Yahoo: hunted, but still in the hunt

Posted by on November 2, 2011

Contact: Brenon Daly Amid all the speculation that Yahoo would sell itself (or not), the search engine operator swung to the other side of the table on Tuesday, announcing the $270m all-cash purchase of interclick. The planned acquisition, which is expected to close early next year, is the first time Yahoo has reached for a [...]

‘Googorola’ close to closing

Posted by on October 28, 2011

Contact: Brenon Daly In what could be its last financial report before it is formally acquired by Google, Motorola Mobility said after the closing bell Thursday that mobile device revenue in the third quarter rose 20% over the same period last year to $2.4bn. That was nearly twice the overall rate of growth at the [...]

IncrediMail reaches deep for deal

Posted by on August 5, 2011

Contact: Brenon Daly Almost exactly a year after taking the top spot at IncrediMail, CEO Josef Mandelbaum has announced his first acquisition at the digital media company. And it’s a big one: IncrediMail, which had just $33m in cash in March, will spend $25m upfront and another possible $15m earnout to add startup Smilebox. IncrediMail [...]

EA gets serious about casual gaming

Posted by on July 14, 2011

Contact: Brian Satterfield In an expensive nod to the ever-increasing importance of online social media and mobile gaming, Electronic Arts has reached deep into its pockets to purchase Seattle-based PopCap Games for $750m. The transaction, which could end up costing EA as much as $1.3bn if the full earnout is hit, stands out as not [...]

Apple drops interest in Dropbox for iCloud

Posted by on June 7, 2011

by Brenon Daly Earlier this year, rumors were flying that Apple was putting together a bid – valued at more than $500m – for cloud storage startup Dropbox. That speculation obviously didn’t go anywhere, but it looked a whole lot more credible in light of Monday’s introduction of Apple’s online storage and synching offering, iCloud. [...]

Heading toward an ‘Eloqua-ent’ IPO

Posted by on June 6, 2011

Contact: Brenon Daly A little more than a month after the strong IPO by a rival on-demand marketing vendor, Eloqua has taken its first significant step toward an offering of its own, according to market sources. We understand that the company has tapped J.P. Morgan Securities and Deutsche Bank Securities to lead the IPO, with [...]

A valuable deal for Groupon

Posted by on June 3, 2011

Contact: Brenon Daly As it preps for its public debut, we note that Groupon, the coupon giant known for offering consumers deals up to 90% off, did a bit of smart bargain shopping of its own last summer as it made an important purchase to expand business in Europe. In May 2010, Groupon picked up Berlin-based [...]

Demandware to test demand in public market?

Posted by on May 18, 2011

Contact: Brenon Daly After a pair of billion-dollar deals over the past half-year removed two old-line e-commerce vendors from the Nasdaq, an on-demand startup is rumored to be looking to replenish the ranks on the public market. Several sources have indicated that Demandware has picked underwriters and is set to file its IPO paperwork shortly, [...]

Microsoft pays a princely premium for Skype

Posted by on May 10, 2011

Contact: Ben Kolada In its largest-ever deal, Microsoft announced today that it is buying VoIP provider Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. This is the third time Skype has changed hands since 2005. Microsoft claims that the deal is yet another move in its long line of real-time communications initiatives, but we suspect that the [...]

Another marketing maker heading to market?

Posted by on April 25, 2011

Contact: Brenon Daly Will Eloqua respond to Responsys? Does the rival on-demand marketing vendor perhaps have an IPO of its own planned? We couldn’t help but wonder that last Thursday as investors showed that they could hardly get enough of the Responsys offering, which priced above range and then tacked on another 28% in its [...]

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