samsung acquires AI startup Viv Labs to Enhance Virtual Assistants

Posted on 09/10/2016 by ians

With the aim to bolster its virtual personal assistants to deliver an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based ecosystem across its devices and services, Samsung Electronics has acquired Viv Labs, an AI...

acebook Acquires Start-up Nascent Objects to Build Hardware Faster

Posted on 20/09/2016 by ians

In a bid to build Wi-Fi drones, data servers and virtual reality goggles faster, social media giant Facebook has acquired Silicon Valley-based start-up Nascent Objects for an undisclosed sum, a...

Intel Acquires Movidius

Posted on 06/09/2016 by ians

In its bid to play a leading role in giving human-like sight to the 50 billion connected devices that are projected by 2020, Intel has acquired San Mateo-headquartered computer vision hardware-...

Microsoft Acquires Genee to Integrate AI in Office 365

Posted on 23/08/2016 by ians

Tech giant Microsoft has acquired artificial intelligence (AI)-based scheduling service Genee that simplifies the scheduling and rescheduling of large group meetings for companies.Microsoft will...

Uber Acquires Self-driving Truck Startup Otto

Posted on 19/08/2016 by ians

American multinational online transportation firm Uber Technologies Inc. announced that it has acquired 'Otto', a technology startup whose aim is to make trucks self-driving.Otto, a 90-person start-...

BenQ Acquires E-gaming Brand ZOWIE

Posted on 18/08/2016 by ians

Taipei-based technology major BenQ on Wednesday announced the acquisition of leading e-gaming accessories and equipment brand ZOWIE for an undisclosed sum.With this acquisition, all future BenQ...

Intel acquires AI start-up Nervana Systems

Posted on 10/08/2016 by ians

Announcing a big foray into the world of artificial intelligence (AI), the chip giant Intel has acquired San Diego, California-based deep learning start-up Nervana Systems.Coming ahead of...

Google’s Nest Acquires Dropcam

Posted on 21/06/2014 by gene

Nest Labs has acquired Dropcam for $555 million, reports the Wall Street Journal. The deal was also confirmed by Nest and Dropcam today. Google-owned Nest says that the huge decision to acquire...

YouTube Founder’s AVOS Systems Sold Delicious to Science Inc. for an Undisclosed Sum

Posted on 08/05/2014 by sumayah

The social bookmarking site titled Delicious has been owned and resold and then re-owned yet nothing came of it. It has been ten years since this has been going on. Finally, now it is being sold off...

Dropbox Acquires Photo and Document Management Startups Loom and Hackpad

Posted on 18/04/2014 by sumayah

Dropbox was a means of transferring data around between gadgets and individuals on a regular basis. Now it is looking into increasing its capacity for these actions. A series of applications are to...

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