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Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions? Then (Google) & Now (Apple)

Genuine VC

Back in 2003 Google acquired Applied Semantics for just over $100M. In a decade in which we saw the web become increasingly distributed with a proliferation websites and content, this acquisition served as a foundation to empower Google to move beyond their core search Adwords product. Sound familiar?

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Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions? Then (Google) & Now (Apple)

Genuine VC

Back in 2003 Google acquired Applied Semantics for just over $100M. In a decade in which we saw the web become increasingly distributed with a proliferation websites and content, this acquisition served as a foundation to empower Google to move beyond their core search Adwords product. Sound familiar?

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Google Finally Weaving Local Strategy :: Small Business Marketing.

Duct Tape Marketing

There’s also an interesting integration of acquisition TalkBin , a tool that makes it very easy for people send SMS messages to any registered business. Business owners are invited to claim their pages, create special offers and try out ad products such as Boost right from the city home page. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). All the other stuff Yahoo! It’s not as though nobody’s heard of Facebook before, yet Yahoo!

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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

Gust

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. Intermix and its advisors weren’t fools. by February 2006).

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

www.redmonk.com

So what about Java, in light of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, and the complete win of the web over everything else? Copyright © 2003-2010 James Governor, RedMonk. That is- if its in production, its “dead&#. When a commentator says Technology A is dead, they generally just mean its not an Apple or Google product.

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

www.redmonk.com

So what about Java, in light of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, and the complete win of the web over everything else? Copyright © 2003-2010 James Governor, RedMonk. That is- if its in production, its “dead&#. When a commentator says Technology A is dead, they generally just mean its not an Apple or Google product.

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