In 2012, I started Gramener with half a dozen friends. This week, we were acquired by Straive, a part of Barings Private Equity Asia. How do you feel? I feel like the father of the bride. Gramener was registered on 26 Feb. A day before my daughter’s birthday. I’ve spent more time with Gramener than my daughter. That makes Gramener my elder child. Who’s moving into a new household. Along with me. (I feel like சகலகலா சம்மந்தி.) ...
Yahoo buys del.icio.us.
Google may acquire Riya. Riya can recognise faces and lettering in your pictures. Comments Sai 8 Dec 2005 11:50 pm: Hi, do post the rest of the tips for excel when you get the time. Good Stuff.
Who will Google buy next? Comments Mala 22 Jun 2005 4:44 am: London pahunch gaye?? Send me your new email ID at malavikap yahoo co Anonymous 22 Jun 2005 10:23 am: anand can you give me some CAT tips tech freak 29 Jun 2005 7:03 am: give your new email ID S Anand 29 Jun 2005 8:01 am: root underscore node at yahoo dot com
Microsoft bought Lookout. Lookout searches for e-mail in Outlook across .pst files. As soon as they did, Microsoft closed downloads of Lookout. In contrast, when Google bought Picasa, they opened it up for free.
i2 delisted. Now, somebody is going to buy them cheap.
Google buys Pyra. Pyra runs Blogger and BlogSpot. via Scripting News
IBM acquires PwC Consulting. Or what would’ve been Monday. For $3.5 bn. I heard somewhere that the stock price of acquiring companies typically fall after such announcements. IBM’s didn’t. Does that mean they got PwC at a low price? Given that HP once refused them at $18 bn, maybe…
Google bought Deja. I don’t know which is better news – that they have money to buy companies, or that I can now search the Usenet.