FairSearch.org, a group of companies including Microsoft, Expedia, and TripAdvisor, among others, released a blog post about Google’s latest acquisition. Consumer Watchdog is calling on the FTC to block the acquisition.
The acquisition of Yammer underscores our commitment to deliver technology that businesses need and people love," said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. A billion-plus dollar deal between Microsoft and Yammer had been reported to be in the works earlier...
This acquisition brings Clickable’s ad capabilities into Syncapse’s social platform. According to their press release, Syncapse plans to expand in Asia, particularly in Gurgaon, India, as a result of the acquisition.
Google has confirmed that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola. UPDATE May 22: Google has officially announced the acquisition. According to widespread reports confirmation of the deal was given on Sunday and...
There will be a mean average of link acquisition and decay with "normal" sites in the index. If something malicious pops up, deal with it and make notes of dates and contact attempts. It wouldn't hurt to keep a tinfoil hat handy as well… Look no...
Facebook general counsel Ted Ullyot said the deal was an "an important acquisition for Facebook" as it seeks to protect itself in the wake of Yahoo suing Facebook over 10 patents. Microsoft and Facebook have announced a whopping $550 million deal...
U.S.and EU antitrust authorities have approved Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility. The rulings put Google on the brink of completing its landmark acquisition. We have approved the acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google because...
In another major marketing acquisition for Adobe, the company has agreed to purchase search centric agency Efficient Frontier. Adobe came by the product through its 2010 acquisition of Day Software for $240 million.
While this vote would, under normal circumstances, mean that the deal is ready to move forward, this major acquisition is likely to be the subject of antitrust scrutiny. Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility is stepping further toward...
This makes the Google-ITA deal a 15-month baby, even if we don't include pre-acquisition negotiations. Google's ITA acquisition is officially in the clear; a federal court ruling approved the consent agreement between Google and the Department of...
In a post published today on Google’s Public Policy Blog, Dennis Woodside, SVP, announced they’ve received a “second request” for more information in their review of the Motorola Mobility acquisition.
The ITA-Google Acquisition deal was nine months in the making. The search industry has been watching and waiting to see what Google will do in the flight search vertical since Google's acquisition of ITA, which was given the 'all-clear' by the...
Microsoft will acquire Skype for $8.5 billion in a move that is the biggest acquisition of the company's history. GigaOM first broke the story and confirmed the deal has been done, adding that Facebook may be the biggest benefactor of the deal.
According to Brad Elders VP of video sales, "AOL Video saw explosive growth in unique visitors and streams in March due to our focus on creating and aggregating the most engaging video content and distributing it through our owned and operated...
Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation after the Justice Department completes its review of Google's acquisition of travel software developer ITA Software and determines whether to challenge or impose restrictions on the deal, Bloomberg...
Speculation that Google plans on creating an electronic book reader were given more fuel with the company's acquisition of eBook Technologies - "a company that specializes in both hardware and content distribution for electronic readers,"
Google's Acquisition of Zetawire brings Electronic Wallets Nearer - SEO by the Sea Google, Jordan seal $10 million deal - Associated Press MySpace Renews Google Search Deal, Throws Display Into Mix - ClickZ
Acquisition, search partnership deal, or some other joint venture are options. Microsoft has been interested in Twitter for some time and their integration of it in the Xbox 360 Dashboard and some of their mobile hardware may be a deal sweetener.
Google announced the acquisition of England's Phonetic Arts, a company specializing in speech algorithms, founded four years ago. Yahoo has a deal with Microsoft and Yahoo (Japan) has a deal with Google.
Google and a group of online sales travel sites that oppose Google's ITA acquisition traded jabs via video this week. Their video focuses on how much (and why) Google will profit from this deal, how much Google knows about everyone, and includes a...
