London-based Connect2Media, a publisher of mobile content, which just merged with the European operations of Hands-On, said it has acquired RayFusion, an Israeli-based mobile content distributor. Terms of the deal…

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Samsung Electronics is considering buying U.S. PC and mobile memory card maker SanDisk, according to a Korean online report (*Google* translation of the story here), and then later confirmed by…

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Mobile voice and chat startup iSkoot has made a small acquisition: it has bought social IM aggregator client Social.im, according to Techcrunch. iSkoot was the first company to work with…

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Paramount Pictures, the Viacom-owned movie studio, has made its first gaming related acquisition: it has bought Seattle-based game developer ScreenLife, the creator of the popular DVD game “Scene It?”. Financial…

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Inter has acquired London-based Opened Hand, a software startup which specializes in mobile Linux development and services. Opened Hand will focus on participating in the Moblin Software Platform community, which…

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Here’s a lesson right out of the keep-your-enemies-close playbook. Nuance Communications filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Zi Corp. over SMS technology just days after it rejected the Burlington, MA-based…

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Twistbox, the mobile entertainment firm which is owned by OTC-traded Mandalay Media, is in the process of buying out European mobile content firm AMV Holding. For now, this is an…

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Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) and French-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics announced Wednesday that they were merging their wireless chip and software businesses to create a joint venture that will end up supplying four…

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Reliance ADA, the scary-big Indian telecom/media/energy giant which is already making strides in Hollywood through its Dreamworks deal, has been looking for mobile content deals in U.S. for some time…

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Nuance Communications, which develops voice-recognition software, said today it is acquiring privately-held SNAPin, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company, which builds instructional software for smartphones that helps carriers avoid service phone calls…

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England-based Synchronica, a mobile email synchronization provider, said today it is acquiring consumer mobile email company AxisMobile for $4.9 million in stock. As part of the transaction, Synchronica also said…

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Update: Zi Corp.’s board of directors has declined Nuance’s offer. After consulting with Ridgecrest Capital Partners, the company concluded that “the Nuance proposal does not recognize the full value of…

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Useful Networks, the Liberty Media-owned provider of location-based services, has acquired Calgary-based KnowledgeWhere, a developer of location-based games and advertising. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. In the announcement…

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Apisphere said today it has agreed to acquire Navit Innovations, a San-Francisco-based GPS developer. Apisphere of Berkeley, Calif., which builds technology to deliver mobile content when a user enters a…

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An undisclosed third party has approached UK mobile content platform provider WIN, which could result in an offer being made on the company, WIN said today in a statement. The…

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Not necessarily a secret, but Verisign is divesting off its “non-core” businesses, and has done some of them, but is now hitting road bumps in selling off some of the…

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Online communications firm CallWave has acquired WebMessenger, a mobile messaging software provider focused on enterprise customers, for $9 million in cash today. WebMessenger says it provides secure messaging solutions for…

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Filipino mobile operator Globe Telecom, the country’s biggest telecom, has bought out Asian mobile content distribution group Entertainment Gateway Group and its EGGstreme (Hong Kong) unit, for about $7.9 million.…

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French venture capital firm Sofinnova Ventures has purchased handset manufacturer Sagem for $340 million, reports Mobile News. Safran, the parent company of Sagem that saw profits tumble 27 percent during…

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Indiagames, the mobile and online gaming company in India, plans to buy a 51 percent stake in a US mobile games firm, and will raise the funds through a new…

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BT (NYSE: BT) has confirmed a deal to buy Ribbit, a Silicon Valley outfit with impressive features for web-based voicemail handling. The price is put at $105 million (£53 million).…

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Australian mobile content firm Jumbuck (ASX: JMB) scooped up Plutolife AS, another mobile social networking company, in an acquisition valued at $3.7 million, Mobile Entertainment reports. Plutolife was the subsidiary…

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Palm (NSDQ: PALM) filed its 10-K annual report with SEC this Friday, and Elevation Partners deal is not the only deal it did last year. It also bought three companies,…

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AT&T (NYSE: T) has asked the FCC to deny a merger request from Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), which the two companies announced back in May, stating:…

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Gigaomni Media, the blog media network founded by Om Malik, has done its first acq-hire: it has bought a mobile technology blog called jkOnTheRun, a blog about mobile gadgets, including…

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