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World’s Biggest Tech Acquisition: Google-Motorola $12.5 Billion
When Oracle acquired Sun microsoystems back in 2009, situation was similar. Oracle bought Sun microsystems that cashed out to $9 billion, was world’s biggest tech acquisition of that time. But…
Top Tech Mergers, Acquisitions of 2010
Q3 of 2010 is near its end and we’ve annual report of acquisitions by Top Tech Firms coming from various Market research firms. Most shocking part of the story is…
Intel buys McAfee – Hardware meets Security Software
You won’t see this happening everyday. The Chip giant buys a security software giant, out of nowhere. Intel, the biggest chip-hardware player, is buying software/security maker McAfee for $7.7 billion, a huge…
Nokia Siemens buys Motorola Wireless, boost 4G Networks
The Telco equipment manufacturer giant, Nokia Siemens Networks, has agreed to purchase the network equipment division of Motorola for $1.2 billion. The business proposition is easy: The dying Motorola’s business…
Google acquires BumpTop, 3D Chrome OS/Android Tablet
Google has acquired BumpTop, an application that turns your Mac and Windows Desktop into Rich 3D experience. 3D desktops can add a lot of utility to your multitasking. We’ve seen how we can…
Google acquires LabPixies to Conquer Web with WebApps
Since long, Google wanted you to set iGoogle as your homepage. No wonder, iGoogle gives you a number of useful widgets from email to social apps but most of the…
Airtel acquires Bangladesh-based Telecom
Bharti Airtel, India’s mobile and Internet services giant having 118 million subscribers, will acquire 70 percent stake in Warid Telecom International, 4th largest mobile operator in Bangladesh. The acquisition is…
Apple acquires Qauttro Wireless
Apple has acquired (as per multiple sources) the Mobile advertising company: Quatro Wireless. Previously, Google had acquired AdMob for $750 million, and here is apple acquiring a similar company for…
Google Buys AdMob, Gizmo5 to enhance Mobile Ads and VoIP
Google continues it’s never ending endeavour to capture the web, acquires mobile advertising company AdMob and VoIP startup Gizmo5. Let’s discuss both acquisitions in detail. AdMob Acquisition This is Google’s…
PirateBay Approved for Sale, Clone Threatened with Legal Action
The Pirate Bay was shut down by its ISP two days ago but the story is far from over. After several false-starts, the Swedish company Global Gaming Factory X has…
Ericsson to Buy Nortel Wireless at $1.1Billion, after Winning Auction
Nortel is long in news now. Earlier, we have talked about Avaya’s plan with Nortel. And today that fate of Nortel has been taken further, Ericsson has won the bidding…
Oracle to buy GoldenGate. RealTime Integration Software
GoldenGate is a provider of real-time integration software. Information Software giant Oracle is buying Silicon Valley real-time data firm GoldenGate Software, for an undisclosed sum. “With the addition of GoldenGate,…
Recession and Necessity are the Mother of Invention
Th famous Idiom of “Necessity is the mother of Invention” might see a change in future. The Recession brings cost cutting, tighter time schedules, faster deliveries, efficient utilization of resources…
Sun-set of Innovation Took 10 minutes. End of Sun Microsystems
It’s the day that will be remembered in history as the Sun-set of one Era of Innovation as Sun Microsystems dissolves into the Information leader Oracle. It will bring a…
Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java, MySQL, Solaris, SPARC hardware
Updated: Oracle said Monday that it will buy Sun Microsystems for $9.50 a share in cash, or about $5.6 billion excluding debt, in a deal that plunges Larry Ellison &…
