http://www.takeaplunge.com Ventures, Start Ups, Businesses Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:27:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.takeaplunge.com/top-tech-acquisitions-of-2009/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/top-tech-acquisitions-of-2009/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:35:38 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=2772 There have been a lot of acquisitions in 2009. As the economy started getting out of the recession, the deals started flowing in. The tech blog Techcrunch has created a list of the top tech acquisitions of 2009. However, it does not include the not yet completed talks of Google buying Yelp for more than [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/top-tech-acquisitions-of-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/microsoft-says-no-plans-to-buy-electronic-arts/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/microsoft-says-no-plans-to-buy-electronic-arts/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:52:55 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=2226 Microsoft nullified the rumors that it is planning to buy Electronic Arts. It’s not in the mood right now. A recent rumor about Microsoft planning to buy Electronic Arts has been circulating around, which triggered a upward movement in the video game publisher’s shares. “We have no plans to acquire EA,” Phil Spencer, corporate vice president of [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/microsoft-says-no-plans-to-buy-electronic-arts/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/adobe-to-buy-omniture-for-18b/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/adobe-to-buy-omniture-for-18b/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:48:49 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=2150 Adobe Systems Inc. will buy Web analytic software company Omniture Inc. paying $1.8 billion. This will provide the maker of content-creation software an opportunity to hook marketers by offering them a chance to measure the effectiveness of such content. Adobe will pay a price $21.50 per share in cash, for Omniture, which is a premium of [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/adobe-to-buy-omniture-for-18b/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/geeks-double-as-scourges-and-sages-at-media-summit/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/geeks-double-as-scourges-and-sages-at-media-summit/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:32:28 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=1484 The media moguls are attending an annual powwow hosted by investment bank Allen & Co. They are hatching any big plan or deal right now, but are trying to find ways to earn more profit from news, entertainment and everything else people read, watched or heard. The summit by Allen & Co. started in 1983. But [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/geeks-double-as-scourges-and-sages-at-media-summit/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/disney-joins-nbc-and-news-corp-with-hulu-stake/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/disney-joins-nbc-and-news-corp-with-hulu-stake/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 06:40:20 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=1133 Walt Disney Co. will take an equity stake in the popular video streaming site, Hulu.com. This will make Disney movies and ABC TV shows available on Hulu.com. With this Disney has joined the bandwagon with its founders, NBC Universal and News Corp. Older Disney movies will now be available in the site, along with shows like [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/disney-joins-nbc-and-news-corp-with-hulu-stake/feed/ 2 http://www.takeaplunge.com/disneyabc-espn-sign-youtube-video-deal/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/disneyabc-espn-sign-youtube-video-deal/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:38:58 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=966 The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to a deal with Google’s YouTube under which it will it will offer short-form videos from ABC and ESPN television to YouTube. This is an ad-revenue sharing arrangement between the two companies. Disney at this moment do not have a deal with YouTube for sharing full episodes of its programs [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/disneyabc-espn-sign-youtube-video-deal/feed/ 0