acquisitions
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Wonderful, Digg Is Now Owned By An Advertising Company
Digg has been sold by its former owner, Betaworks, to ad-tech company BuySellAds for an undisclosed amount. The story, first reported by FastCompany, comes nearly a month after the news aggregation site shut down its RSS client Digg Reader. You could call this sale the death of an internet icon, but that happened when the…
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Disney Is Thinking About Buying Twitter: Report
The Walt Disney Co. is working with a financial adviser to evaluate a bid on Twitter Inc., according to a new Bloomberg report.
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Marissa Mayer Says She’s ‘Planning To Stay’ At Yahoo
After a few days full of rampant speculation, Verizon finally confirmed yesterday night that it had reached an agreement to purchase Yahoo’s core business for $US4.8 billion ($6.4 billion).
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Under Armour Just Bought 100 Million Users Worth Of Fitness Data
If you track your fitness on your smartphone — and are serious about results — chances are pretty decent you’ve tried MyFitnessPal, MapMyFitness or Endomondo. Guess what? All three of them belong to sportwear company Under Armour as of right now.