Posts Tagged ‘acquisition’

RIM Acquires Viigo

March 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

RIM has acquired Viigo. Viigo is the developer of a BlackBerry app with the same name. The Viigo app is able to deliver real-time information from a variety of sources, something important to the business market.

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Connect2Media Acquires Sennari

March 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Connect2Media (formerly known as MForma) has acquired US publisher Sennari. With the acquisition, the company is setting some big steps to increase their position on the US market.

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Hootsuite Acquires SwiftApp

March 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

iPhone developer HootSuite has acquired fellow developer Swift App in order to secure future development of their applications for Google’s Android platform.

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MobClix Acquires Heartbeat

March 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

With the acquisition of Heartneat, Mobclix once again expands its analytical reach in the iPhone domain. While MobClix was specialized in tracking ad revenues, Heartbeat was the specialist in tracking regular App Store revenues.

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EA to Acquire Another Mobile Developer

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

EA Mobile seems set for expansion yet again as EA is acquiring Iron Monkey Studios. The amount has not been disclosed, but the company has been developing EA’s key franchises for some time.

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The ROK Soap

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

A few months back, we reported the acquisition of Player One by ROK and soon after, the fact that Player One was going in administration. ME investigated ROK and manage to shed some light on the case.

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Pocketgear Acquired Handango

February 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

App sales channel PocketGear has announced the acquisition of competitor Handango. Handango is one of the oldest independent sales channels for mobile games and applications for all platforms.

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Ngmoco Raised $25m, Acquires Freeverse

February 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Shortly after raising $25 Million in funding, Ngmoco announced the acquisition of mobile game developer Freeverse. Freeverse celebrated it’s 5th million App Store download yesterday.

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Appolicious Acquires AppVee

February 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

As App Discovery turns into a healthy business, the first major acquisition is happening. Appolicious Acquired competitor AppVee. With the acquisition, Appolicious expands further into Android as well.

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Zeemote Acquired by Aplix

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Gaming Gear | No Comments »

Good news for the good old Zeemote as the device has been saved from going extinct by Aplix last week. Aplix decided to acquire the company that went into problems earlier this November.