Facebook Acquires Sofa, A Dutch Software Design Company
Facebook has acquired the team behind Sofa, an Amsterdam-based software firm known for its design prowess. The company has announced in a blog post. Sofa is a software and interaction…
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eBay Acquires Magento, An Open Source Ecommerce Platform
eBay today announced that it has agreed to acquire Magento Inc., the creator of Magento, a leading open source ecommerce platform. The deal follows eBay’s acquisition of a minority stake…
Top 12 Venture Deals of The Week
Atari has sold off Cryptic Studios, the maker of online games such as Star Trek Online, to China’s Perfect World. Perfect World is paying 35 million euros, or $49.8 million…
Airbnb Acquires Accoleo, A German ‘Equivalent’
Airbnb has raised $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, and it’s using some of that cash (and/or stock) to acquire a German ‘equivalent’ dubbed Accoleo. Accoleo is now part…
Top 7 Startup Acquisitions of The Week
San Mateo-based Conduit, the developer of toolbar and browser apps, acquired Wibiya, a web publishing platform which provides web apps to such sites as TheStreet.com, TheOnion.com, and Philly.com. Financial terms…
Google Acquires Sparkbuy, A Search Engine For Consumer Electronics
Google has acquired a Seattle-based Sparkbuy, a search engine for consumer electronics devices, less than six months after its debut, according to a note on the Sparkbuy website. Backed by…
Microsoft Is Close To A Deal To Buy Skype For $7 Billion
Microsoft Corp. is close to a deal to buy Internet phone company Skype Technologies SA for between $7 billion and $8 billion. According to the WSJ report, the final price…
GroupMe Has Acquired Sensobi, A BlackBerry Developer
GroupMe, a New York-based start-up whose wireless applications let people create private text-messaging groups, has acquired a small application developer Sensobi as thecompany continues its expansion. Terms of the deal…
EA Acquires Firemint, An Australian Mobile Game Company
Electronic Arts Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire Firemint Pty Ltd., a leading independent mobile development studio. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Firemint brings a proven powerhouse of creative talent…