Fadell acknowledged the cultural differences between Google/Alphabet and Apple after Nest was acquired, telling an on-stage interviewer in 2014 that Apple had a "much more hierarchical structure, and the communications structure was very understood," while at Google, "everyone could just talk to everyone and learn about everything, and there was much more transparency".
But that's just the beginning of what museums could acquire to tell the story of a city in 2017.
On being acquired, Gugnani tells Dixon that she was approached much earlier than she had anticipated and it was a "really intimidating and scary" experience.
TypePad's goal with Micro is pretty straightforward: Get more people using their platform, product manager Leah Culver (formerly the creator of Pownce, which TypePad parent Six Apart acquired last year) tells us.
CMO William Mougayar (whose social inbox startup Engagio was acquired earlier this year) told me via email that after a developer integrates with the Sprylogics SDK, their app will have local search functionality, and users will also be able to share their results with other users (as you can see in the screenshot).
The Economic Observer, a well-regarded Chinese newspaper known for its investigative reporting, claimed in an article last week that: One person who took part in the initial negotiations to acquire Siwei told the EO that he believed that someone working for Caterpillar's acquisition team accepted bribes from Siwei, noting that "it happened inside a high-end entertainment center in Zhengzhou".
"I think over the next six months to a year, there are things we would acquire," Diller told reporters and analysts yesterday.
"Unless I can take something in Vegas and convert it to something we're specialists in, the convention business, there is nothing in Vegas we'll seriously consider acquiring," he told Reuters.
[Update: A source familiar with Google's deal to acquire Nest tells us Shasta's investment will bring it enough money to return "almost all" of the $250 million Shasta II fund. That means Shasta pulled in $200 million or more from the Nest acquisition.].
It's a naïve solution, because right now our law poses no restriction of any kind on the ability of the police to take information that they've acquired illegally and tell their witnesses about it.
