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Google buys smartwatch OS maker Cronologics in bid to revitalize Android Wear
Interest in the wearable market has started to decrease drastically, as more and more users realize they don’t really need a smartwatch (including our...
Samsung buys audio giant Harman in an Apple/Beats-like move
Samsung announced on Monday that it will acquire US car and audio system supplier Harman International for $8 billion. Samsung will pay $112 a...
Microsoft buys popular Android keyboard Swiftkey
Microsoft has confirmed that it has agreed to buy London-based Swiftkey. Shortly after, the popular AI based Android keyboard was swift to confirm that it would...
Pandora set to buy struggling Rdio for $75 million
Music streaming service Pandora is planning to acquire competing Rdio for $75 million, in an announcement made recently.In a seperate annoucement, Rdio has said that...
Razer acquires Android based console maker Ouya
In a press release today, Razer announced its acquisition of Ouya. Ouya is best known for bringing games and apps to the living room through...
Reuters: Samsung considering $7.5B purchase of BlackBerry
If the rumor is true, Samsung may be considering the purchase of the Ontario-based BlackBerry for as much as $7.5B.According to Reuters, who have...
Sprint considering acquisition of FreedomPop, report says
Sprint has been really working hard to change its game and, to keep it with its competitors. According to USA Today, Sprint's newest attempt...
Motorola is now officially part of Lenovo
Re/code reported this morning that Lenovo has completed the $2.9B purchase of Motorola from Google.My dreams of a Google owned mobile phone manufacturer are...
Google reportedly tried to purchase Cyanogen Inc.
In what must be the most interesting headline this year, Google has apparently been turned down after expressing an interest to purchase Cyanogen Inc. -...
Sprint, T-Mobile merger closer than ever, report says
Sprint is nearing an agreement in the acquisition of T-Mobile, according to the Wall Street Journal.The WSJ recently reported that Sprint is nearing an...
Sprint readying $20B bid for T-Mobile, report says
Sprint is readying a potential $20 bid for T-Mobile US for the first half of 2014, says industry insiders speaking with the Wall Street...
Rumors spreading of Lenovo and HTC acquisition
With rumors going around of HTC looking at dual-booting Android / Windows devices, the company is now spinning around the rumor mill for a...
Google sells Motorola Home to Arris for $2.35 billion…among other things
The big news today in the Google-verse (for those that haven't been tuned in) is the big G's sale of their Motorola set-top box...
Beats Audio to acquire MOG Music
According to quite a few sources, including Reuters, AllThingsD, Engadget, and Slashgear, while the deal has concluded and been inked, it hasn't completely closed...
SPB Software acquired by Russian internet giant, Yandex [PRESS RELEASE]
Moscow, November 28th, 2011 - SPB Software, a leading mobile software developer is acquired by Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX), the leading internet company in Russia.With...