reports that Financial Times has acquired web and application development firm Assanka.
The 12-person shop had developed Financial Times HTML5 based web app.
Back in August 2011,  
 as it refused to get buckled down by Apple ‘s In-App Subscription policy.
Since all In-App Subscriptions go through Apple , it meant that publishers wouldn’t get all the information about subscribers such as demographic information used by magazines and newspapers (more…)

 in the last two years and has been hiring talent to take the native maps application to the next level.
 now reports that Apple has acquired another mapping company called C3 Technologies. They specialize in making 3D maps from photo data using declassified missile-targeting technology.
Sources say that C3 Technologies CEO Mattias Astrom , C3 Technologies CFO Kjell Cederstrand, and lead C3 Technologies Product Manager Ludvig Emgard are now (more…)

to buy them, Microsoft has surprised everyone by announcing that it has acquired Skype for $8.5 billion.
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The acquisition will increase the accessibility of real-time video and voice communications, bringing benefits to both consumers and enterprise users and generating significant new business and revenue opportunities. The combination will extend Skype’s world-class brand and the reach of its networked platform, while enhancing Microsoft’s (more…)

It is worth noting that the company had shut down its free services less than two weeks ago noting that they were moving towards a licensing business.
Quite understandably, officials from neither Apple nor Polar Rose have commented on the issue so far. However, news of this acquisition is interesting considering that Apple had
technology assists the production of instantaneous Dynamic Range Correction on standard and HDR photos. The recent acquisitions (more…)

We have now learned that Apple may have acquired a Cambridge based company in order to bring this feature to the iPhone . According to reports on
, Apple acquired imsense back in July 2010 primarily for its technology named ”
“. This technology is noted to help in the production of instantaneous Dynamic Range Correction in both standard and HDR photos. It is also learned that three of Apple 's officers are presently serving as directors in the (more…)

Atebits' $2.99 Tweetie app has been pretty popular among iPhone users. So this is great news for iPhone users who have hitherto not had an official Twitter client for their smartphone.
Explaining the rationale behind the acquisition, Evan Williams writes:
“Careful analysis of the Twitter user experience in the iTunes AppStore revealed massive room for improvement. People are looking for an app from Twitter, and they're not finding one. (more…)

Speaking on the development, Neil Young told
“. However, Young insisted that Freeverse would continue to function separately for the time being and retain its independent brand identity.
The past one year has been extremely eventful for ngmoco as the company changed its core monetization model for its games. Most of ngmoco's games including Eliminate and Touch Pets Dogs that were earlier offered as paid applications are now available for free (more…)

. Lala has a catalog of over 8 million songs and the service lets its users stream any song for free the first time. Thereafter users need to purchase the song for 10 cents to be able to stream them multiple times. Lala's unique selling proposition is that the entire music library is in the cloud, making hardware memory redundant.
The acquisition has the potential to change the way iTunes works. We could be moving towards a scenario where the (more…)