Tag Archives: Acquisitions

Facebook has acquired face recognition company Face.com

This was very much expected and we now have a confirmation. Facebook has acquired Face.com. Face.com provide technology used for recognizing faces in photos. Facebook is likely to use their tech to offer improved facial recognition features Read more [...]

Google close to acquiring Motorola Mobility as China clears the deal!

Google is now nearing the acquisition of Motorola Mobility as they have received the go-ahead from Chinese authorities. The deal could be completed in a matter of days now and Google would then become a proper hardware manufacturer! Google Read more [...]

GitHub has acquired Ordered List

GitHub has announced that they have acquired Ordered List. With this, all the products and services offered by Ordered List are now part of the GitHub offerings. This includes Gauges, Speaker Deck, and Harmony. The company added that Read more [...]

Rhapsody set to acquire Napster from Best Buy

Rhapsody would merge Napster with their own digital media store platform today. The deal was revealed last month when Rhapsody announced that they were acquiring Napster from Best Buy. Through this deal, Rhapsody would get a whole range Read more [...]

Facebook acquires WhoGlue

Facebook has made another smallish acquisition. They have acquired the networking tools and the stakes of around 10 shareholders in the company named WhoGlue. WhoGlue Founder Jason Hardebeck did not reveal the financial details of this acquisition. Read more [...]

Twitter acquires mobile security company Whisper Systems

Twitter has made an interesting acquisition… Whisper Systems. Whisper Systems specializes in developing security and privacy solutions for mobile platforms. The company has worked on various platforms including Android which is now the Read more [...]

Microsoft has acquired VideoSurf content discovery platform

Microsoft has confirmed that they have acquired VideoSurf. VideoSurf is a video content discovery platform. It develops technology that analyzes frames in videos ‘to make discovering content fast, easy and accurate’. The company said Read more [...]