Mergers and Acquisitions
Yahoo kicks off auction for 3,000 patents worth $1bn - report
Tech company has hired Blackstone to help it to sell patents that date back to its IPO in 1996
Verizon bidding $3bn for Yahoo's core internet business, report
Deal puts Verizon head to head with private equity firm TPG
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquires self-service analytics company Qlik for $3bn
Third big software company acquisition this week as Qlik goes into private hands
European Commission blocks Three acquisition of O2
Consumers would have less choice and would pay higher prices as a result of the takeover
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Oracle targets cloud at the utilities market by buying Opower for $532m
Oracle and Opower will have a suite of cloud products specifically designed for energy suppliers
Microsoft behind private equity bid to acquire Yahoo's core business
Is Microsoft moving on Yahoo again, eight years after its $45bn bid for the internet company was rejected?
Cisco is to acquire hybrid cloud management firm CliQr for £260m
CliQr was founded in 2010 and has raised about $38m from investors including Google Ventures
BlackBerry boosts cyber security offerings with purchase of UK firm Encription
Firm bolsters its fledgling cyber security division
Sony splurges $212m on Altair Semiconductor to boost IoT ambitions
Israeli company's chips could let IoT devices connect to LTE networks
TalkTalk claims BT-EE deal could see price increases of 25 per cent or more
TalkTalk slams CMA decision, stating that it was 'dangerous' that the deal had been looked at in isolation
BT-EE deal approval by CMA could be 'extremely damaging' says trade association
CMA hasn't fully taken into account market consolidation with the Three-O2 deal looming, argues ITSPA
BT's £12.5bn acquisition of EE approved by CMA
CMA claims BT takeover of EE won't cause 'significant harm' to competition or consumer interests
Apple buys face analysis startup Emotient to boost AI tech
Face emotion analysis could find its way into the Siri virtual assistant
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Alphabet will 'push the envelope' as a tech venture capital firm, claims Google's Larry Page
The A-B-C of Alphabet revealed by Google CEO Page
Staffordshire Police look to EE 4G, Internet of Things and connected devices to help fight crime
'My aspiration is for Staffordshire to be the most technologically advanced police service by 2016,' says Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Ellis
Trend Micro buys TippingPoint for $300m as HP divorce edges nearer
In its last move before its split in two, HP sells off its network security offering but insists security will remain part of its strategy
Apple buys AI startup Perceptio to boost iPhone deep learning tech
Perceptio uses AI to identify photos without relying on cloud-stored data
FT CPIO Christina Scott on the FT's big web refresh and legacy migration
Financial Times chief product and information officer Christina Scott discusses a major website redesign, and the IT work necessary to manage the brand's transition to new owners
BlackBerry acquires Good Technology to improve enterprise mobility offering
$425m deal comes despite previous dismissive comments about BlackBerry from Good Technology CEO Chrissy Wyatt
IBM and ARM partner to 'accelerate delivery of Internet of Things'
Deal will allow products powered by ARM mbed-enabled chips to automatically register with the IBM IoT Foundation and connect with IBM analytics services
Symantec to sell data storage business Veritas to Carlyle Group
US security firm is looking to offload its data storage unit so it can focus on enterprise and consumer security products
Microsoft and Salesforce pool resources to buy Informatica for $5.3bn
Why Informatica, why together and why now?
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