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Facebook has made several recent, albeit distinct, mobile acquisitions leading up to its initial public offering (IPO). We’ve discussed the acquisitions of Instagram and Tagtile in our previous posts. With its latest acquisition, Facebook has gained a new technology in the “social discovery” space. A few days ago, Facebook acquired Glancee, a location based and… View Article

Transaction volume relating to customer relations software increased 33 percent between 2010 and 2011, from 67 to 89 transactions. There have been several notable transactions thus far in 2012 as well.  Most recently, IBM announced its acquisition of Tealeaf Technology. Tealeaf, with its array of analytics software, allows marketers to gain additional insight as to how customers interact… View Article

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about Facebook’s announced acquisition of Instagram for $1 billion. The product nature of the deal was similar to AOL’s acquisition of Hipster, an iOS and Android photo sharing app, for an undisclosed sum.  What’s not as obvious is that some smaller photo sharing transactions have been occurring as well. For instance, Shutterfly,… View Article

There have been quite a few patent deals in the technology sector as of late. Facebook purchased 750 patents from IBM in March, and the company announced last week that it was acquiring approximately 650 patents from Microsoft for $550 million. Just last month, AOL sold 800 patents to Microsoft for $1 billion. Microsoft, since… View Article

There have been six automobile deals within the Information Industry thus far in 2012. For comparative purposes, there were only two such transactions in the fourth quarter of 2011. A few weeks ago, Epicor Software Corporation acquired Internet AutoParts. This transaction has positioned Epicor as a leader in B2B and e-commerce solutions for the automobile aftermarket…. View Article