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Mergers & Acquisitions

Verizon Agrees to Purchase Yahoo for $4.83 Billion

Eugene O'Rourke
July 31, 2016

Yahoo has agreed to sell its core business to Verizon for $4.83 billion. As part of the deal, Verizon will acquire Yahoo’s search, mail, instant messaging services, ad platform, and a few real estate holdings. The move puts Verizon behind Google and Facebook in the U.S. digital ad segment, with a total share of 4.5%.

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Facebook Announces Android App Beta Program

Eugene O'Rourke
July 2, 2013

To aid in their Android app development, Facebook has started a new beta testing program for their Android Facebook app to help identify bugs and get user feedback before each monthly release.

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Compliance

Apple Issues Statement on Customer Privacy

Eugene O'Rourke
June 24, 2013

Apple issued a public statement in the wake of the NSA’s PRISM program announcement and allegations of their participation.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Google Acquires Waze

Eugene O'Rourke
June 12, 2013

It’s official – Google has just announced the closing of an acquisition deal with Waze. While the terms of the deal weren’t made public, it’s rumored that Google paid around $1.3 billion for the acquisition.

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Google Analytics Now Available on Android

Eugene O'Rourke
July 5, 2012

Google released an Android application for Google Analytics late last week, giving Android users the ability to pull their website traffic and other key metrics while on their mobile devices.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Form Partnership

Eugene O'Rourke
May 4, 2012

On Monday, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble announced a new partnership that will leverage the digital Nook and college businesses into a new subsidiary, and the invest of $300 million will give Microsoft a 17% stake in the new business. Read more from the full press release below.

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