With Instagram in the fold and Opera in its sights, will Face.com be the next big acquisition for newly minted public company Facebook? Face.com …
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Qualcomm plans to reject Broadcom’s $103B acquisition bid
US chipmaker Qualcomm is reportedly drawing up plans to reject rival Broadcom’s $103 billion bid as early as this week.1 3479
VMware acquires desktop management company Wanova
VMware has acquired Wanova, a developer of software used to centralise and simplify image management on physical and virtual desktops, …
Oracle buys social relationship management company Vitrue
Taking a step into the social media marketing industry, Oracle is purchasing Vitrue, the two companies announced yesterday. Vitrue helps …
Google Seals the Deal on $12.5B Motorola Acquisition
Google has finally closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility and will now start working on new devices while keeping Android …
SAP buying e-commerce vendor Ariba for $4.3 billion
SAP is buying cloud-based e-commerce vendor Ariba for US$4.3 billion, the companies announced yesterday. Ariba’s platform focuses on business-to-business commerce …
EMC acquires Syncplicity
At EMC World 2012, EMC announced yesterday that it has acquired privately held Syncplicity, a leader in cloud-based file management …
China approves Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility
Chinese regulatory authorities have approved Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, paving the way for the deal to close within the …
HP plans massive layoff, say reports
The last time Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a layoff of 25,000 people, it was on the same day that Lehman Brothers …
Salesforce.com acquires collaboration tool company Stypi
Salesforce.com has acquired real-time online collaboration platform company Stypi, it announced yesterday. The financial terms of the deal were not …
Dell’s Wyse buy a hedge against slowing PC sales
Dell’s plan to buy Wyse Technology is an effort to boost its client hardware portfolio and protect the company from …