Mergers and Acquisitions

4 Things You Need to Know About Microsoft’s Nokia Bid

With Microsoft-Nokia deal, Stephen Elop’s sitting pretty

Microsoft and Nokia: the bare facts

Two mobile industry losers join forces

Microsoft to acquire Nokia’s mobile phone business

Nokia will focus on network infrastructure, mapping and locations services and technology development and licensing

Verizon to buy out Vodafone’s stake in mobile unit for $130B

The cash-and-stock deal will give Verizon Communications 100 percent ownership of its mobile unit

Verizon Wireless buyout drive is all about the dollar signs

U.S. mobile users aren't likely to see a difference if Verizon buys Vodafone's share of its mobile business

Twitter acquires Trendrr to get a better handle on tweets about TV

Trendrr should provide Twitter with better data about users' tweets

ARM acquires Sensinode, a vendor of software for ‘Internet of Things’

Some of the technology from Sensinode will be made part of ARM's mbed project

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Report: Apple buys Embark, yet another mapping app

Embark's technology could give a needed boost to Apple's own Maps app