Tag: Deals

Playdom Enters Facebook Credits Deal
Facebook Credits are fast becoming the official currency of developers everywhere.  Following recent announcements involving LOLapps, CrowdStar, RockYou, and Wooga, Playdom...
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Adobe to Acquire Day Software for $240 Million
Adobe announced today that it has entered an agreement to acquire Day Software, a content management software company. Adobe has launched a publ...
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Rumor: Facebook May Get Hands On Hot Potato
Facebook's hit all sorts of growth records in the last month or so, with its private stock reaching an all-time high ($65 per share) and its user count topping the 500 million m...
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Disney Acquires Social Gaming Company Playdom
Last week, rumors surfaced that Disney was in late stage acquisition talks with social game company Playdom. Today, Disney has announced that it has indeed agreed to acquire it....
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RockYou Swears Allegiance To Facebook Credits
Facebook's virtual currency has scored a significant win.  Today, RockYou, which is the developer behind apps including "SuperWall" and "Pieces of Flair,&quo...
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Yahoo-Bit.ly Acquisition Rumored Possible
Bit.ly, the URL shortener with a fish logo, might itself be snapped up in the not-too-distant future.  A new report indicates that Yahoo and several other (unidentified) co...
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Nokia Siemens to Acquire Motorola Wireless Network Infrastructure for $1.2 Billion
Nokia Siemens Networks and Motorola today announced that Nokia Siemens  will acquir...
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Google Acquires Metaweb For Smarter Search Results
Two days ago, Marissa Mayer published an article in which she mentioned the wide range of meanings a simple search term like "jaguar" can have.  Now, Google's tak...
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MySpace Acquires Threadbox Assets, Team
MySpace's messaging interface may soon take a turn for the better - and/or the Facebook-like.  Late yesterday, MySpace acknowledged that it's acquiring the assets and team...
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Google Apps Goes To India
A country that's known for its fast-developing tech industry - and for its enormous population - should soon have improved access to Google Apps.  Google and Tata Communica...
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Omnicom Makes Big Commitment To Google Display Ads
Google's display ad business is about to explode (in a positive way), according to a new report.  Omnicom Media Group has supposedly committed to spending hundreds of milli...
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Sports Illustrated And Turner To Launch New Sports Site
Sports Illustrated and Turner Sports, both owned by Time Warner, are partnering to create a new sports website, featuring media assets from the two companies. Spo...
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Facebook Acquires Travel Recommendations Firm
Just one week after Google announced its acquisition of travel industry giant ITA Software, it appears that Facebook is dipping a toe in the same water.  This afternoon, Ne...
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Yahoo’s CFO Pledges To Improve Buying/Selling Strategy
If you've ever heard about a Yahoo acquisition and thought that the price sounded excessive - or heard about a sale and thought the opposite - know that Yahoo's CFO is aware of...
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Yahoo Partners With Offerpal Media
The Yahoo Application Platform (or Y!AP, if you shorten it and embrace the company's use of exclamation points) grew significantly more appealing today.  A deal between Yah...
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