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Google acquires G1 designers Mike and Maaike

By Michael Crider
on 24 May, 2012

In an interesting addition to Google's growing stable of purchases, Bloomberg reports that the company has bought the San Francisco design studio that helped to create the original Android device, the Google (HTC) G1. Mike and Maaike is a two-person industrial design team whose projects have included everything from the Microsoft Xbox 360 to wallpaper patterns, including the Blackberry-style developer device that Google created some of the pre-release versions of Android on.

Google’s Motorola acquisition is final

By Michael Crider
on 22 May, 2012

The long courtship is over. Just days after securing conditional approval from China, Google's 12.5 billion dollar acquisition of US-based Motorola Mobility is complete. Google announced the news on its official blog, taking special care to note the replacement of former Moto CEO Sanjay Jha. Unfortunately, the post was noticeably lacking in concrete details on how Google plans to leverage its new (if not overly shiny) multi-billion dollar toy.

Facebook purchases Karma – social gift service

By Cory Gunther
on 21 May, 2012

It looks like Facebook has been getting some good Karma as of late because they've been rocking out. first with the purchase of Instagram, then they snatched up rival service Lightbox to get into the photography aspects even more. Now they've also acquired the social gifting service Karma -- and you can't forget about the Facebook IPO and stocks going crazy.

China approves Google’s Motorola acquisition

By Michael Crider
on 19 May, 2012

One of the last hurdles for Google's acquisition of hardware giant Motorola Mobility has been passed: the People's Republic of China has reportedly approved the business deal, several months after US and European regulators. The $12.5 billion deal is now seemingly a given, though the integration of these companies (to such a degree that is wanted or needed) will certainly take quite a while.

Facebook buys TagTile – bringing coupon deals to mobile

By Cory Gunther
on 13 Apr, 2012

Facebook is back in the news today for throwing around large sums of money. After buying Instagram for a whopping 1 billion dollars today we've learned they also snatched up a mobile app company called TagTile. In case you aren't huge into Facebook, today they launched Facebook Offers -- basically coupons and deals they'll send to your email for free coffee, or other discounts. TagTile will most likely be joining that system.

Motorola hardware division sell off by Google is unlikely

By Cory Gunther
on 13 Apr, 2012

The acquisition by Google of Motorola Mobility is still not a done deal, even though it's approaching the 1 year mark since we first learned of the acquisition. Already we've started seeing tons of rumors regarding Google's plans, and recently reported Google could sell Moto's hardware division to Huawei. According to new details from DigiTimes that isn't the case and Google won't be selling any part of Motorola.

Facebook buys Instagram for a cool billion, service to remain intact

By Michael Crider
on 9 Apr, 2012

Instagram has only been available for a week on Android, and it looks like it's already going to get a major upheaval. Facebook reported that they bought the company this morning. For a billion dollars. That's Billion with a "B". The mobile-only photo sharing service has tens of millions of users on iOS and Android, and its Android population is growing by leaps and bounds.

HTC and Beats in talks to buy MOG Music

By Michael Crider
on 20 Mar, 2012

HTC went on something of a shopping spree in 2011, buying a majority share in Beats Audio and purchasing several smaller companies outright. According to reports from Reuters and other sources, the Taiwanese manufacturer has completed the purchase of the MOG Music service, either absorbing it into Beats Audio, using them as a proxy or simply buying it in partnership. In any case the deal isn't formalized yet, but reportedly all of the pieces are in place to make it so. IF true (and we see no reason to doubt its veracity) this would give HTC a two-pronged advantage over just about everybody Android manufacturer in the mobile music space.

Google’s Motorola acquisition suffers investigation setbacks in China

By Cory Gunther
on 20 Mar, 2012

During the month of February the Google Motorola deal was looking quite promising. The European Union and the US both signed off on the acquisition and gave Google the green light. The only hurdle remains in China and it appears they are having a bit of trouble. Now we are hearing China is continuing another investigation before giving them the okay.

Digg founder Kevin Rose and team hired by Google

By Cory Gunther
on 16 Mar, 2012

Earlier this week we heard reports that Google might be looking to snatch up a few new employees to help out with their social side of things. The rumors suggested that Digg founder Rose, and the staff of Milk have been hired by Google. Today on Google+ Kevin Rose himself has confirmed the rumors and is excited about what the future holds.