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Wordle acquired by New York Times

Viral word game, ‘Wordle’, has been acquired by The New York Times. Wordle was acquired from its creator, Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, for a price “in the low seven figures,” The Times said. The company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players.

US News

·3 years ago

Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn

Microsoft has agreed to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, for around $68.7bn, including net cash, in the biggest deal ever for the company.

Financial Microsoft MetaVerse

·3 years ago

CMA to investigate Microsoft’s acquisition of Nuance Communications

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are opening an investigation into Microsoft's acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance.

Microsoft

·3 years ago

Atos acquires Cloudreach to boost multi-cloud and security capabilities

Atos has completed the acquisition of Cloudreach, a multi-cloud services company specializing in cloud application development and cloud migration

Financial

·3 years ago

Atos to acquire Cloudreach to boost multi-cloud and security capabilities

Atos has agreed to acquire Cloudreach, a multi-cloud services company specializing in cloud application development and cloud migration, capitalizing on strong partnerships with all three hyperscalers.

Financial

·4 years ago

Life360 To Acquire Tile for $205 million

Family safety platform Life360 are to acquire tracker company Tile for $205 million, with the deal expected to close in the first quarter of 2022.

Financial

·4 years ago

Ericsson to acquire Vonage for $6.2 billion

Ericsson has entered into an agreement to acquire Vonage for $21 per share, representing a total acquisition price of approximately $6.2 billion.

Financial

·4 years ago

Babble acquires DCS and Halo

Unified Comms, Contact Centre and Cyber Solutions provider, Babble, has acquired Digital Communications Systems Ltd (DCS) and Halo Communications Ltd (Halo)

UK Connected

·4 years ago

Babble acquires 8020 bringing a Scottish presence

Unified Comms, Contact Centre and Cyber Solutions provider, Babble, has acquired 8020, in a deal that provides scale to Babble while delivering a Scottish presence for the tech business as it continues its expansion.

Connected UK

·4 years ago

Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic

Apple has acquired Primephonic, the classical music streaming service headquartered in the Netherlands.

Apple

·4 years ago

Salesforce completes acquisition of Slack for $27.7bn

Salesforce has completed its acquisition of Slack. Under the terms of the agreement, Slack shareholders will receive $26.79 in cash and 0.0776 shares of Salesforce common stock for each Slack share,

Financial

·4 years ago

Microsoft to acquire RiskIQ to Strengthen Cybersecurity

Microsoft is to to acquire RiskIQ – a global threat intelligence and attack surface management company, with the aim of aiding the company offer a better service to their users in security terms.

Microsoft

·4 years ago

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