TechCrunch reports that Twitter has acquired Lucky Sort, the Oregon-based data visualization startup with the navigation engine TopicWatch that helps find patterns in live data streams. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Read More
PCWorld reports that Yahoo has acquired Loki Studios, a mobile gaming company, bringing its total acquisitions this month to four: Loki, Astrid, GoPollGo and MileWise. Yahoo said in a Tweet: "We recently added 22 entrepreneurs to our growing mobile team." The Loki team, on their website said, "We are thrilled to be joining the exceptional folks at Yahoo! We believe fully in their commitment to creating outstanding mobile products." . Read More
About.me today announced that it has acquired Wefollow, a directory service that allows people to find others having similar interests such as sports, politics, etc. Wefollow’s scores and algorithms help to organize and surface users, and will become a search offering on the about.me platform. . Read More
Dell today announced the acquisition of Enstratius, an award-winning provider of software and consulting services that deliver hybrid-cloud and single-cloud management capabilities. The acquisition of Enstratius further enhances Dell’s end-to-end solutions strategy bringing key capabilities to deliver cloud management products to our customers. Enstratius is available as software-as-a-service or as on-premise software that enables full control from within a customer’s data center, or via a hosted service. Read More
Gigaom reports that MOVL, the Atlanta-based second-screen startup, has confirmed that last month it was acquired by Samsung. The terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed. . Read More
CNET reports that Spotify has acquired Tunigo, a Swedish company that owns a music discovery app. Tunigo helps people find music by providing playlists selected by its own editorial staff combined with songs from its own users. . Read More
Yahoo has purchased 4 million user to-do app Astrid, which enables users to make task lists on their Android and iOS Smartphones and tablets, and also online. The financial details of the deal were not revealed. Read More
