Acquisitions

Google Spent $1.1 Billion On Startup Acquisitions (So Far)

by Jeff Weisbein July 31, 2010

Google has spent $1.1 billion in the first half of 2010 on startup acquisitions alone. The company has bought 22 startups so far this year. However, the majority of the amount was spent in the somewhat recently completed acquisition of mobile ad service AdMob. Google’s acquisition spree has been geared towards smaller startups, but [...]

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Yahoo Interested In Acquiring Bit.ly

by Jeff Weisbein July 24, 2010

There have been reports that Yahoo is in the early stages of negotiations with the popular URL shortening service Bit.ly according to sources familiar with the matter says GigaOM. Of course, this isn’t the first hot startup to be in talks with Yahoo, many were speculating that Yahoo was talking with the hot location based service Foursquare [...]

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Dyn Inc. Acquires EveryDNS

by Jeff Weisbein January 12, 2010

David Ulevitch started EveryDNS while he was a freshman in college back in June 2001. Now nearly nine years later, EveryDNS provides simple, reliable and secure DNS services to the Internet community. It currently delivers DNS services to over 400,000 domains. Today, Dyn Inc. the company who owns and operates DynDNS.com has announced it acquired [...]

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BestTechie Acquires WyldRyde IRC Network

by Jeff Weisbein October 24, 2009

Roslyn, New York – October 24, 2009 – BestTechie Holdings, Inc. is pleased to announce it has acquired the WyldRyde IRC Network from WyldRyde Corporation. Steve Mermelstein (usrbingeek), long time WyldRyde Root Administrator and President of WyldRyde Corporation said earlier today, “I’m handing over control of WyldRyde to Jeff Weisbein and he’ll be assuming the [...]

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The Pirate Bay Sells Out For $7.7 Million

by Jeff Weisbein June 30, 2009

Swedish software firm Global Gaming Factory X announced this morning it has agreed to buy file-sharing service The Pirate Bay for 60 million Swedish crowns (which currently converts to approximately $7.7 million). This news comes only a few months after the founders of The Pirate Bay were sentenced to one year in jail and a [...]

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BestTechie Holdings, Inc. Acquires BestTechie.com

by Jeff Weisbein September 19, 2008

September 19th, 2008 – BestTechie Holdings, Inc. has acquired the domain name BestTechie.com, “This is a huge acquisition for us.” says Jeff Weisbein, President. After attempting to acquire the domain in the past with not much luck, we were able to negotiate a deal with BuyDomains earlier this week – acquiring it for $1,000 in [...]

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