The Psychology Of Design: John Roa Shares A Look Inside AKTA
“The cruel truth is that I’m not even a designer today,” said John Roa, founder of AKTA design studio. But if he was never a designer, then what made AKTA one of Chicago’s most sought-after design studios, and Roa one of Chicago’s most influential entrepreneurs? Roa’s journey was riddled with successes, failures and a carefully [...]... Read More
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Geoloqi Becomes Esri Research and Development Center in Portland Following Acquisition
BY: Kathryn HoughGeographic information systems giant Esri announced this week that it has acquired Portland-based location-based services startup Geoloqi. The terms of the deal are not available to the public.
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IBM buys Kenexa for $1.3 Billion, Will Expand Operations In Nebraska Office
BY: Kathryn HoughThe 400 Kenexa employees who work in the Lincoln, Nebraska office of the Pennsylvania-based company are now IBM employees thanks to yesterday’s announcement IBM has purchased Kenexa for $1.3 billion.
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Georgia Startup RappidApp Acquired By SignUp4 To Expand Mobile Offerings
BY: Lindsay ONealSavannah, Georgia’s mobile app creation startup RappidApp announced that it has been acquired by SignUp4, a meeting management software company.
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Decision Engine Startup Sortable Acquired By Rebellion Media
BY: Kathryn HoughRebellion Media acquired Sortable, the Google search of products, for an undisclosed sum. The company’s plans for the startup are a continuation of a larger trend in content monetization.
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Oracle And Salesforce Race To Dominate The Social Enterprise Cloud
BY: Kathryn HoughFor Oracle, 2012 is the year of social. The company announced this week that it is in talks to acquire social media development platform Involver.
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Breaking News: Microsoft Announces Yammer Acquisition For $1.2B
BY: Lindsay ONealAfter weeks of rumors, Microsoft just confirmed it is acquiring the enterprise social network Yammer for $1.2 billion in cash.
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SinglePlatform Acquired By Constant Contact For $100 Million
BY: Corey CummingsNew World Ventures portfolio company SinglePlatform has been acquired this week by Constant Contact Inc, a marketing firm specializing in web content. The startup has been acquired for a total sale price of $100 million.
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Google Steps Up Microsoft Rivalry With Quickoffice Acquisition
BY: Jon ChristianIn a move that could represent a gauntlet in a battle for mobile office suite share between Google and Microsoft, the former company acquired document, presentation and spreadsheet editor Quickoffice, which is available for most smartphone platforms.
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Google Plus Gobbles Up Google Places, In Ongoing Social Push
BY: Jon ChristianGoogle Places is being incorporated into Google Plus — in hopes, perhaps, of enticing more users to join and actually use the fledgling social initiative.
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Facebook “Acquihires” Photo-Sharing Site Lightbox To Bolster Its Mobile Team
BY: Jason RowleyLightbox, the rather beautiful photo sharing startup, announced on its company blog that the team will be joining Facebook. It indicated that it will work with the Facebook mobile team to improve user experience.
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FTC Settles Myspace Privacy Violations… Wait, Myspace Still Exists?
BY: Jon ChristianYesterday the Federal Trade Commission announced that social network Myspace has agreed to settle charges that it misrepresented the protection it offered to users’ personal information, in an agreement that will require independent privacy assessments for the next 20 years. The measure comes at a moment when the former social giant has been battered by [...]
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LinkedIn Announces $119 Million SlideShare Acquisition
BY: Kathryn HoughLinkedin announced today that it will close on a deal to acquire SlideShare for $119 million next month.
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Google Actually Sells Something – And It’s Sketchup, To Trimble
BY: Jon ChristianGoogle is known for making and buying things, so there was some surprise when the company announced today that it is selling longtime asset Sketchup, a 3-D modeling service known for its ease of use aimed at architects, game and film designers, and hobbyists.
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Twitter Acquires Hotspots.io To Beef Up Its “Revenue Engineering Team”
BY: Jason RowleyHotspots.io, a small startup founded by Matt Huang, Alexander Spicer and Ashutosh Singhal aims to deliver “social media intelligence that you’ll actually use”. The company announced today via its homepage that it has been acquired by Twitter: We’re incredibly excited to announce that Twitter has acquired the Hotspots.io team! Starting today, we’ll be joining up with Twitter’s revenue [...]
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