Microsoft Buys Nokia’s Mobile Phone Business
The biggest news that everyone in the mobile industry has been waiting for since February 2011 has finally arrived. Microsoft this morning announced that the company will be acquiring Nokia’s devices...
View ArticleTech in Asia Acquires Singapore Startup Blog SGE
Asia’s technology blogging space has been snowballing and with the arrival of International blogs such as TheNextWeb and TechCrunch into the region, competition has been getting quite fierce. Blogs...
View ArticleSGE’s Gwendolyn Tan on Joining Tech in Asia and Her Views on Startups in the...
As we reported earlier today, Singapore-based tech blog SGE has been acquired by relative newcomer Tech in Asia following its recent round of investment from IMJ Fenox. The acquisition value is...
View ArticleThe Very Hungry Tech in Asia Just Gobbled Indonesian Mobile Game Blog GameSaku
Tech in Asia is on an aggressive roll following its round of funding from IMJ Fenox VC recently. After having swallowed Singapore based blog SGE, today it officially announced its acquisition of...
View ArticleFacebook Acquires Mobile Data Company Onavo
Onavo, the Israeli company that offers mobile apps for data management, announced that it has been acquired by Facebook. Based in Tel Aviv, the company’s office will become Facebook’s new office in...
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Photo Sharing Plays a Big Part in Facebook’s Acquisition of WhatsApp
If you thought that Viber’s acquisition by Rakuten last week was a major news in the mobile industry, today’s $19 billion Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp would be a massive earthquake sending...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg: Advertising is Not the Way to Monetize Messaging Systems
Instagram was Facebook’s blockbuster deal back in April 2012 when the company announced that it was acquiring the photo sharing network for $1 billion, a deal that ultimately closed at $715 million in...
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Facebook May Have Also Acquired WhatsApp to Avoid Future Competition
WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum insisted that the Facebook deal to acquire WhatsApp would not have happened if Facebook were to interfere in WhatsApp’s operations. With Facebook’s resources,...
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Yello Mobile Acquired Adtech Company Adplus
South Korea-based Yello Mobile announced that they’ve just finalized the acquisition of Adplus’ major shares. This is Yello Mobile’s second acquisition in Indonesia, after previously snapped price...
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Lamudi Indonesia’s Reason of Acquiring PropertyKita
Couple of days ago, we reported about Lamudi Indonesia’s acquisition towards PropertyKita, a local service similar to the service. The acquisition is regarded as the first done by a Rocket Internet’s...
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Kresna Graha Investama Acquires Three Startups
Kresna Graha Sekurindo (KREN), which is known for its Kresna Securities, officially pivots, as it now becomes an investment company rather than merely a broker. This is marked with the change in its...
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Rumour: Go-Jek Acquires India-Based Tech Company and Recruits Indonesian...
In response to technical problems it often faces, Go-Jek has reportedly acquire an Indian-based tech company which will act as the startup’s tech division. After partnering with the Indian tech...
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