Archive for the Acquisitions Category

September 28, 2010 / Acquisitions, Best of Web, blogosphere, breaking news

Arrington Sells TechCrunch to AOL…But What About Jason Calacanis ?

Arrington Sells TechCrunch to AOL…But What About Jason Calacanis ?

Since last night, rumors started floating across the web that TechCrunch, one of the most(if not the topmost) aggressive and well recognized technology blogs of startup industry was at its final stag

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February 6, 2009 / Acquisitions

The Hottest asset of a Deadpooled company : Domain name*

The Hottest asset of a Deadpooled company : Domain name*

If you can figure out the similarity between 'Startups.com','Fly.com','Vibrators.com' & 'Toys.com',then you won't find it tough in getting the title of this post (The Hottest asset of a deadpooled

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January 31, 2009 / Acquisitions, Announcements

Travelzoo looking Recession-proof ; Acquires Fly.com for $1.8Mn

Travelzoo looking Recession-proof ; Acquires Fly.com for $1.8Mn

I strongly discourage lofty domain resales,in the sense that brands are built with quality of service and not a rememberable name(that helps to an extent but not at all necessary),the latest news

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October 30, 2008 / Acquisitions

Killerstartups acquires Startups.com...Half a million dollars WASTED !!!

Killerstartups acquires Startups.com…Half a million dollars WASTED !!!

We've always considered Killerstartups,a startup featuring website,an intelligent player in its arena not only because it monetizes its readership effectively through advertisements but also beca

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September 22, 2008 / Acquisitions

MyHeritage acquires Kindo to establish 'Ubiquitous Prominance'

MyHeritage acquires Kindo to establish ‘Ubiquitous Prominance’

MyHeritage, one of the world’s most popular family websites has today announced the acquisition of family social network Kindo for an undisclosed acquisition amount.MyHeritage is based in Bn

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September 1, 2008 / Acquisitions

'cuil' might be the Next Microsoft Acquisition...!

‘cuil’ might be the Next Microsoft Acquisition…!

There has already been a lot of talks of cuil's claims and then it's performance from Day 1 of their launch but one thing is crystal clear...It certainly takes a lot of guts to even think of com

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