We recently got this email from apture informing about this latest acquistion by Google.. Here’s a copy of the email below: Hi there, We’re writing to let you know that Apture has been acquired by Google. Since day one, we’ve been working on getting the Apture experience into as much of the web as possible. [...]
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Google Buys Zagat = More expansion of Local Offerings
Google buys Zagat. The company’s purchase was announced and indicates that Google is entering a new segment. The 32 year old company Zagat will be the basis of services offered by local services built maps and search. Rumour’s say that Google might have paid $125 million for the Zagat deal. The Motorola acquisition for 12.5 [...]
Google Acquires Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion
We shared rumors that Google would acquire RIM but it turned out that we were wrong! It looks the first half of the rumor was indeed true. Google is acquiring BUT not RIM instead, Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billon. This new acquisition gives Google 706 total patents and patented applications, making Google 317 patents + [...]
[Rumors] Google Might Acquire RIM
Google only has 317 patents and Microsoft mobile has up to 2594 patents according to recent reports. So far, ResearchInMotion has a 3134 mobile device-related patents and patent applications in major technology companies by topping the list. Nokia has 2655 such patents and patent applications, ranked No. 2. Microsoft in 2594. In addition, Samsung Electronics [...]
Google Acquires Facial Recognition Software Company PittPatt
Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition (PittPatt) develops reliable face recognition software for images and video… The notice on PittPatt site says: Joining Google is the next thrilling step in a journey that began with research at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute in the 1990s and continued with the launching of Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition (PittPatt) in 2004. We’ve [...]
SageTV Acquired by Google
So, that’s another +1 to the list of Google acquired companies list! SageTV could help Google TV build the A perfect Home Theater PC (HTPC).. Although many users dislike the acquisition, certainly many more users would profit from being a part Google. This acquisition could be because sageTV is better than Win7 Media Center [...]
Google purchase BumpTop 3D Desktop
Today Google stars in one of those moves that a priori might surprise but watching them have a lot of potential depth. And is that the big G has purchased BumpTop 3D Desktop , an interesting software that transform the interface of our desktop into a real desk in three dimensions. Google was working on [...]
Google Acquires LabPixies
Google announced the acquisition of entertainment development company LabPixies. Acquisition agreement were not disclosed, by the two sides. LabPixies is a platform for large number of Google applications, like iGoogle, iPhone, and Android platform development etc. Google likes development platform, but if there is a lack of application, then the platform loses its use. iGoogle [...]
Google Acquires DocVerse
Yesterday, rumors spread that Google acquired PDF Reader – PDFMeNot is false news. But in the same day Google carried out a takeover of DocVerse created by 1 of the two former Microsoft employees.. Docverse is an real-time Office plug-in that allows you to work together within outlook. DocVerse would be similar to Google Docs [...]
Google acquires Picnik
Picnik online photo editing tool was acquired by Google, the terms of the agreement have not been disclosed yet. Picnik is a fast, fun, easy to use and powerful set of photo editing tools for editing, sharing and printing images using any internet browser on any computer platform. Picnik is integrated with a wide variety [...]
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