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Después de las noticias en los últimos años de las compras millonarias de Facebook, tanto de Instagram, como de WhatsApp o el caso de Google cuando compró Motorola Mobility, Waze, o mucho más antes, YouTube o el caso del mismo Apple cuando adquirió Topsy o PrimeSense. Las compras de dichas empresas de tecnología, millonarias todas, siempre aparecen en los medios de comunicación.

En el siguiente post se observa una muy buena infografía con la lista de adquisiciones de algunas de las más poderosas empresas de tecnología en este momento: Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon y Yahoo!.

La lista de adquisiciones complete que aparece en la infografía es la siguiente (en inglés):

Apple:

Dec 2013     Topsy (Analytics)
Nov 2013     PrimeSense (Semiconductors)
Oct 2013     Cue (Personal assistant)
Aug 2013     AlgoTrim (Data Compression)
Aug 2013     Embark (Maps)
Aug 2013     Matcha (Media discovery app)
Aug 2013     Passif Semiconductor (Semiconductors)
Jul 2013     Locationary (Maps)
Jul 2013     HopStop.com (Maps)
Mar 2013     WiFiSlam (Indoor location)
Sep 2012     Particle (HTML5 web app firm)
Jul 2012     AuthenTec (PC and Mobile security products)
Jun 2012     Redmatica (Audio)
Feb 2012     Chomp (App search engine)
Dec 2011     Anobit (Flash Memory)
Aug 2011     C3 Technologies (3D Mapping)
Sep 2010     Polar Rose (Face-Recognition)
Sep 2010     IMSense (High Dynamic Range Photography)
Jul 2010     Poly9 (Web-based mapping)
Apr 2010     Siri (Voice Control Software)
Apr 2010     Intrinsity (Semiconductors)
Jan 2010     Quattro Wireless (Mobile advertising)
Dec 2009     Lala.com (Music streaming)
Jul 2009     Placebase (Maps)
Apr 2008     P.A. Semi (Semiconductors)
Dec 2006     Proximity (Software)
Oct 2006     Silicon Color (Software)
Apr 2005     FingerWorks (Gesture recognition company)
Mar 2005     Schemasoft (Software)
Jul 2002     Emagic (Music production software)
Jun 2002     Prismo Graphics (Special-effects for film and video)
Jun 2002     Propel Software (Software)
Jun 2002     Silicon Grail Corp-Chalice (Digital effects software)
Apr 2002     Zayante (FireWire chips and software)
Feb 2002     Nothing Real (Special effects software)
Dec 2001     PowerSchool (Online info systems services)
Jul 2001     Spruce Technologies (Graphics software)
May 2001     bluebuzz (Internet service provider)
Feb 2001     Bluefish Labs (Productivity software)
Jan 2001     SoundJam MP (Software)
Apr 2000     Astarte (Software)
Jan 2000     NetSelector (Internet software)
Nov 1999     Raycer Graphics (Computer graphic chips)
Jan 1999     Xemplar Education (Software)

Amazon:

Apr 2013     Evi (Voice recognition)
Mar 2013     Goodreads (Social reading site)
Mar 2013     Shopbob (Online retailer)
Jan 2013     Ivona (Voice recognition)
Jun 2012     Avalon Books (Book publisher)
Mar 2012     Kiva Systems (Robots for ecommerce)
Feb 2012     Teachstreet (Education marketplace)
Nov 2011     Yap (Voice recognition)
Jul 2011     Pushbutton (TV Content and services)
Jul 2011     The Book Depository (Online bookseller)
Jan 2011     LoveFilm (Video streaming and rental)
Oct 2010     BuyVIP (Online retailer)
Sep 2010     Amie Street (Music sharing)
Aug 2010     Quidsi (Online retailer)
Jun 2010     Woot (Deals website)
Feb 2010     Touchco (Touchscreen technology)
Jul 2009     Zappos (Online shoes retailer)
Jun 2009     Snap Tell (Image recognition)
Apr 2009     Lexcycle (Ebook reader app)
Dec 2008     Box Office Mojo (Movie tickets)
Oct 2008     Reflexive Entertainment (Video game provider)
Aug 2008     Shelfari (Bookreaders social network)
Aug 2008     PlanetAll (Address book and calendar)
Aug 2008     AbeBooks (Online bookseller)
Jul 2008     Fabric.com (Fabric retailer)
Jan 2008     Audible.com (Digital audio books provider)
Jan 2008     Withoutabox (Indie film site)
Aug 2007     CustomFlix (Online retailer)
May 2007     Brilliance Audio (Audio book publisher)
May 2007     Digital Photography Review (Digital photography info site)
May 2005     Mobipocket (Mobile software)
Aug 2004     Joyo.com (Online bookseller)
Jan 2003     CDNow (Online retailer)
Dec 2001     Egghead (Electronics retailer)
Jun 1999     Accept.com (Internet Transactions)
Apr 1999     Exchange.com (Books and music retailer)
Apr 1999     Alexa Internet (Web traffic data)

Google:

Feb 2014     SlickLogin (Sound identification)
Jan 2014     DeepMind (Aritifical Intelligence)
Jan 2014     Nest (Smart smoke alarms)
Dec 2013     Boston Dynamics (Robotics)
Dec 2013     Schaft.inc (humanoid robots)
Nov 2013     Autofuss (Ads and Design)
Oct 2013     FlexyCore (DroidBooster App for Android)
Oct 2013     Flutter (Gesture recognition technology)
Oct 2013     Bot & Dolly (Robotic cameras)
Sep 2013     Bump (Mobile software)
Sep 2013     Holomni (Robotic wheels)
Aug 2013     WIMM Labs (Android powered smartwatches)
Aug 2013     Meka Robotics (Robots)
Jul 2013     Redwood Robotics (Robotic Arms)
Jun 2013     Waze (GPS navigation software)
Jun 2013     Industrial Perception (Computer Vision)
May 2013     Makani Power (Airborne wind turbines)
Apr 2013     Wavii (Natural Language Processing)
Apr 2013     Behavio (Social Prediction)
Mar 2013     Talaria Technologies (Cloud computing)
Mar 2013     DNNresearch Inc. (Deep Neural Networks)
Feb 2013     Channel Intelligence (Product ecommerce)
Nov 2012     BufferBox (Package delivery)
Nov 2012     Incentive Targeting Inc. (Digital coupons)
Oct 2012     Viewdle (Facial recognition)
Sep 2012     Nik Software, Inc. (Photography)
Sep 2012     VirusTotal.com (Security)
Aug 2012     Frommer’s (Information Portal)
Aug 2012     Wildfire Interactive (Social media marketing)
Jul 2012     Sparrow (Mobile apps)
Jun 2012     Quickoffice (Productivity Suite)
Jun 2012     Meebo (Instant Messaging)
Apr 2012     TxVia (Online Payment)
Mar 2012     Milk, Inc (Social networking service)
Dec 2011     Clever Sense (Mobile apps)
Dec 2011     RightsFlow (Music rights management)
Nov 2011     Katango (Social circle organization)
Nov 2011     Apture (Instantaneous search)
Oct 2011     SocialGrapple (Social media analytics service)
Sep 2011     DailyDeal (One deal a day service)
Sep 2011     Zagat (Restaurant reviews)
Sep 2011     Zave Networks (Digital coupons)
Aug 2011     Motorola Mobility (Mobile device manufacturer)
Aug 2011     Dealmap (One deal a day service)
Jul 2011     PittPatt (Facial recognition system)
Jul 2011     Fridge (Social groups)
Jul 2011     Punchd (Loyalty program)
Jun 2011     SageTV (Media center)
Jun 2011     Admeld (Online advertising)
Jun 2011     PostRank (Social media analytics service)
May 2011     Sparkbuy (Product search)
Apr 2011     TalkBin (Mobile software)
Apr 2011     PushLife (Service provider)
Mar 2011     Green Parrot Pictures (Digital video)
Mar 2011     Next New Networks (Online video)
Mar 2011     BeatThatQuote.com (Price comparison service)
Mar 2011     Zynamics (Security)
Jan 2011     fflick (Social networking service)
Jan 2011     SayNow (Voice recognition)
Jan 2011     eBook Technologies (E-book)
Dec 2010     Zetawire (Mobile payment, NFC)
Dec 2010     Widevine Technologies (DRM)
Dec 2010     Phonetic Arts (Speech synthesis)
Oct 2010     BlindType (Touch typing)
Sep 2010     Plannr (Schedule management)
Sep 2010     Quiksee (Online video)
Aug 2010     SocialDeck, Inc. (Social gaming)
Aug 2010     Angstro (Social networking service)
Aug 2010     Like.com (Visual search engine)
Aug 2010     Jambool (Social Gold payment)
Aug 2010     Slide.com (Social gaming)
Aug 2010     Instantiations (Java/Eclipse/AJAX developer tools)
Jul 2010     Metaweb (Semantic search)
Jul 2010     ITA Software (Travel technology)
Jun 2010     Invite Media (Advertising)
May 2010     Ruba.com (Travel)
May 2010     Simplify Media (Music streaming)
May 2010     Global IP Solutions (Video and audio compression)
Apr 2010     BumpTop (Desktop environment)
Apr 2010     LabPixies (Gadgets)
Apr 2010     Agnilux (Server CPUs)
Apr 2010     PlinkArt (Visual search engine)
Apr 2010     Episodic (Online video platform start-up)
Mar 2010     DocVerse (MS Office files sharing site)
Mar 2010     Picnik (Photo editing)
Feb 2010     reMail (Email search)
Feb 2010     Aardvark (Social search)
Dec 2009     AppJet (Collaborative real-time editor)
Nov 2009     Teracent (Online advertising)
Nov 2009     AdMob (Mobile advertising)
Nov 2009     Gizmo5 (Voice over IP)
Sep 2009     reCAPTCHA (Security)
Aug 2009     On2 (Video compression)
Sep 2008     TNC (Weblog software)
Jul 2008     Omnisio (Online video)
Oct 2007     Jaiku (Microblogging)
Sep 2007     Zingku (Social networking service)
Jul 2007     ImageAmerica (Aerial photography)
Jul 2007     Postini (Communications security)
Jul 2007     GrandCentral (Voice over IP)
Jun 2007     Zenter (Presentation program)
Jun 2007     PeakStream (Parallel processing)
Jun 2007     FeedBurner (Web feed)
Jun 2007     Panoramio (Photo sharing)
May 2007     GreenBorder (Computer security)
Apr 2007     Marratech (Videoconferencing)
Apr 2007     Tonic Systems (Presentation program)
Apr 2007     DoubleClick (Online advertising)
Mar 2007     Trendalyzer (Statistical software)
Feb 2007     Adscape (In-game advertising)
Dec 2006     Endoxon (Mapping)
Oct 2006     JotSpot (Web application)
Oct 2006     YouTube (Video sharing)
Aug 2006     Neven Vision Germany GmbH (Computer vision)
Jun 2006     2Web Technologies (Online spreadsheets)
Apr 2006     Orion (Web search engine)
Mar 2006     @Last Software (3D modeling software)
Mar 2006     Upstartle (Word processor)
Mar 2006     Writely (Web Processing)
Feb 2006     Measure Map (Weblog software)
Jan 2006     dMarc Broadcasting (Advertising)
Dec 2005     allPAY GmbH (Mobile software)
Dec 2005     bruNET GmbH (Mobile software)
Dec 2005     Phatbits (Widget engine)
Nov 2005     Skia (Graphics software)
Aug 2005     Android (Mobile software)
Jul 2005     Akwan Information Technologies (Search engines)
Jul 2005     Current Communications Group (Broadband Internet access)
Jun 2005     Reqwireless (Mobile browser)
May 2005     Dodgeball (Social networking service)
Mar 2005     Urchin Software Corporation (Web analytics)
Oct 2004     Keyhole, Inc (Map analysis)
Jul 2004     Picasa (Image organizer)
May 2004     Ignite Logic (HTML editor)
Mar 2004     Where2 (Map analysis)
Mar 2004     ZipDash (Traffic analysis)
Nov 2003     Sprinks (Online advertising)
Oct 2003     Genius Labs (Blogging)
Sep 2003     Kaltix (Web search engine)
Apr 2003     Applied Semantics (Online advertising)
Apr 2003     Neotonic Software (Customer relationship management)
Feb 2003     Pyra Labs (Weblog software)
Sep 2001     Outride (Web search engine)
Feb 2001     Deja (Usenet)

Yahoo!

Jan 2014     Sparq (Mobile marketing)
Dec 2013     PeerCDN (Content delivery network)
Dec 2013     QuikIO (Video streaming)
Dec 2013     Wretch (Virtual community)
Oct 2013     LookFlow (Image Discovery)
Oct 2013     Bread (Advertising)
Sep 2013     Hitpost (Sports)
Aug 2013     IQ Engines (Image Recognition)
Aug 2013     Rockmelt (News Aggregator)
Jul 2013     Lexity (ecommerce Analytics)
Jul 2013     Ztelic (Social Analytics)
Jul 2013     Xobni (CRM)
Jul 2013     Bignoggins Productions (Fantasy Sports)
Jul 2013     Qwiki (Automated Video Production)
Jun 2013     Rondee (Video Conferencing)
Jun 2013     GhostBird Software (Mobile Photography Apps)
May 2013     Playerscale (Online gaming)
May 2013     Tumblr (Blogging)
May 2013     Loki Studios (Mobile gaming)
May 2013     MileWise (Stamped)
May 2013     GoPollGo (Real-time surveys)
May 2013     Astrid (Productivity)
Mar 2013     Summly (News aggregation)
Mar 2013     Jybe (Social recommendation)
Feb 2013     Alike (Social recommendation)
Jan 2013     Snip.it (Social network)
Dec 2012     OnTheAir (OnTheAir)
Oct 2012     Stamped (Social recommendation)
Nov 2011     Interclick (Interclick)
Apr 2011     IntoNow (IntoNow)
Jan 2011     Spreets (Spreets)
Oct 2010     Dapper (SmartAds)
May 2010     Koprol (Geosocial network)
May 2010     Associated Content (Content farm)
Mar 2010     citizensports.com (Sports Social media)
Aug 2009     Maktoob.com (Social media)
Jul 2009     Xoopit (Webmail applications)
May 2008     Inquisitor (Browser extension)
Feb 2008     Maven Networks (Video on demand)
Feb 2008     FoxyTunes (Browser extension)
Sep 2007     Zimbra (Collaborative software)
Sep 2007     BuzzTracker (News site)
Sep 2007     BlueLithium (Advertising network)
Jun 2007     Rivals.com (College sports)
Apr 2007     Right Media (Online advertising)
Jan 2007     MyBlogLog (Social network service)
Nov 2006     Kenet Works (Mobile software)
Nov 2006     Bix.com (Social media)
Oct 2006     AdInterax (Online advertising)
Sep 2006     Jumpcut.com (Online video editing)
Apr 2006     Meedio (Digital video recorder)
Jan 2006     SearchFox (Web search engine)
Jan 2006     Webjay (Online music store)
Dec 2005     del.icio.us (Social bookmarking)
Oct 2005     Whereonearth (Web mapping)
Oct 2005     Upcoming.org (Calendaring software)
Jul 2005     Konfabulator (Widget engine)
Jun 2005     blo.gs (Weblog software)
Jun 2005     Dialpad (Voice over Internet Protocol)
Apr 2005     TeRespondo (Advertising network)
Mar 2005     Flickr (Photo sharing)
Mar 2005     Ludicorp (Image hosting service)
Mar 2005     Stadeon (Online game)
Feb 2005     Verdisoft (Computer software)
Dec 2004     WUF Networks (Mobile media)
Oct 2004     Stata Labs (Web-based email)
Oct 2004     The All-Seeing Eye (Game server browser)
Sep 2004     Musicmatch Jukebox (Audio player)
Jul 2004     Oddpost (Web-based email)
Mar 2004     Kelkoo (Price comparison service)
Jan 2004     3721 Internet Assistant (Browser Helper Object)
Jun 2003     Overture Services, Inc. (Search engine marketing)
Dec 2002     Inktomi Corporation (Internet service provider)
Feb 2002     Hotjobs.com (Job search engine)
Jun 2001     LAUNCH Media (Online music store)
Feb 2001     Sold.com (Online auction tools)
Nov 2000     Kimo (Web portal)
Aug 2000     eGroups (Electronic mailing list)
Jun 2000     VivaSmart (E-commerce)
Apr 2000     MyQuest (Internet service provider)
Mar 2000     Arthas.com (E-commerce payment systems)
Nov 1999     Innovative Systems Services Group, Inc. (System services)
Jun 1999     Online Anywhere (Content delivery network)
May 1999     GeoCities (Web hosting service)
May 1999     Encompass (Internet service provider)
Apr 1999     Broadcast.com (Internet radio)
Jan 1999     Log-Me-On.Com (Software)

Facebook:

Feb 2014     WhatsApp (Messaging)
Jan 2014     Branch (Link sharing)
Jan 2014     Little Eye Labs (Mobile Apps Analysis)
Oct 2013     Onavo (Mobile analytics)
Aug 2013     Jibbigo (Speech translation app)
Jul 2013     Monoidics (Automatic verification software)
Apr 2013     Parse (Mobile app backends)
Apr 2013     Spaceport (Cross-platform Game framework)
Mar 2013     Hot Studio (Design agency)
Feb 2013     Atlas (Atlas Advertiser Suite)
Aug 2012     Threadsy (Social aggregator)
Jul 2012     Acrylic Software (RSS app & database app)
Jul 2012     Spool (Mobile bookmarking and sharing)
Jun 2012     Face.com (Face Recognition Platform)
May 2012     Karma (Social Gifting)
May 2012     Lightbox.com (Photo sharing)
Apr 2012     Tagtile (Customer loyalty app)
Apr 2012     Instagram (Photo sharing)
Dec 2011     Gowalla (Location Based Service)
Nov 2011     Strobe (HTML 5 mobile apps, SproutCore)
Oct 2011     Friend.ly (Social casual Q&A service app)
Aug 2011     Push Pop Press (Digital publishing)
Jun 2011     MailRank (Email prioritization)
Jun 2011     Sofa (Software design)
Apr 2011     DayTum (Information graphics)
Mar 2011     RecRec (Computer Vision)
Mar 2011     Snaptu (Mobile App Developer)
Mar 2011     Beluga (Group messaging)
Jan 2011     Rel8tion (Mobile advertising)
Nov 2010     FB.com domain name (American Farm Bureau Federation)
Oct 2010     Drop.io (File hosting and sharing)
Aug 2010     Hot Potato (Check-ins/Status updates)
Aug 2010     Chai Labs (Internet applications)
Jul 2010     Nextstop (Travel recommendations)
May 2010     ShareGrove (Private conversations/Forums)
May 2010     Friendster patents (Intellectual property/Patents)
Mar 2010     Divvyshot (Photo management)
Feb 2010     Octazen (Contact importer)
Aug 2009     FriendFeed (Social networking aggregator)
Jun 2008     ConnectU (Social networking)
Jul 2007     Parakey (Offline applications/Web OS)
Aug 2005     facebook.com domain name (AboutFace)

No hay que ser muy observador para darse cuenta que la cartera más grande de adquisiciones se la lleva Google. Aun así es increíble la cantidad de empresas que han sido adquiridas por estas grandes empresas. Muchas de ellas siguen en pie, otras han desaparecido tras ser absorbidas por dichas empresas.

Link: HungryTechGiants

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