Sentences with phrase «tech acquisition»

There are plenty of lists of worst tech acquisitions of all time.

If it pushes through, this will be the largest tech acquisition in history, eclipsing Dell's $ 67 billion purchase of EMC in 2015.

Facebook acquired WhatsApp in February last year for $ 19 billion dollars, its most expensive buyout to date and the third largest tech acquisition ever, losing out to HP's $ 33.4 billion acquisition of Compaq and Dell's $ 67 billion purchase of EMC.

The deal would have been the biggest tech acquisition ever, but Broadcom is not backing down from its plan to buy the chipmaker.

In Latin America, outside of Brazil, a few IPOs from Argentina, and some copycat models from the US, the biggest tech acquisitions have been in the $ 20M - $ 50M range — far less than their US, European, or Asian counterparts.

Meanwhile, tech acquisitions continue to skyrocket as companies avoid going public.

The company made its first tech acquisition in March with Canada's ModiFace, which develops services such as virtual testing for make - up or hair colors.

Meanwhile, 2016 saw the biggest European tech acquisition of all time, when Qualcomm paid a massive $ 47 billion for NXP, a Netherlands - based semiconductor manufacturer.

That's because if Zuckerberg wants Facebook to be the social fabric for the web, he'll need that cash to expand, not just domestically, but in areas like Russia and China, make new tech acquisitions, and position Facebook well for mobile computing.

The intrepid entrepreneur behind Nest, one of the most high - profile tech acquisitions ever, has left.

It came, too, at a heady time for tech acquisitions.

Using a sample of more than 111,000 patents following 301 high - tech acquisitions from 1990 - 2000, they examined if the firms filed new patents, created breakthrough knowledge and retained engineers.

In RIM's smartest move ever, and easily the smartest tech acquisition of 2010, they acquired QNX and immediately put them to work in developing what is now known as BlackBerry Tablet OS; a version of the bullet - proof QNX Neutrino RTOS (Real Time Operating System) developed especially for the BlackBerry PlayBook.

While the WhatsApp deal was impressive, it wasn't the largest of all time — so my company decided to highlight the top 10 largest tech acquisitions in the infographic below.

Netflix is valued at more than $ 80 billion and some analysts expect a 30 percent premium on top of that, suggesting Apple could be looking at $ 104 billion in total to acquire Netflix, which would make the transaction the largest tech acquisition in the history of the industry which dwarfs Dell's $ 67 billion acquisition of EMC in 2016.

Outgoing migme chairman Howard Dawson plans to become a director of a Singapore - founded fantasy sports company that is seeking an ASX listing through Nevada Iron, as another Perth company backed out of a tech acquisition because of an ASX ruling.

While Apple is known primarily for its focus on music, the fact that Schusser also has a background in tech acquisitions — such as Shazam — and will work part of the time in Culver City suggests that Shazam and movies could become a serious part of Apple's ambitions, as opposed to just bonus content for music lovers.

A report out Wednesday from M&A database CB Insights gives a breakdown of the 2,277 tech acquisitions it tracked last year, but the company did a deeper dive into education to give a snapshot of activity.