Yahoo has acquired yet another company, announcing today that it has purchased SkyPhrase, a startup that has worked on developing a natural language processing technology. Yahoo is keeping mum on most of the details surrounding the acquisition, not the least of which is how much it paid for the company, but it does mention the […]
Apple would appear to be readying themselves for a full-on Twitter analyzation push if today’s suggestion that they’ve acquired Topsy Labs Inc is true. Apple’s own Tim Cook joined Twitter earlier this year while Twitter itself went public just weeks ago, turning in to a publically-traded company and eschewing forth changes that will forever reflect […]
This article was written on January 04, 2007 by CyberNet.
The last two years have been big years for Yahoo on many levels, but particularly when it comes to companies they have acquired. Hot start-up companies are often times looking for their big payday from giants like Yahoo. Those giants in turn gain from many of these start-ups in terms of growth. In fact, I think you could say that Yahoo has this strategy in mind: growth by acquisition. Some of these acquisitions have turned out to be a great catch, and others have managed to fade away. With each acquisition comes the hope of a new targeted audience that will help the company grow to new levels. Let’s take a look at some of the acquisitions Yahoo has made over the last two years :
Back in early 2005, Yahoo began their acquisition extravaganza and managed to sweep up Flickr for 40 million. Flickr has now become one of the most popular (if not- the most popular) photo managing, and sharing sites on the web. After Flickr was acquired, they experienced a significant amount of growth, and according to Alexa, they rank the 38th most visited site on the web over the last 3 months.
Another big buy in July 2005 was Konfabulator, the “widget engine” that Yahoo renamed to ‘ Yahoo Widget Engine.” This quickly became popular simply because of the thousands of widgets that they have available. This continues to grow, and in April Yahoo Widget Engine 3.1 was released. New widgets are consistently being created making ‘ Yahoo Widget Engine’ more useful each day.
Social bookmarking site Del.icio.us ended the year of acquisitions for Yahoo in 2005 when they paid a rumored 15-30 million for the social bookmarking service. Del.icio.us grew from a reported 300,000 subscribers when it was acquired to a reported 1 million subscribers today.
Other Yahoo Acquisitions of 2005 that we haven’t heard much about (if anything):
2006 included the acquisitions of:
It will definitely be interesting to see what Yahoo! does with their list of 2006 acquisitions, but also what we might see added to the list for 2007. They’ve just been turned down by Facebook after a 1.6 billion dollar offer. Any predictions on what 2007 might bring?
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Apple today confirmed its widely rumored purchase of PrimeSense, the start-up company that made it possible for Microsoft to develop the motion-tracking technology behind the Kinect device for the blockbuster Xbox line of gaming consoles. The deal was reported by Calcalist to have been completed last week, but neither Apple nor PrimeSense would comment. Today’s […]
At last, the will-it-or-won’t-it drama surrounding Apple’s rumored acquisition of PrimeSense is over. The iPhone maker has confirmed the deal with AllThingsD, issuing its now familiar statement that it buys smaller companies “from time to time.” The company isn’t discussing its plans or the terms of the deal, but ATD‘s sources claim that PrimeSense sold for about $360 million, or more than the $345 million that Calcalist reported a week ago. Whatever the value, it’s clear that motion control will play a role in Apple’s future — the crew in Cupertino now has access to 3D sensor technology that works in everything from living room devices to smartphones.
Update: PrimeSense has confirmed the acquisition to us, stating “We can confirm the deal with Apple. Further than that, we cannot comment at this stage.”
Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment, Tablets, Mobile, Apple
Source: AllThingsD
Remember that Apple / PrimeSense deal that was rumored to be going down in July? It may have just gone through: according to Israeli news source Calcalist, Cupertino acquired the motion sensing technology firm for $345 million this weekend. If true, it could hint at future Apple products with natural, motion controlled interfaces, integrating the same kind of technology that PrimeSense used to help Microsoft build the first Kinect. In a statement to the TheNextWeb, PrimeSense refers to the report as a “recycled rumor,” saying only that it “does not comment on what any of our partners, customers or potential customers are doing.” According to the report, Apple is hounding after the motion sensing tech to improve Apple TV, noting that the original deal was delayed due to legal issues. Hungry for more? Brush up on your Hebrew and check out the source link below – but keep your salt shaker handy.
Source: Calcalist, TheNextWeb
The proliferation of tablets have made using digital textbooks a more feasible choice than they were even a handful of years ago, and with them has come a growing number of textbook-related digital bookstores. Kno is one such company, and following rumors of such, Intel has officially acquired the startup, boosting its own Education business. […]
AT&T announced back in July they were moving forward to acquire Leap Wireless. This could bring Cricket Wireless under the AT&T wing and the purchase price was said to be more than $1 billion. Specifically, $1.19 billion. But while the plans were spelled out, that didn’t mean the deal was finalized. At the time a […]
Google has recently closed on another acquisition. This latest was for a company by the name of FlexyCore and according to details coming from the French language L’Expansion, this was a €16.9 million ($23.1 million) deal. FlexyCore is a five year old company that was fairly well known for an app called DroidBooster. Aside from […]
When it comes to electronics, cheaper is sometimes better — expensive tablets, for example, aren’t the best product to hand off to a 5-year-old or take on a backpacking adventure. Such is where the long-existing budget maker Coby comes in. For many years, Coby has been making lower-end inexpensive products, among them being things like […]
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