Tag Archives : Acquisition

Sprint already owns 50% of Clearwire, so what’s another 50%? Sprint yesterday announced that they’ll be buying the rest of Clearwire for $2.2 Billion at $2.97 a share. Once the deal is finalized, Sprint will own Clearwire entirely and will be positioned to use Clearwire’s spectrum...

If you ever go on a trip and need to fly somewhere, KAYAK is one of those must-have apps. I’ve used it several times to compare flights side by side. It’s really easy to specify criteria such as by airline, price, airport, number of layovers, etc. It has many other functions that I haven’t...

Well it’s official, Metro PCS and Magenta have formally submitted official documents with the FCC regarding their merger on October 18th. The new conglomerate will be the nation’s fourth largest carrier with an 11.7% market share, inching slightly closer to Sprint’s 15.2%. T-Mobile’s...

Update 10/15: Via the Sprint Newsroom Sprint and SoftBank came to a deal regarding Sprint’s buyout. SoftBank will obtain a 70% stake in Sprint though a $20.1 billion purchase. $12.1 billion will go directly to shareholders, who will continue to have a 30% stake in Sprint. The remaining $8 billion...

Google Makes a Wise Purchase Google has been known for coming out with some great and well talked about features, many are copied by the iOS fan club and then claimed as their own, but not the facial recognition Google has been working on. Google wowed the world with their Face Unlock that debuted with...

This is surprising and beautiful news, Google has just purchased third-party email client company Sparrow. Dom Leca announced this today on twitter also stating that current apps will not receive any new features, which seems the logical thing to do since they will start working on Gmail. As Google...

Earlier today we heard the good news that the European Union gave Google the green light to purchase Motorola. That was one step in the right direction. The second came shortly after, when the United States Department of Justice gave the thumbs up as well. Looks like all is well in the Googlerola front...

The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility by the world’s most widely used (and our favorite) search engine giant, Google. This news comes to us in the form of a short blog post from the company’s VP and Deputy General Counsel, Don Harrison. “This...

It looks like Motorola is stepping up their strategy to improve Motoblur UI by acquiring Aloqa, a mobile location service that notifies the user of places, music, movies, events and other activities that are around the user. “Aloqa is an exciting addition to Motorola Mobility as its specialized engineering...