Posts Tagged ‘acquisition’

Microsoft to Acquire Adobe!?

October 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

According to the New York Times, both Adobe and Microsoft have been in collaboration talks to limit the grip Apple has on the mobile hard- and software market. An acquisition would have been part of the talks.

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DeNa to Acquire ngmoco!?

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

According to Techcrunch, rumors say DeNa is considering the acquisition of competitor ngmoco for a sweet $400 million. If true, this move could make push DeNa into a leading position in social mobile games.

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Google Acquired BlindType

October 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Google’s shopping spree is still far from over. This time, the giant bought BlindType, software that helps consumers get the best from their on-screen keyboard.

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Velti Acquires Mobclix

October 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Velti has acquired Mobclix to expand its presence in mobile marketing. In addition to expanding its mobile advertising network, it also adds analytics to its pool through Mobclix’ acquisition of heartbeat earlier this year.

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Apple Acquires Polar Rose

September 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

According to the Swedish media, Apple has bought mobile app developer Polar Rose. Polar Rose is well known for its facial recognition apps that it released on Android.

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DeNA Acquires Gameview

September 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Social gaming giant DeNA has announced the full acquisition of Gameview, a mobile social game developer based in Mountain View, CA in the United States.

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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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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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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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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.