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Four Communications to Acquire Consolidated PR

Independent integrated agency Four Communications, part of the Four Communications Group, which has offices in London, Abu Dhabi and Dubai,

Google Buys City-Guide App Maker JetPac

Tech giant Google has disclosed on its website that ot plans to purchase JetPac, a startup that develops travel guides using Instagram photos as reference.

Facebook Buys Fitness Tracking App “Moves”

Facebook has bought a fitness tracking app that can tell users exactly where they walked, and how many calories they burnt. 

Apple Acquires App Testing Platform

It looks like Adrian Perica, Apple’s head of mergers and acquisitions,Apple has been having a busy couple of weeks. This weekend, it got out that he’s been having meetings with electric automake...

Microsoft Acquires Parature for $100 Million

Microsoft is rounding out its Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management) product by acquiring Parature, maker of cloud-based software companies can use to create self-service portals for customer...

Square Buys Photo-Sharing Platform ViewFinder

Mobile payments company Square has recently begun expanding to become a platform for people to sell goods as well.

Yahoo Buys Social Media Startup Ptch

Yahoo has acquired the video creation app Ptch in a move to bolster its photo and video platform technology.

Yahoo Buys Social Web Browser Maker Rockmelt

Yahoo Inc acquired social Web browser company Rockmelt, the latest move by the struggling Web portal to scoop up technology and engineering talent that could bolster its mobile and social networking e...

Baidu to Buy Mobile Apps Company 91 Wireless for $1.9 Billion

Baidu Inc., which operates China’s most popular search engine, said today that it will buy smartphone apps distributor 91 Wireless for $1.9 billion, adding to the scramble for the fast-growing C...