Inside source: Foursquare May Buy Postmates
A source, which I’m unable to verify, claims that Foursquare, the ubiquitous location-based social network is about to buy Postmates, a food-delivery service, similar to Caviar, which was bought by…
Tag: acquisition
Why the Beats Acquisition is Uncharted Territory For Apple
Today, Apple acquired Beats for $3 billion. When I first heard the rumors, I didn’t believe it. The deal didn’t seem to make sense, until you really dug into the…
[Quiz] Real Google Acquisition, or Fictional Company?
A lot of the companies that Google acquires sound a bit…fake. I mean, half of them sound like an evil corporation from a Marvel comic. But can you tell the…
Startup of the Month: Simple – A better bank
This article is part of our monthly “Startup of the Month” series. You can read more articles from that series here. The most talked about acquisition this year has been…
Microsoft Buys Nokia (sort of): A Caveman Could Have Predicted This
In a move that literally anyone not living on a remote island in the middle of the atlantic could have predicted, Microsoft bought Nokia’s devices and services division. Essentially, Nokia…