LabPixies
Tags:applications, games, google, mobile, up to $100M
Acquisition date: 4/26/2010
Acquisition info: link
Price: $25M
Profile: LabPixies offers a collection of games ..more»
Zao Begun
Tags:$100M-$500M, 2008, advertising, google
Acquisition date: 07/18/2008
Acquisition info: link
Price: $140M
Profile: ZAO Begun is a leading ..more»
Local investments are not an interest
Tags:google, Microsoft, trend review, Yahoo
Trend report: 06/20/2008
Trend review: By viewing the trendsactions portfolios, we can suggest local routes expansions are not to hold an interest by Google, Microsoft nor Yahoo. In the last 3 years, those falling under this category were ..more»
Google’s main business interests during the last 3 years
Tags:google, trend review
Trend report: 05/25/2008
Trend review: Since 2005 Google has added to its acquisition portfolio companies whose main businesses are associated with: applications (6) mobile (6) office (6) and social (6). Out of all those acquisitions, 4 of the acquired companies are considered “big shots”: Youtube (video), Double Click (advertising), Feedburner (blogs/rss), and shares in AOL (media, advertising).
Google is a slow shopper relatively to Microsoft
Tags:google, Microsoft, trend review
Trend report: 05/25/2008
Trend review: Since the beginning of 2007 Google has acquired 16 companies. During this time, Microsoft has been doing some heavy purchasing, mostly to build out its on-line presence– has acquired 24 companies: 15 companies during 2007 , and another 9 companies this year 2008.