The relentless, daily stream of Google news tends to hide one important fact about the company: They've been buying a lot of smaller companies, in their ever-evolving quest to dominate the online ad market and shore up their defenses ...READ»
Google just purchased Metaweb, a startup that indexes...well, "things," would be the best way to put it. This isn't just another acquisition: Metaweb could be the best thing to ever happen to Google Search.READ»
Big news on the "hey, that'd make a good tablet!" front: Google confirmed that they have acquired BumpTop, makers of a sort of 3-D desktop replacement software. Android? Chrome OS? Who knows?READ»
Out of nowhere, HP announced that they will acquire the struggling smartphone maker Palm. Great news for Palm--what does this mean for the company's long-standing reputation and future prospects?READ»
Users of Twitter buy more music than people who don't Twitter. This seems to be a classic halo-effect, but is it actually being caused by Twitter?READ»
