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.
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