Tag Archives: acquisition

Google Acquires Metaweb To Make Search Smarter

Google Acquires Metaweb To Make Search Smarter – I’m almost getting sick of noting every time Google buys a company I really like. This one worries me a bit, as a lot of their work involves open data, and I … Continue reading

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Aardvark

I’ve had this draft post about Aardvark for about two weeks now. Now that they’ve been acquired by Google, I guess it’s about time to finally publish it. I first heard about Aardvark via the Seattle Tech Startups mailing list … Continue reading

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Blogdigger Dev Blog: Blogdigger Acquired by Odeo

Blogdigger Dev Blog: Blogdigger Acquired by Odeo – very interesting news. Back in March 2003 Dave Winer blogged that perhaps there should be a search engine based off data in RSS feeds. Three people started coding that weekend, Greg Gershman, … Continue reading

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Official Google Blog: Spot On

Official Google Blog: Spot On – Google has bought JotSpot; this is big news to me (and far, far more interesting than YouTube). I’ve considered applying to work at JotSpot in the past, but one of the reasons I didn’t … Continue reading

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TechCrunch » Rumor: Yahoo Acquired Jotspot

TechCrunch » Rumor: Yahoo Acquired Jotspot – I don’t usually report on breaking news rumours but this one is very interesting, because Jotspot is such an amazing company/product.

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Yahoo! buys Upcoming.org

This is a very significant move. Need I say more? Events and calendaring are gearing up to be huge. Does this deal have anything to do with the Google Calendar rumours? Via Software Only.

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google+navteq

This isn’t even a rumour, just speculation. it occurred to me that Navteq is probably on Google’s radar for possible acquisition.

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