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What if Google cannot develop it? Hell, just buy it.
Google‘s rich history of acquisitions is put together in a very good format here by the guys at Scores.org. Where this infographic is handy is that they quickly identify whether a purchase was a way to...
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Bidorbuy acquires group buying site UbuntuDeal – expect Interview with...
Group buying is taking off in SA in a big way – the number of group buying websites are still growing every day, and if your site has its foothold already, with all the deals in place, its clearly...
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Exclusive: We interview Russell E Perry – ex CEO of 123People
Russell Perry, from his days as CEO of 123People, photo © 123People Russell Perry was the CEO of the internet’s biggest real time people search engine, 123People. Bandwidth Blog takes you inside his...
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Dimension Data acquires AccessKenya
One of Kenya’s first Internet Service Providers (ISP), AccessKenya, has been bought for R355 million by South African based Dimension Data. Dimension Data, specializing in information technology...
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Google Acquires Bump Technologies
Google has acquired their 8th company for 2013 – and this one is actually rather cool. Mega-corporation, Google, has acquired Bump Technologies as of yesterday. Bump Technologies released a statement...
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Snapchat turns down $3 billion offer from Facebook
In what some call a surprising move, instant messaging app, Snapchat, has turned down an acquisition offer from the world’s biggest social network, Facebook. Why the surprise? Well, Snapchat’s...
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Cerebra sells majority stake to WPP
Johannesburg-based digital communications company, Cerebra, has just announced the sale of the majority stake in their business to one of the world’s leading listed global agencies, WPP. Cerebra was...
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Habari Media acquired by Caxton
After a period of serious speculation, it has been confirmed that popular media sales company, Habari, has been bought by giant media and printing group, Caxton. Caxon, which is South Africa’s largest...
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Google acquires Nest for $3.2 billion in cash
Google has once again pulled a fast one on everyone, and announced that they have bought home automation (read: smart appliances) company, Nest, for a whopping $3.2 billion – in cash, darling. The...
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Report: Google acquires secret AI company for $400 million
It seems that Google’s plans to be the world leader in artificial intelligence has jumped to another level after the mega-company reportedly acquired a secretive AI company for a staggering $400...
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Local advertising company, Quirk, acquired by WPP
One of Africa’s largest and most successful independently owned digital marketing agencies, Quirk, has been acquired by WPP. WPP is one of Britain’s largest advertising companies ,with digital...
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Apple reportedly in talks to buy Beats Electronics
If these reports are anything to go by, Apple might make history in the coming weeks with their biggest acquisition to date. Yesterday, The Financial Times along with The Wall Street Journal, The New...
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Report: Apple acquires talk radio app, Swell
Apple seems to be continuing their recent shopping spree and is reportedly closing the deal on acquiring talk-radio app, Swell for a cool $30 million. According to a report by Re/code, the talks...
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Rumour: BlackBerry up for acquisition
The BlackBerry rumour mill is once again turning, with new rumours citing that the Canadian company is up for acquisition. Speculation posits that many tech behemoths are interested in purchasing the...
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Microsoft acquires Wunderlist
Microsoft officially confirmed today that it has acquired Wunderlist, one of the most popular task management services used across iOS, Android, and Windows. Wunderlist is the second high-profile...
View ArticleFossil to acquire Misfit
Earlier this week we say luxury brand TAG Heuer enter into the wearables market with the launch of the Connected Watch, and now contemporary watchmaker Fossil looks set to join the fray with more than...
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