Archive for the ‘Companies & M&A’ Category

Vodafone to Dump SRF Shares

September 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

Vodafone has announced that it is interested in dumping its 44% ownership in French operator SFR. Vodafone’s shares have an estimated value of about € 8.4 billion

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Cydia Acquires Rock.App

September 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

SaurikIT LLC, the company behind the infamous Cydia App Store for Jailbroken iOS devices has acquired Rock Your Phone Inc, operator of the Rock.App store that also targets jailbroken iOS devices.

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Herocraft in Investment Discussions

September 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Though this year we have heard several rumors about Herocraft being bought, it seems something is about to happen very soon.

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RIM Acquires DataViz

September 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Research in Motion (RIM) has acquired DataViz, the company behind Documents to Go. RIM has paid $50 million for the acquisition. The deal has not been confirmed by any of the two companies yet.

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Google Acquires SocialDeck

September 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Google has acquired SocialDeck, a startup that created several successful mobile games that allow cross platform multiplayer functionality over BlackBerry, iOS, Facebook and Android.

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Motorola Acquires 280 North

August 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Motorola acquired web app developer 280 North. 280 North developed a web app framework called Cappuccino that allows developers of web apps to push their apps onto various platforms.

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RIM Acquires Cellmania

August 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Research in Motion has announced the acquisition of Cellmania to strengthen its knowhow in running BlackBerry AppWorld. Cellmania already provides content services for several operators.

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Apple Winds Down Quattro Wireless Business

August 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

Through a message on the website of Quattro Wireless, Apple has announced it will be winding down the traditional business of the ad agency so it can focus entirely on Apple’s iAd platform.

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Zynga Acquires Conduit Labs

August 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Zynga has acquired Conduit Labs, a developer that started in popstar based online games back in 2007. The studio will be rebranded to Zynga Boston, its seventh studio.

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Nokia to Acquire Motally

August 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Nokia has been rumored to be in the process of acquiring Motally, a mobile analytics company that allows in-app and on-site tracking of consumers and consumer behavior.