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Beeper Acquired by Automattic, Turns Off Waitlist

Kellen April 9, 2024 3

Beeper, the messaging company who tried to make an iMessage client for Android, only to be blocked at every turn by Apple, is still around and has now been acquired. As they announce big acquisition news, they are also releasing their newest Android app out of...

Google Completes Acquisition of Fitbit

Kellen January 14, 2021 11

After more than a year of seeking approval, Google has completed its acquisition of Fitbit. Fitbit is now a Google brand, if you can believe that. Since Fitbit is now a part of Google, I can imagine that you have some concerns as a Fitbit user. Well, if you...

FCC Chairman is Cool With T-Mobile-Sprint Merger (Updated)

Kellen May 20, 2019

T-Mobile and Sprint haven't given up on an attempted merger, even as antitrust officials have raised concerns and they've had to push their deadline back. Their plans got a boost today, thanks to FCC chairman Ajit Pai, who weighed in with his approval,...

T-Mobile and Sprint Push Back Merger Deadline

Kellen April 29, 2019

With the T-Mobile-Sprint merger in trouble, the deadline for completion has been pushed back to July 29. The US Justice Department still has not decided whether or not to approve it, so T-Mobile filed an extension with the SEC today. Makan Delrahim, the head...

Essential Acquires an Email Company Who No Longer Makes an Email App

Kellen December 7, 2018

Essential, which has had a very confusing year or so, acquired CloudMagic today. The company that formerly made Newton Mail will join Essential to "help accelerate our product roadmap," an Essential spokesperson said. What's the deal here? We don't really know...

SiriusXM Acquiring Pandora for $3.5 Billion

Tim September 24, 2018

Announced today, SiriusXM has agreed to acquire Pandora in an all-stock deal, valued at $3.5 billion. As of now, nothing for either company changes and Pandora will go on and be the same Pandora you know and love. Same goes for SiriusXM. However, the companies...

Justice Department Appeals AT&T-Time Warner Approval

Kellen July 12, 2018 22

It has only been a month since a US court gave AT&T approval to buy Time Warner. In the weeks since that approval was given, we've seen AT&T close their deal, rename Time Warner to WarnerMedia, and introduce new unlimited plans that likely hinged on...

AT&T Completes Time Warner Acquisition

Kellen June 15, 2018 4

AT&T has completed its acquisition of Time Warner, following a US court's approval earlier this week. AT&T now owns Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner, as well as DirecTV and their wireless and fiber networks. They own a lot of sh*t that you deal with on a...