(Wall Street Journal) —The planned MeeGo operating system will be a key asset as Nokia Corp. strives to boost its position in the premium mobile device market, new mobile-solutions chief Anssi Vanjoki said in an interview Thursday. Coming versions of the Symbian platform will also help Nokia compete against rivals like iPhone-maker Apple Inc., while MeeGo, which […]
(Fast Company) — News aggregator site Huffington Post has just made its first acquisition: Adaptive Semantics. It’s a tech firm whose systems will help HuffPo with is main business of bringing together content, and comments from readers. Most publishers are satisfied with licensing someone else’s technology to do this sort of thing. So why did HuffPo […]
Increased diversity in media mandated before proceedings in Comcast-NBC Universal deal.
by R. Asmerom The popular black entertainment website, Concrete Loop, announced last week that it had entered into a unique partnership with the growing entertainment publishing conglomerate BUZZMEDIA. Although the relationship was initially publicized as an “acquisition” in some publications, Concrete Loop was quick to point out that it has not sold its nearly 5-year-old […]
(Inc.com) —Deciding whether to expand your business organically or through acquisitions is the ultimate “build or buy” decision. It’s similar to the choice between buying an existing home or building your own, but we’re talking about your livelihood here—not to mention your employees’ well being and your investors’ returns. Mind you, for businesses, the buy and […]
(CNN) — Google won regulatory approval Friday for its $750 million acquisition of mobile ad firm AdMob. The Federal Trade Commission said the merger would not harm competition, citing Apple’s recent acquisition of Quattro Wireless as one factor since it allowed the tech giant to launch its own mobile ad platform, iAd. Read More…