Posts Tagged ‘acquisition’

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.

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Mauj Acquires Mobango

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

Mumbai based Mauj Mobile has announced the acquisition of the UK based content provider Mobango. Through the acquisition, Mauj hopes to strengthen its position outside India.

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Yahoo Acquires LBS Advertiser Cirius

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

In a race to acquire mobile advertisers, Yahoo has set its money on Japan based location based mobile advertising specialist Cirius.

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Apple to Acquire Handseeing!?

August 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

When Apple discussed a possible acquisition with a company, it normally happens behind closed doors in order to surprise not only the media, but also investors and competitors. With Handseeing, it seems to be a different story.

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Zynga Acquires Unoh

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

Zynga has announced the acquisition of Japanese mobile and social game developer Unoh in order to drive expansion into Asia and mainly Japan.

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Disney Acquires Playdom

July 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Disney has just bought its second gaming studio in just under a month. This time, the entertainment company snaps up Playdom, a studio specialized in social and mobile gaming for a massive $763.2 million.

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TweetUp Acquires Twitdroid

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

Twitter search specialist TweetUp has acquired TwitDroid, one of the more popular Twitter clients on the Android platform. TwitDroid will be renamed to TwitDroyd.

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Disney Interactive Media Group Acquires Tapulous

July 2nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Disney has acquires Tapulous, the creator of the many TapTap Revenge games on the app store (as well as a few other apps). The sum is undisclosed but will probably surface soon.

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Shareholders Approve Palm Acquisition

June 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: WebOS | No Comments »

During a special meeting, Palm’s shareholders have approved the acquisition of Palm by PC giant HP. The board of Palm had already agreed on the acquisition by the company.

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Ngmoco Acquires Stumptown

May 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Ngmoco has acquired yet another successful mobile developer called Stumptown Game Machine. Though the amount of the acquisition has not been mentioned yet, the future for the company will not change much.