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Reliance Acquire 85% Stakes of NowFloats

13Dec By PriyankaNo Comments

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Reliance Acquire 85% Stakes of NowFloats

Reliance Industry said its subsidiary has picked up 85 per cent stake in NowFloats Technologies for a cash consideration of Rs 141.63 crore. The stake purchase is aimed at strengthening the group's digital and new commerce initiatives. "Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Ltd (RSBVL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of RIL, has acquired equity shares of NowFloats Technologies for a cash consideration of Rs 141,63,78,822. The said investment represents 85 per cent holding in the equity share capital of NowFloats," RIL said in a BSE filing. RSBVL proposes to make a further investment of up to Rs 75 crore, subject to achieving agreed milestones, and is expected to be completed by December 2020, it added. Post the additional investment, the shareholding of RSBVL in NowFloats will increa...

Adobe Acquires Oculus VR Tool Medium from Facebook

9Dec By PriyankaNo Comments

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Adobe Acquires Oculus VR Tool Medium from Facebook

In one of the biggest development in the VR industry, Social media platform Facebook-owned virtual reality firm Oculus sell-off its 3D sculpting tool 'Medium' to Adobe. The size of the deal has not been disclosed yet. Launched in 2016, Medium enables users to build their own 3D models in a VR, where you can sculpt, paint and simulate action and with Adobe’s support, Medium will be able to better help creators thrive and shape their 3D visions than ever before. The move of selling the Oculus tool surprised everyone but according to sources of Pixr8, maintaining the Medium team was becoming too expensive for Facebook given that Oculus had pumped in a lot of money in its tool. Also, the deal from Adobe was lucrative that Facebook can't refuse. As per the statement, the Oc...

TripAdvisor Acquires Menu Management Company SinglePlatform

6Dec By PriyankaNo Comments

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TripAdvisor Acquires Menu Management Company SinglePlatform

NEEDHAM, Mass., Dec. 6, 2019-- TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel platform acquired leading menu management company SinglePlatform to help the more than five million restaurants listed on TripAdvisor attract more diners and offer a better guest experience. Today, 93 percent of diners check menus online before choosing a place to eat, but for restaurants, keeping their menus up-to-date everywhere on the Internet is a challenging and time-consuming process. SinglePlatform works with restaurants to easily publish and manage their menus and other key information such as their business name, opening hours and contact information on main search and discovery sites like Google and Facebook. Upon completion of the integration, restaurants will be able to subscribe to the service and conven...

28Nov By AdityaNo Comments

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Tech Mahindra Acquire Digital Agency BORN Group

NEWYORK-- BORN Group, a leading digital transformation agency with a focus on customer experience and enterprise commerce solutions, has been acquired by global technology and services firm Tech Mahindra Ltd. Founded in 2011, Born set forth to create a new-age marketing agency that helped brands adapt to the digital economy. Their vehicle, BORN, grew out of a combination of two acquired firms, Group FMG, a content production house and a NY-based marketing boutique specialized in creative design, Pod1. Since then, BORN has experienced exceptional growth with operations in 8 countries serving over 40 end markets working with a range of enterprise clients. The company is widely recognized and award winning and serves a roster of clients who seek enterprise commerce and experience...

27Nov By AdityaNo Comments

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Facebook Acquire VR Studio ‘Beat Games’

Facebook-owned Oculus is buying the studio behind hit virtual reality game "Beat Saber" as it looks to expand VR technology to wider audiences. Oculus, which makes Rift and Quest VR headgear, did not disclose financial terms of the deal to acquire Prague-based Beat Games. "Beat Games is joining us in our quest to bring VR to more people around the world," Oculus director of augmented and virtual reality content Mike Verdu said in a blog post. "Beat Games' accomplishments are already impressive, but Facebook and the Beat Games team know that there is so much more that can be done across VR, games, and music." Verdu assured players that the studio would continue to ship content and updates for "Beat Saber" on platforms where it is already available. In the virtual game, player...

Viagogo Acquires StubHub from eBay for $4.05 Billion

27Nov By AdityaNo Comments

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Viagogo Acquires StubHub from eBay for $4.05 Billion

SAN JOSE, California-- eBay and Viagogo have entered into a definitive agreement for eBay to sell StubHub to Viagogo for a purchase price of $4.05 billion in cash. "We believe this transaction is a great outcome and maximizes long-term value for eBay shareholders," said Scott Schenkel, interim chief executive officer of eBay Inc. "Over the past several months, eBay's leadership team and Board of Directors have been engaged in a thorough review of our current strategies and portfolio, and we concluded that this was the best path forward for both eBay and StubHub. We firmly believe in the StubHub business and we are excited about its future growth potential with viagogo as its owner." viagogo is a leading worldwide ticket marketplace for live sport, music and entertainment events, and ...

Airtel Acquihire Logistics Startup Quikmile

25Nov By AdityaNo Comments

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Airtel Acquihire Logistics Startup Quikmile

Telecom company Bharti Airtel acquihire Gurgaon based Quikmile, a startup focused on building tech-enabled logistics platforms for India. The company did not disclose the size of the 'acquihire' deal, which typically entails the acquisition of people or teams. "Quikmile's team will now be a part of Airtel X Labs Airtel's digital innovation factory, which focuses on IoT, Digital Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning," Airtel said in a statement. Airtel X Labs team comprises of professionals from India and abroad, the statement said, adding that it is building advanced digital capabilities to serve the emerging needs of Digital India and is rapidly scaling up its teams and scope of work. Quikmile, which started operations in 2018, aims to harness the power of...

22Nov By AdityaNo Comments

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Paypal Acquire Honey For $4 Billion

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 22, 2019-- Online Payment Transfer platform PayPal has agreed to acquire Honey Science Corporation, a shopping and rewards platform for approximately $4 billion. Honey Science Corporation is an L.A. based tech company building tools to help people save time and money when shopping online. Honey, in combination with PayPal's two-sided network, will transform the shopping experience for PayPal's consumers while increasing sales and customer engagement for its merchants. Founded in 2012, Honey approximately have 17 million monthly active users and helped millions of people find more than $1 billion in savings in the past year. Honey currently works across approximately 30,000 online retailers ranging from fashion and technology, to travel and pizza deliv...

Xerox considers $27 billion Takeover offer of HP

7Nov By reutersNo Comments

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Xerox considers $27 billion Takeover offer of HP

Printer maker Xerox Holdings Corp has made a roughly $27 billion cash-and-stock offer for personal computer maker HP Inc, a company more than three times its size. HP confirmed the bid, but declined to disclose the offer price. The companies have explored a combination from time to time, and HP will consider Xerox’s latest proposal “with an eye towards what is in the best interest of all our shareholders,” HP said in a statement. Five days ago Enrique Lores, former president of HP’s imaging and printing business, officially took over as its chief executive. Xerox’s stock has rallied under CEO John Visentin, who took over last year and resolved a long-running dispute with joint venture partner Fujifilm Holdings Corp. Xerox said it would sell its 25% stake in the joint venture f...

5Nov By NitishNo Comments

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Automation Anywhere acquihire Cathyos Labs

The SoftBank-backed robotic process automation (RPA) player, Automation Anywhere acquihire of product engineering start-up Cathyos Labs to support the company's expansion and product innovation. Cathyos Labs specialises in product development, automation, RPA and predictive analytics, Automation Anywhere said in a statement. Through the acqui-hire, Automation Anywhere will strengthen its engineering team to increase product development, support and delivery for customers in India and across the region, it said. Cathyos Labs is the first talent led acquisition by Automation Anywhere.Cathyos Labs engineers, including the co-founders, will join Automation Anywhere's product engineering team to provide development support for the web-based RPA platform, Enterprise A2019, it was stated...

2Nov By AdityaNo Comments

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Fosun buys Thomas Cook brand for $14.2 Million

Chinese conglomerate Fosun acquired Thomas Cook brand for 11 million pounds (USD 14.2 million), weeks after the renowned British travel group went bust and left hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers stranded abroad. Thomas Cook's demise in September sparked 22,000 job losses worldwide and triggered Britain's biggest repatriation since World War II, with the government paying to fly home 140,000 tourists. The 178-year-old British institution declared bankruptcy in September after an attempt to secure USD 250 million from private investors fell through. Hong Kong-listed Fosun, which was already the biggest shareholder in Thomas Cook and also owns France-based resort giant Club Med, had backed out of the eleventh hour deal to keep the debt-plagued company afloat. Fosun will now t...

Droom acquires Lending Firm Xeraphin Finvest

2Nov By AdityaNo Comments

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Droom acquires Lending Firm Xeraphin Finvest

Online automobile marketplace Droom has acquired Xeraphin Finvest for an undisclosed amount, a move aimed at strengthening its lending arm Droom Credit. Droom Credit has already processed over 10,000 loans in the last 12 months. Droom Credit marketplace has on-boarded lending partners like IDFC First Bank, Yes Bank, Tata Capital, Mannapuram Finance, Faircent, Hero Fincorp, Cashkumar and Lendbox, a statement said. "Xeraphin Finvest's acquisition will further bolster our capabilities in offering loans at a larger scale, ensuring maximum convenience and minimum hassles for our primary stakeholders, thereby building the narrative of success for Droom further," Droom founder and CEO Sandeep Aggarwal said. He added that the company has been working on leveraging its technological pr...