Microsoft Buys SwiftKey to Improve Word Flow
Redmond has announced today the acquisition of SwiftKey, the maker of one of the most popular keyboard apps on Android …
Mergers and Acquisitions
Microsoft Buys MinecraftEDU, Announces Minecraft: Education Edition
After Norway announced a couple of weeks ago that it would bring eSports to high-schools, it’s now time for Finnish …
Fossil Group Acquires Misfit to Improve Its Wearables
A bit over a year ago, Fossil shook hands with Intel and started a collaboration on wearables that ultimately wrecked …
Activision Blizzard Buys Candy Crush Saga Maker King for $5.9B
With the acquisition of King, US developer Activision Blizzard, known for such popular video games as Call of Duty or …
Google Acquires Digisfera to Make Street View Better
The tech giant is looking to continuously improve its products, and the acquisition of 360-degree photography startup Digisfera suggests that …
Buying Blackberry Could Make Samsung Devices More Secure
If there’s one thing that still redeems Blackberry, it must be its security features, but up until now no other …
Snapchat Acquires Vergence Labs Quietly, Enters the Wearables Game
Besides mean comments about Google and some Hollywood actors, the recent Sony leaks also revealed that Snapchat has secretly bought …
MakerBot Buys Layer By Layer to Make 3D Printing Even Better
3D printing has gone a long way, and it could easily get even better if the brilliant minds behind this …
Microsoft Prepares to Acquire Majong, Minecraft’s Maker for $2B
In the Minecraft universe, anything’s possible, and Microsoft seems to be well aware of that, as it is in talks …
Google Buys Lift Labs, Maker of Tremor-Canceling Smart Spoon
As proven again and again, Google is genuinely interested in the wellbeing of people suffering from various diseases. By buying …
Amazon Gets Serious About Gaming, Buys Twitch for $1B
As Google’s acquisition of the video gameplay website didn’t go through, Amazon looked at this as an opportunity to expand …
Samsung Buys SmartThings, Opens the Door for Home Automation
The South Korean tech giant isn’t exactly new to the Internet of Things, and even launched a new standard for …
Google Buys mDialog, Makes DoubleClick’s Video Advertising Even Better
Google often buys other companies in order to improve its own products, and the acquisition of mDialog seems to fit …
Google Buys Quest Visual, Hints at Improvement of Its Translate Service
The makers of Word Lens, the smartphone app that uses the camera to translate foreign text into a known language, …
Google Targets Yelp with Its Recent Acquisition of Appetas
It definitely looks like everybody has a bone to pick with Yelp lately. Foursquare announced that it will rebrand its …
Facebook Acquires Moves Activity Diary App, Doesn’t Kill the Service
As acquisitions go, Facebook really lacked a fitness tracker, but the recent acquisition of Moves mark’s the social network’s entry …
Google Acquires Drone Maker Titan Aerospace
Remember Facebook’s recent plans of providing Internet using solar-powered drones? It looks like Google bought the very company the social …
Google’s Acquisition of Green Throttle Games Hints at Nexus TV
The search giant might be working on a way of bringing mobile games to the big screen, as it confirmed …
Flipboard Acquires Smaller Competitor Zite from CNN
The acquisition of Zite by Flipboard suggests that, in today’s world, tech companies are better off buying their smaller rivals …
Google Bought Spider.io to Counteract Online Ad Fraud
The search giant has really made a goal from turning the Internet into a safer place. After Impermium and SlickLogin, …
Google Buys SlickLogin, Looks Into Sound-Based Passwords
Israel-based security startup SlickLogin is now part of Google’s portfolio. The goal of this acquisition is to make the Internet …