SAP acquires Syclo and pushes the mobile business envelope further
SAP, a customer relationship and business management software company, has acquired mobile business service provider Syclo, the company announced Tuesday. Details, including purchase price, were not...
View ArticleJackTreads goes from bedroom bootstrap to 2 million members
After working from his bedroom for two and a half years, Jason Ross launched JackThreads — a men’s online shopping club that had yet to establish a payment system via credit cards — in 2008. His first...
View ArticleBraintree becoming a major payment provider for ecommerce sites
Besides being some of the hottest start-ups around, Rovio, Uber, Fab.com, Airbnb share a common thread: their payments are powered by Chicago-based Braintree, a payment provider that has quietly become...
View ArticleGoogle buys Meebo
Social platform Meebo has been snatched up by Google, according to a blog post by the cloud-centric IM company. Founded in 2005, Meebo began as a browser-based instant messaging client, growing to...
View ArticleSalesforce.com to acquire Buddy Media for $698 million
Software as a service provider Salesforce.com announced plans June 4 to acquire Buddy Media, a provider of a social media marketing platform, for $698 million in cash and stock, but a stock analyst...
View ArticleMicrosoft buys enterprise social network provider Yammer for $1.2 billion
Microsoft Corp. and Yammer on Monday announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Yammer, a leading provider of enterprise social networks, for $1.2...
View ArticleSony moves to streaming games with acquision of Gaikai Inc for $380 million
#Sony Corp. agreed to acquire U.S.-based Gaikai Inc., which specializes in streaming #videogames over the Internet, for about $380 million. The acquisition, made by the Japanese firm’s videogame arm,...
View ArticleZynga betting on tradition gambling in bid to acquire gaming company Ongame
What a huge deal this could be – the first big meeting of #social #gaming and traditional #gambling. Now, eGaming Review claims Zynga is ‘leading the race’ to acquire Ongame, the Swedish firm owned by...
View ArticleSony to acquire Gaikai, a streaming video game service, for $380 million.
#Sony to acquire #Gaikai, a #streamingvideo #game service, for $380 million. Founded in November 2008, Gaikai has had a number of notable investors, including Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Qualcomm (NASDAQ:...
View ArticleBlockbuster buys mobile payments company Alpha Bay
Video rental retailer Blockbuster is getting into the mobile payments game and has acquired mobile point-of-sale software company Alpha Bay. Blockbuster will be using the Alpha Bay platform in its...
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