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When you think of rugged cases for mobile devices, you think of two names: OtterBox and LifeProof. Well, those two names are now one. OtterBox has acquired TreeFrog Developments, Inc, the parent company of LifeProof, for an undisclosed price. This move makes a lot of sense with OtterBox being known for rugged cases, like their [...]
DISH Network has launched a $25.5 billion takeover bid for Sprint.
What happens when you combine a long-time favorite cloud storage solution with a hot new mail management tool? We’re about to find out, as Dropbox has just acquired Mailbox.
In other cellular news, Mid-December looked like Smooth sailing for Softbank’s US subsidiary Sprint as they announced they were buying all of on-again off-again pseudo subsidiary Clearwire. DISH just threw in a major monkey-wrench from left field, they want to buy Clearwire too for their own cellular aspirations. While Sprint wants the company, DISH wants [...]
For $2.2 billion, Sprint will be acquiring the 49.2% of shares it doesn’t already own, making Clearwire a wholly owned subsidiary.
In a $20 billion deal, SoftBank will take a 70% stake in Sprint, which in turn buys controlling shares in Clearwire.
A Sprint Nextel press release confirmed that Japanese telecom provider SoftBank is in talks to make a “substantial investment” in Sprint.
We’re headed to NYC for the CEA Line Shows, a gadget to keep your plants alive, an add-on to make a laser into a LaserSaber, a lost Steve Jobs interview gets wider distribution, and Revision3 has been acquired by Discovery Communications.
You probably know that GeekBeat.TV is part of the Revision3 family, but today that family got a lot bigger as we heard the news that Revision3 has been acquired by Discovery Communications
Mark Zuckerberg has announced on his Facebook page that Facebook will acquire the hugely popular photo-sharing service Instagram.
Twitter, the social media service for people who like to keep things short, is getting a bit more wordy. But only a bit. They’ve announced their purchase of Posterous, a service that offers space for small blog posts with a user-friendly interface. Twitter indicated that Posterous Spaces would remain up and available, but that users [...]
Microsoft Buys Skype In their biggest acquisition ever, Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 billion. Did they overpay? Google I/O Developers are at Google I/O getting all the info on the next moves to expect on Android and other Google platforms. We’ve got all the details! Android 3.1 Gets Improved Widgets Verizon Xoom owners will be [...]
