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Facebook Acquires FriendFeed for $50 Million

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Zack

Facebook has acquired online activity aggregator FriendFeed for nearly $50 million.

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Microsoft Sells Razorfish to Publicis for $500-600 Million

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Zack

BusinessInsider: French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA will pay $500-600 million to buy Microsoft’s digital ad firm, Razorfish. As part of the deal, Publicis “will purchase hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising over several years across Microsoft’s digital properties, … Continue reading →

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Nokia Buys Social Addressbook Startup Cellity

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Zack

TechCrunch: German mobile startup Cellity is getting acquired by Nokia. The sale price was not disclosed, but it is not likely to be more than $10 million to $20 million. The deal was all cash…

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Oracle Acquires GoldenGate Software

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Zack

ReadWriteWeb: Oracle has acquired GoldenGate Software Today. GoldenGate is a vendor of real-time data integration software, designed to do fast, log-based transactions of data in the enterprise…

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Amazon Buys Online Shoe Retailer Zappos For $800+ Million

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Zack

TechCrunch: Amazon.com has purchased hot ecommerce up-and-comer Zappos for 10 million Amazon shares or $880 million. (The Amazon release said it was $807 million, but that was based on a trailing 45-day estimate of its share price. Closing price today … Continue reading →

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