Sentences with phrase «acquired by tech companies»

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From there he accepted a lead engineering position at another early - stage tech firm — PayPal co-founder Max Levchin's social media company Slide, acquired by Google in 2010 for $ 228 million.

Notable companies include navigation system Zurich Eye and eye - tracking tech startup the Eye Tribe — both of which were acquired by Facebook's virtual reality arm Oculus — and Terraloupe, an aerial image analytics startup.

Just as smartphones forever changed our lives, 57 percent of consumers say that they believe the Internet of Things will be revolutionary, with another 47 percent saying that companies that aren't trying to connect their products to the Internet are missing a big opportunity, according to a study conducted by marketing tech company Affinnova which was recently acquired by consumer and media insights compmany Nielsen.

The Fredericton tech firm has agreed to be acquired by U.S. - based cloud - computing company Salesforce.com for US$ 276 million in cash and US$ 50 million in stock.

Neale Fong - chaired Chrysalis Resources has announced its intention to enter the tech market by acquiring a Philippines - based company which operates a mobile banking, payments and remittance platform.

The high - tech home monitoring device company, which was acquired this year by Google Inc. for $ 3.2 billion, halted all new sales of the alarms in April after recognizing the problem.

The company was acquired by Google in 2013 during a robotics shopping spree led by Android creator Andy Rubin, but the team struggled to find its place within the tech giant after Rubin's departure, former Boston Dynamics employees said.

For some, the end game might even include being acquired by Comcast or Verizon or some other deep - pocketed tech company.

Earlier this year, Waymo accused Uber of using stolen tech to kick - start its autonomous car program after Uber acquired Otto, another self - driving car company, that was founded by a former Google employee.

My bet is that Omega gets a few deals, invests heavily in its NLU and is then acquired by a giant tech company that is looking to make up ground in the space.

A lot has happened over the last four years at the intersection of design and tech — 27 startups co-founded by designers and 13 design firms have been acquired by technology companies.

Founded by two graduates of Georgia Tech, the company built a working product, acquired customers, and achieved profitability with only the two founders.

Alwaleed, the chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company, is one of the faces of Saudi tech investing: As of last year he owned 35 million shares of Twitter and with his company owned 5.3 percent of the ride - hail startup Lyft, a stake he acquired in part by purchasing existing shares from Andreessen Horowitz and FounderCompany, is one of the faces of Saudi tech investing: As of last year he owned 35 million shares of Twitter and with his company owned 5.3 percent of the ride - hail startup Lyft, a stake he acquired in part by purchasing existing shares from Andreessen Horowitz and Foundercompany owned 5.3 percent of the ride - hail startup Lyft, a stake he acquired in part by purchasing existing shares from Andreessen Horowitz and Founders Fund.

«For most dating tech companies the only way to pay back investors seems to be to reach a critical scale of users and be acquired by the Match Group.

Unfortunately for both companies, this was at a time when there were very few apps that offered granular traffic and police activity details (by way of crowd - sourced information)... now tech leaders like Google have acquired technologies and apps like Waze.

Travel metasearch engine Skyscanner's credentials as one of the UK's most successful tech start - ups were underscored in November 2016 when it was acquired by Chinese online travel company Ctrip for # 1.4 bn.

One hurdle faced by the six tech companies hoping to acquire 6,000 mobile patents from bankrupt Nortel Networks has been cleared, as courts in both the U.S. and Canada have signed off on the $ 4.5 billion deal involving Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), and Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM).

Then, late last year, Fitbit acquired a lot of tech and assets from Pebble, the lauded smartwatch company that found itself murdered by...

My bet is that Omega gets a few deals, invests heavily in its NLU and is then acquired by a giant tech company that is looking to make up ground in the space.

Most assets of the interchangeable credit card Coin were acquired last June by the fitness tech company.

The company in question is Otto, the autonomous - driving tech startup acquired by Uber in August 2016 for $ 680 million.

PrimeSense, an Israeli company acquired by Apple in 2013, created the tech that was eventually used in the Microsoft Kinect devices for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One.