Atlassian-owned Trello has acquired automation tool Butler for an undisclosed sum. The app’s creator will join the Trello team.Read More
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Medopad acquires U.S. rival Sherbit for AI-driven disease detection
Medopad, a U.K. health technology startup that leverages machine learning to connect patients with a range of health care professionals, has announced its expansion into the U.S. with its acquisition of San Francisco-based Sherbit. Founded out of London in 2011, Medopad offers technology to “bridge the gap between patients and medical teams,…Read More
THQ Nordic acquires TimeSplitters, a blast from the early 2000s
THQ Nordic announced today that it has acquired the rights to the TimeSplitters series, a trilogy of first-person shooters that released in the early 2000s. TimeSplitters is a successor to the popular Nintendo 64 shooters GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark. Ex-Rare employees created TimeSplitters developer Free Radical Design. That studio eventually be…Read More
Twitter acquires online safety company to bolster anti-abuse efforts
Twitter has repeatedly come under fire for not doing enough to stop hate speech, allowing outside groups to sow political discord and failing to limit the spread of misinformation. To address these issues, the company announced earlier this year that it was looking for outside experts to help in its effort to promote healthy, open […]
ARM acquires Stream Technologies to connect the internet of things
Chip design company ARM has acquired Stream Technologies to provide improved connectivity for internet of things (IoT) devices. IoT is ramping up as once-dumb everyday objects become smart and connected, and ARM wants to provide the chip and hardware infrastructure to make everything work together seamlessly. Stream Technologies will help ARM do th…Read More
Sony Picks Up Jason Reitman’s Upcoming Film, Neon Acquires ‘Border’
Juno and Up in the Air director Jason Reitman‘s new movie Tully hit theaters only about a week ago, but the director has already locked down worldwide distribution for his next movie, a political drama called The Front Runner that stars Hugh Jackman. Meanwhile, the relatively new distribution company Neon – which has distributed movies like […]
BlaBlaCar acquires French urban carpooling startup Less
French ride-sharing giant BlaBlaCar has acquired Less, a Paris-headquartered carpooling app that launched in beta just four months ago. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. BlaBlaCar is one of France’s most heavily funded startups, having raked in more than $ 330 million since its inception back in 2006 from big-name backers such as Accel […]
Uber acquires electric bicycle-sharing startup Jump Bikes
(Reuters) — Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies said on Monday it has agreed to buy electric bicycle service Jump Bikes, allowing Uber to offer U.S. passengers an alternative to cars and further consolidating the crowded bike-sharing industry. Jump is a dockless electric bike service that has rolled out in San Francisco, where it has 250 b…Read More
MoviePass Acquires Moviefone, Lifts Ban of Popular AMC Theaters
After making a deal just last week with Mark Cuban’s Landmark Theaters, MoviePass is back in the news again. The movie theater subscription service and its owner, Helios & Matheson, have acquired Moviefone, an entertainment brand that’s been around since the late 1980s. Plus, MoviePass has lifted its ban of popular AMC theater locations in […]
Shout! Factory Acquires Roger Corman’s Library of 270 B-Movies
Shout! Factory has snapped up the rights to 270 films from B-movie master Roger Corman. This deal will enable Shout! Factory to not only redistribute the films on Blu-ray, but also reboot certain titles into new films. Time for the million dollar Slumber Party Massacre reboot! More on the Shout! Factory Roger Corman Library deal below. […]
