Tag Archives: Acquires

Google Acquires Dilapidated Startup Green Throttle Games for its TV Set Top Box

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It’s been a couple of months since Green Throttle Games gave up this earthly existence. But now the for-all-purposes defunct startup has been bought up by Google. Google plans on fighting the TV wars...

Chiquita Acquires Fyffes to become Biggest Banana Retailer

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Chiquita and Fyffes have recognized the urge to merge and combined their resources. Today they are one company although it will take them some time to fully integrate forces and functions. The board...

Apple Acquires Burstly, Firm Behind TestFlight and SkyRocket

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Burstly, which has just been acquired by Apple, is the famous creator of an internal application ad management platform called SkyRocket. It also happens to be the umbrella company of the app testing...

Google Acquires DeepMind for $400 Million, Outbids Facebook

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While Google has taken over DeepMind, it is careful lest some mad scientist abuse the privilege of this state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology. That may be one reason it has established...

Yahoo Acquires Cloud Party

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Yahoo has outdone itself. It is about to make an acquisition in the form of Cloud Party. Cloud Party is a free virtual gaming world experience that is based on virtual reality. Cloud Party team...

It is no Wonder that Apple Will Enter The Phablet Market

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Having created the tablet market with the iPad, Apple has been woefully slow into Phablets. As yet it does not have a large screen smartphone (a plus 5.6 inch display). But unless Apple acts quickly...

Year Of The Internet of Things

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“Internet of Things –” the theme of last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and yesterday’s announcement from Google that it would buy its portfolio company Nest, which makes smart...
    






Google Acquires Smart Thermostat Maker Nest For $3.2 Billion

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Three years after redefining what thermostats are capable of, Palo Alto-based Nest is being bought by Google for $3.2 billion. “Google will help us fully realize our vision of the conscious home and...
    






Facebook – The One Stock to Own/Buy in 2014

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Most investors really aren’t. They are traders.  They sell too fast, and make too many transactions. That’s why most small “investors” don’t do as well as the market averages.  In fact, most don’t...