4 days
Social Media platforms left and right are both pivoting to and increasing their focus on video. Facebook is one of those companies and has just made another large purchase towards that. Today, Facebook purchased video startup, Vi...
by Pradeep
2 months
As expected, Microsoft today announced that it is acquiring GitHub for about $7.5 billion. Microsoft highlighted that GitHub will operate independently and will continue to provide an open platform for all developers in all indust...
by Pradeep
2 months
Microsoft today announced its plan to acquire GitHub for about $7.5 billion. You can read about the acquisition in detail here. In the official Microsoft blog, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, mentioned the following as the three ...
by Anmol
5 months
Taiwanese contract manufacturer, Foxconn today announced the acquisition of popular smartphone accessories manufacturer Belkin. With this acquisition, Foxconn Interconnect Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn now own Belkin which ...
by Pradeep
6 months
Amazon is acquiring Ring, a California-based maker of video doorbells and other smart home devices. According to the reports, the deal is valued at over $1 billion. Ring is committed to reducing crime in neighborhoods around the w...
by Pradeep
7 months
Microsoft today announced that they are acquiring PlayFab, a leading backend platform provider for cloud-connected games. PlayFab’s tools already support games across various platforms on mobile, PC and console ecosystem. PlayFa...
by Pradeep
7 months
Back in 2013, Dell went private from being a publicly traded company as its founder Michael Dell was able able to buy back the company with the help of private equity firm Silver Lake and others. In fact, Microsoft provided a $2 b...
8 months
Apple has confirmed its speculated acquisition of the music streaming service, Shazam. The deal was first reported by Vox Media’s Recode, and will set the firm back $400 million. This acquisition will build up Apple’s ...
by Pradeep
1 year
Microsoft today announced that they are acquiring Cycle Computing, a leader in cloud computing orchestration software for Big Compute and Big Data. Cycle Computing makes it easier for customers to use High-Performance Computing (H...
by Asher Madan
1 year
Here’s one for the history books: Logitech G is buying Astro. The Logitech G team loves the sport of gaming. They’ve worked tirelessly to provide gaming gear that makes gaming more fun and gives you the tools you need ...
by Pradeep
2 years
Microsoft yesterday announced that they have acquired the Marketplace extension, ‘Wiki’, from Agile Extensions. Visual Studio team already had a long-term plan to offer a built-in Wiki experience for Team Services instea...
