Mobile Wars Part I: Symbian And Android Battle For Mobile Device Supremacy
Jin Ke by Jin Ke with Don More Move aside Batman and Ironman. For world domination drama, the real action this summer is off-screen and on our phones, er, mobile devices. Big handset players, notably...
View ArticleUsing A Cell Phone To Make Calls? That’s So 20th Century.
Francesca Bartolomey Remember the days when the primary purpose of a phone was to place calls? In the age of the iPhone, such a notion seems almost quaint. Today’s cell phones are jam-packed with so...
View ArticleCan Disney/Marvel Deal Spur Better M&A Market?
Our Speidy-sense is telling us that Disney’s acquisition of Marvel may be a good sign for the M&A market ahead. Disney announced that it is acquiring the comic book giant in a strategic acquisition...
View ArticleMobile Advertising Innovation and M&A To Pick Up In 2010
Geo-location, mobile video could spur new M&A Mobile advertising M&A has already made news in 2010 with Apple’s announced plans to acquire Quattro Wireless for $275 million and the U.S. FTC’s...
View ArticleCyberSource Deal Provides Clues To e-Payment Competition Fears
Visa made a splash in the tech circle last week when it announced it was acquiring e-payment, risk management and payment security solutions provider CyberSource for $2 billion. The credit card giant...
View ArticleRecent Trends in Enterprise Mobility
The enterprise mobility sector is rapidly growing as the demand for preferred personal devices such as tablets and smartphones, specifically Apple and Android platforms, continues to penetrate the...
View ArticleDeal Focus: Apple Acquires Anobit for $390 million
Apple confirmed this week that it acquired flash-memory and storage provider Anobit for a rumored $390 million. Israeli-based Anobit uses proprietary signal-processing algorithms to improve the...
View ArticleIsrael IT M&A Activity Steadily Rising
Israel is increasingly becoming a hot bed of IT M&A activity. Already this year, Apple officially announced it made its first acquisition in the country – flash memory developer Anobit....
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