Yahoo confirms $1.1B Tumblr acquisition, CEO Marissa Mayer promises ‘not to screw it up’
While rumors have been swirling for days, Yahoo finally confirmed this morning that it has acquired popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion.
While rumors have been swirling for days, Yahoo finally confirmed this morning that it has acquired popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion.
Security heavyweight McAfee has agreed to acquire network firewall business Stonesoft for $389 million in cash so it can offer more powerful firewall protection to its clients.
Tunigo's app will remain inside Spotify and its team will move to Spotify's offices in Stockholm and New York.
After many rumors and reports, news summarization app Wavii has officially been acquired by Google and the app has been shut down.
Enterprise app business Software AG has acquired cloud platform vendor LongJump.
Database vendor Actian has acquired “big data” and analytics startup ParAccel, the two companies announced today.
IBM has acquired software delivery startup UrbanCode to better help businesses push out updates of mobile, cloud, social, and big data applications.
Payments giant PayPal has acquired Palo Alto startup Iron Pearl to help it grow past 123 million users,
Popular travel advice and booking site TripAdvisor has acquired luxury travel site Jetsetter from Gilt Groupe for an undisclosed sum.
Networking giant Cisco has agreed to acquire femtocell and small cell manufacturer Ubiquisys for $310 million in nearly all-cash deal.
Cisco has announced its intent to buy cloud services management business SolveDirect, and it will join the Cisco Services group.
Showing its intent to get cozy with wireless carriers, Oracle has agreed to acquire Tekelec, a provider of network signaling, subscriber data management, and policy control.
Enterprise behemoths EMC and IBM are taking a close look at buying major infrastructure-as-a-service provider SoftLayer in a deal that could be worth more than $2 billion.
Enterprise software titan Oracle has agreed to acquire Nimbula -- a cloud infrastructure management software company founded by former Amazon Web Services gurus.
Metro Mobile here we come. The FCC has approved the $1.5 billion merger between MetroPCS and T-Mobile USA.
Yahoo took a big step toward making its mobile experience better today by acquiring location discovery app Alike.
U.S. cable giant Liberty Global has agreed to purchase hot U.K. cable and broadband provider Virgin Media in a $23.3 billion cash-and-stock deal, the two companies announced this morning.
Oracle yet again shows its willingness to buy tech rather than create it.
News that Avis Budget Group plans to buy top car sharing network Zipcar for $500 million opened some eyes this morning. But the deal could have some trouble going through, with a law firm announcing it is investigating whether Zipcar didn't get the best deal possible.
Enterprise storage and security business Imation has agreed to buy smaller storage provider Nexsan for $120 million in cash and stock. The deal could help Imation out of a long-standing slump.