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Seattle music technology firm MediaNet acquired by Canadian performing rights organization

Seattle-based MediaNet, a pioneer business-to-business music technology provider, has been acquired by SOCAN, a premiere performing-rights organization in Canada. The… Read More

Facebook acquires popular face-altering app Masquerade to further enhance its video experience

Facebook wants more funny faces. The social media giant has acquired the popular app Masquerade, which lets users alter their… Read More

Tech giants scale back on acquisitions — with the exception of Microsoft

Most of the heavyweights in tech pulled back from mergers and acquisitions in 2015, with one striking exception: Microsoft. Five of 8 tech giants decreased… Read More

Microsoft reportedly paying $250M for SwiftKey, the popular mobile app that makes it easy to type on smartphones

Microsoft is reportedly paying $250 million to acquire SwiftKey, the London-based startup company whose keyboard applications make it simple to… Read More

Expedia completes $3.9 billion acquisition of Airbnb competitor HomeAway

Expedia just finalized its acquisition of HomeAway, meaning the online travel giant is now officially going head-to-head with Airbnb. The blockbuster… Read More

Angie’s List rebuffs $500M acquisition offer from Internet behemoth IAC

Internet behemoth IAC — which once owned Expedia and now controls brands like Tinder, About.com and Vimeo — made public… Read More

After rough period, Seattle-based Blue Rooster sees ‘nice exit’ with sale to Perficient

Things were a little touch-and-go for a while at Seattle-based UX design company Blue Rooster, but company founder Kevin Conroy… Read More

Sales tax automation giant Avalara buys iVAT developer as it continues string of acquisitions

Avalara has acquired Belgium-based VAT Applications, makers of the iVAT suite of VAT compliance software. The Bainbridge Island-based company secured $100 million in… Read More

Microsoft confirms Wunderlist acquisition, strengthening cross-platform portfolio

Microsoft confirmed its acquisition of Wunderlist developer 6Wunderkinder in a blog post published today. The app will help strengthen Microsoft’s… Read More

Sales tax compliance company Avalara acquires vacation rental’s HotSpot Tax

Fresh off raising another $42 million in January, sales tax automation firm Avalara has put some of its cash to acquisition… Read More

Microsoft reportedly buys cross-platform calendar Sunrise for $100M

Microsoft has purchased Sunrise, the makers of the cross platform Sunrise Calendar app, according to a report from TechCrunch. The… Read More

Facebook’s Oculus to buy Seattle’s Carbon Design, enhancing its hardware chops

Oculus VR, the company that makes the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, announced today that it has reached an… Read More

Walmart’s shopping spree continues as its online sales grow faster than Amazon’s

Walmart’s technology investments are starting to pay off — at least a little bit. For the first time in a decade, the mega… Read More

WebMD buys Avado, a health-care technology startup founded by Microsoft vets

Avado, a Redmond-based startup that aims to do for health-care what Mint has done for personal finance, has been acquired… Read More

Trulia to buy Market Leader for $355 million, planting stake in Zillow’s backyard

Trulia is making its biggest bet yet. And it is doing so in Zillow’s backyard. Today, Trulia announced a plan to… Read More

‘Dream of the 90s’ is alive in Portland for SEOmoz: It just bought another Rose City startup

In a recent episode of Portlandia, Fred and Carrie are sent on a mission to Seattle to evangelize the goodness… Read More

Microsoft spends a mere $75M on acquisitions in fiscal 2011

Microsoft’s 2011 fiscal year, which ended in June, was one of its lightest on record for acquisitions. The company, which… Read More