Mobile based video advertising seems to be the next frontier and Google surely doesn’t want to give away its online advertising crown to anyone else.
Tag: Mergers and Acquisition
Apple-Beats deal to result in over 200 job cuts
The $3 billion acquisition deal announced in May is expected to close this quarter. Apple has promised to extend job offers to every Beats employee at least for a limited period of time.
BlackBerry acquires Secusmart to strengthen its fort
Secusmart provides security to German Chancellor Angela Merkel whose BlackBerry device was tapped by the NSA’s alleged spying.
Google takes 3D graphics startup DrawElements into its Android fold
Although financial terms of the deal were kept undisclosed, it is expected that the deal could cost Google over $10 million.
Facebook becomes Oculus VR’s official owner
The $2 billion acquisition deal is officially closed and both the companies are looking forward to an exciting future.
Yahoo acquires RayV as it seeks stronger online video presence
The acquisition has finally been announced, rumours about which first emerged back in May.
Microsoft bags SyntaxTree
The software giant is likely increasing its focus on gaming, with the SyntaxTree acquisition in an effort to offer better Unity support in Visual Studio.
Opera takes startup AdColony into Mediaworks fold
Opera is likely having high hopes with the acquisition as to become the world’s leading mobile video ad platform!
Google’s Nest shells out $555M for Dropcam
Nest is all set to control your home further, by taking Dropcam into its smart home technologies fold!
Google gobbles up MDialog & Alpental
Two more added to the Google’s portfolio of acquisitions – MDialog, a video advertising company and Alpental Technologies, a wireless technologies company.
CloudFlare acquires VPN service provider CryptoSeal
CloudFlare: In the months to come, expect new product extensions that take advantage of CryptoSeal’s technology combined with our rapidly expanding network.
Oracle in acquisition talks with hospitality software maker Micros Systems
Quite close to finalising the acquisition, still Oracle could fail to reach an agreement!
Box bags content streaming startup Streem
Box is trying to clear your local disk space by letting you mount a cloud drive with its recent acquisition!
Dropbox takes over MobileSpan
MobileSpan is the key to bolster Dropbox’s push to make Dropbox for Business secure enough for enterprises!!
Opera bags AdColony to strengthen its mobile video ads portfolio, report claims
Web browser companies have been branching out lately seeking new avenues of revenue and advertising is something that appeals to most.