SEPT. 20, 2011 • Within a week after DeNA Co., Ltd. acquired mobile developer Punch Ent. Co. Ltd. in Vietnam, Aeria Games swooped in and hired Punch’s Android development team. The latter [...]
AUG. 15, 2011 • Google Inc. will pay nearly $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. Although Google has marketed its own Android phones with hardware sourced from partner [...]
AUG. 11, 2011 • The Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC Corp is buying a 51% controlling share in U.S. specialty headphone designer Beats Electronics for $309 million. Beats markets enhanced [...]
AUG. 1, 2011 • Sony Computer Ent. acquired long-time Bellevue, Washington-based development collaborator Sucker Punch. The developer is best known for the PlayStation exclusive franchises Sly [...]
JULY 20, 2011 • Thirty of the 67 locations of bankrupt Swedish electronics retailer ONOFF are being acquired by the Norwegian competitor Expert International GmbH. The latter has a 9% market [...]