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Lenovo Purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.91 billion

Tech Zulu Event

In 2005, Lenovo first burst onto the scene by acquiring IBM’s PC line, namely the brand recognition of the Thinkpad line. Last week, they announced the acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business for approximately $2.3 The post Lenovo Purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.91

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Google Maps Mobile

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Its works great. And there was a big surprise. It includes traffic!

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Shackleton Equity Partners Buys SafeHarbor

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SafeHarbor provides software used to service customer requests and reduce customer support costs, and counts IBM, American Airlines, T-Mobile, Sprint, and SunTrust as customers. Tags: shackleton equity partners private safeharbor merger acquisition software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Venture investors and startup execs say they don’t need Elizabeth Warren to defend them from big tech

TechCrunch LA

Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical to the development of the core technology that make Alphabet’s Google and the social media giant Facebook so profitable… and Zappos. This is not a new model, and it makes no sense,” says Narasin.

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Jetpack Gives a Boost to Mobile and Rich Media Advertising

Tech Zulu Event

Advertising technology is hot with the rise of mobile, evidenced in part by Verizon’s merger with AOL valued at $4.4 billion, and on a much smaller scale, Undertone’s recent acquisition of mobile ad provider Sparkflow. The post Jetpack Gives a Boost to Mobile and Rich Media Advertising appeared first on TechZulu.

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7 Ways To Preclude The Most Common Investor Rejection

Startup Professionals Musings

I like to see at least 10,000 active users, or a user base, page-views, or mobile downloads that double every three months. Customer acquisition cost. Signed contracts with big name customers, like IBM, AT&T, or Wal-Mart, is a strong indication of traction. Market penetration.

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Smarter Digital Marketing With Smartify's Carla Bourque

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Smartify''s software-as-a-service platform automates all aspects of their digital marketing, across their channels, including mobile, social, email, and web. What Facebook is saying, is Facebook alone is not going to do it, a brand must own the relationship and make the paid media investment, to drive awareness and acquisition of customers.

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