acquisitions
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Hey Twitter, Please Don’t Ruin SoundCloud
Remember Twitter Music? Probably not. The ill-fated recommendation service started as We Are Hunted, which was a great independent service until Twitter bought it, tanked its music ambitions, and killed it. Now there’s a rumour Twitter has its roving eye on SoundCloud. We really hope history isn’t about to repeat itself.
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Google Found An Artificial Brain To Power Its Robot Army
Clearly not content with buying a terrifying robot army, Google is now purchasing a London-based artificial intelligence company to go with it — for a cool $US500 million.
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What Apple’s Latest Acquisition Says About The Future Of Apple TV
Apple just bought a small startup company you probably never heard of called Matcha.tv. Why is this important? Because it might, maybe, possibly reveal what Apple sees as the future of Apple TV: a channel-less oasis, where it doesn’t matter what streaming service you watch your favourite TV show on, as long as it’s through…
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Apple Maps Should Get Way Better After HopStop Acquisition
Well, well, well. Looks like Apple is doubling down on its Maps efforts leading up to the launch of iOS 7. Bloomberg is reporting that Apple has acquired HopStop, marking the second maps-related acquisition for the day.