http://techcrunch.com – Baidu, China’s search behemoth, has announced that it is raising $1.5 billion in a two-part bond sale to write down debt and build up its war chest: Baidu remains the country’s biggest search portal but has of late been feeling the heat of competition from domestic rival Qihoo 360, an antivirus software company that launched its own search engine in August. Kaiser Kuo, Baidu’s director (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – VeriFone is no small player in the payments world—the company, which is worth over $3 billion, is actually the largest provider of in-store credit card processing payments terminals in the U.S. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.thevarguy.com – Well I can’t believe it but ThanksHanuChristmas is upon us. It seems like just yesterday I was BBQing in the yard and lazing by the pool. Well, with three kids, it isn’t really lazing … more like dunking and throwing. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Jive Software is acquiring meetings.io, a real-time communications platform, and Producteev, a cloud-based task management provider in a combined deal worth $7.6 million and 460,000 in Jive stock. Meetings.io is a platform that Jive CEO Tony Zingale says fits into the company’s social platform by allowing screen sharing, video conferencing and the loosely fit pieces that make up a unified co (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Though it’s obviously more of a show business story than it is a technology industry story, the news of Lucasfilm’s $4 billion sale to Disney has reverberated throughout the tech world this afternoon. This is partly just because of Star Wars’ cult status among the geeks (and I use that term with all respect and love) who make the web go ’round. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – The worlds of Hollywood, tech, and gaming are getting cozier than ever. The latest evidence of this came this afternoon, with the announcement that entertainment juggernaut Walt Disney Company will buy Lucasfilm, the film production company best known for making the Star Wars series, in a cash-and-stock deal worth $4.05 billion. This is a major payday for George Lucas, the screenwriter, director, (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.thevarguy.com – Michael Dell is in New York this week for customer meetings amid Microsoft‘s big Windows 8 launch. Sure, Dell hopes to cash in on the new operating system across tablets, ultrabooks and PCs. But that’s only one Dell priority within a much grander strategy. Where is Michael taking the company next? The VAR Guy will pursue answers later today during a one-on-one interview with Mr. Dell. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – It’s easy to forget the big picture when you report on a quarterly earnings. Apple has seen a tremendous year. With $156 billion in revenue representing 45 percent growth compared to 2011, and an incredible 61 percent increase of net income compared to 2011. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Two of Salesforce.com’s most high profile “social media” acquisitions are showing signs of trouble. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – This just in: online recommendations and listings site Yelp is stepping up its international push and buying its biggest rival in Europe, Qype. It will pay €18.6 million for all of Qype’s shares and is adding another 970,000 shares of Yelp’s Class A common stock, for a total purchase price of approximately $50 million. Qype is headquartered in Germany, with operations across Europe. (IT news)
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