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Pocket Casts Acquired by Group That Includes NPR, Nothing Changes for Users

Tim May 3, 2018 12

Announced today, Pocket Casts, one of the more popular podcast listening and sharing platforms, has been acquired by a group of four large podcast producers. The new owners are NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life. Together, these producers...

Official: T-Mobile and Sprint are Merging, Will Just be Called “T-Mobile”

Kellen April 29, 2018 174

UPDATE: Here are some additional thoughts on this, including how it might impact your bill. Weekend news! T-Mobile and Sprint announced today that they are merging to create a single company, simply called, T-Mobile. This is the end for Sprint, but combined,...

🙄: T-Mobile and Sprint are Talking Merger Again, Again

Kellen April 10, 2018 45

T-Mobile and Sprint are reportedly talking about a merger again. The latest report comes out of the Wall Street Journal, which notes that this is the third time in four years the two have discussed such a move. This time around, no one has any idea what's...

Google Acquires Tenor GIF Platform, Will Still Operate as Separate Brand

Tim March 27, 2018 3

Tenor, makers of the GIF Keyboard available on Google Play and the operators of a GIF-finding platform that sees 10 billion GIF searches a month, have just been acquired by Google. According to Google, this acquisition is all about the GIFs. Most people now...

White House Issues Order Prohibiting Broadcom’s Bid for Qualcomm (Updated)

Kellen March 13, 2018 12

You guys know this already, but Broadcom and Qualcomm have been going back and forth over several months now after Broadcom attempted to acquire the US chipmaker. It's been somewhat nasty, often drama-filled, and possibly a little too greasy for my taste. But...

Apple Confirms Purchase of Shazam, Price Estimated at $400 Million

Tim December 11, 2017 21

It was reported late last week that Apple made a move to acquire Shazam, the song recognition service. Well, unlike many of Apple's other acquisitions, the company actually came forward and publicly confirmed that this one is indeed a reality, but that...

Qualcomm’s Board Unanimously Says “No Thanks” to Broadcom

Kellen November 13, 2017 13

Just last week, we were talking about the possibility that Broadcom might soon own Qualcomm, thanks to an unsolicited offer the company sent to the San Diego based chip maker. Today, Qualcomm announced that its board unanimously voted to reject Broadcom's...

Broadcom Wants to Buy Qualcomm for $105 Billion

Kellen November 6, 2017 16

Over the weekend, Qualcomm acknowledged that it had received an unsolicited offer from Broadcom to acquire the company. The offer from Broadcom is valued at around $105 billion and would be the biggest technology takeover deal ever. Qualcomm hasn't accepted...