Google buys digital mapping company
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Google Inc. has bought digital map maker Keyhole, extending the search engine with a toolbox that can catalog almost anything in the world.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Google announced Friday it bought FeedBurner, a Chicago-based company focused on distributing digital media through a technology known as RSS, or Really Simple Syndication.
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TomTom , the world's biggest  maker of car navigation devices, plans to buy its main map  supplier, Tele Atlas, for 1.8 billion euros ($2.5 billion) to  improve the maps used by millions of drivers.
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Google Inc. &lt;GOOG.O&gt; said on Monday it has agreed to buy Web-based security provider Postini for $625 million, expanding its package of online applications to compete with Microsoft Corp.'s &lt;MSFT.O&gt; Office.
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Oracle is integrating one of its applications with Google's mapping service to help service providers locate customers more quickly.
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Google Inc. now provides a searchable index to the millions of Google Earth layers on the Web.
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Search company cuts price of Keyhole LT mapping software by more than half.
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Google Inc.  will  introduce on Wednesday a new feature that lets users create  personalized maps which plot the locations of everything from  cheap gas locally to the latest earthquakes worldwide.
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The world's top handset maker Nokia  (NOK1V.HE) said on Thursday it had agreed to buy mapping  software firm gate5 AG for an undisclosed sum to tap into the  fast-growing mobile navigation market.
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Online search leader Google Inc. said Friday it purchased FeedBurner, which helps bloggers and podcasters syndicate and make money from their online content, for an undisclosed sum.
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Google said Tuesday that it had acquired software company PeakStream, which specializes in software to assist developers in programming for multi-core processors.
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Zentering on PowerPoint competitor Google's acquisition spree of recent weeks has continued with the acquisition of Zenter, another PowerPoint-but-online outfit.â¦
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'We will photograph everything' If you were getting worried that a full two weeks had passed without Google acquiring yet another company, you can now rest easy. Today, the lord of the acquisitions bagged ImageAmerica - a company that takes aerial photographs with its own airplanes and high-res cameras - as it looks to beef up imagery on its Google Earth and Google Maps services.â¦
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Google announces that they have acquired the Swiss based Endoxon, an Internet mapping solutions company which specializes in Europe. The Endoxon team has demonstrated passion and innovation in online mapping and has developed compelling technology that will enhance our Google geo products worldwide. We&#8217;re also excited about having a dedicated team in Europe that can bring [...]
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Loose change for Grand Central Google has acquired GrandCentral Communications, a California-based provider of web-based communications solutions.â¦
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Blog: Google acquires Panoramio, a Spanish photo sharing site that maps photos on Google Earth
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Microsoft continues to make acquisitions to boost its online services and advertising strategy. Early Wednesday, the company said it snapped up Multimap, a U.K. company that provides online mapping for Europe, North America, and Australia.The companies did not disclose the terms of the deal. Multimap, based in London, will act as a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, and employees will be integrated into the company&#39;s Virtual Earth and Search teams in its Online Services Group (OSG), Microsoft said.Multimap has staff in the United Kingdom, the&#160;United States, and Australia, and Microsoft said it is not sure yet if those employees will stay where they are or move to other offices. The Multimap office in the United Kingdom will remain open and employees will continue business as usual there, the company added.In addition to providing online maps, Multimap also offers location-based services to find local businesses, hotels, and restaurants, as well as business services to provide mapping, proximity searching, routing, aerial images with map overlay, and local information to business Web sites.Microsoft has been looking for ways to boost the value and, thus revenue, of OSG, which oversees MSN and Windows Live. Microsoft hopes to leverage these properties to sell online advertising and generate revenue in this area to compete with Google.Last week, the company said it&#160;purchased Seattle startup WebFives, formerly Vizrea, which provides a Web-based file-sharing service for Internet and mobile video, photos, audio, and blogs. Microsoft also made its largest acquisition to date to boost the revenue of OSG with its&#160;purchase of aQuantive digital advertising and marketing services firm for $6 billion&#160;earlier this year.In addition to making acquisitions, Microsoft also has been partnering with online content and service providers to offer online advertising. On Monday, the company announced a deal to be the&#160;exclusive provider of display and contextual advertising for CNBC.com, a deal similar to ones it already has&#160;in place with Facebook globally&#160;and&#160;Digg in the United States.All of these efforts are part of a now two-year push to add services and content for its online brands to boost the revenue of its Online Services Business segment. To date, Wall Street analysts have said they are unimpressed by the growth of this segment, and Microsoft&#39;s moves seem to be evidence the company is getting that message loud and clear.Revenue from online services grew only 8.7 percent from $2.3 million to $2.5 million for Microsoft&#39;s fiscal year 2007, ended June 30. For the company&#39;s first-quarter 2008, during which the aQuantive deal closed, revenue from OSG was better, up 25 percent year over year. But even Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell acknowledged when first-quarter earnings were revealed that Microsoft would like to see more growth from this business segment.