The company has already moved from being a one-channel to a multi-channel firm, says Jeff Henry, head of its consumer business, and this acquisition will take it into "multi-media".
Computer Weekly's Editor-in-Chief, Bryan Glick, told the BBC News Channel the firm's success was down to its wider range of products.
In a video on its YouTube channel, the firm shows children sculpting landscapes and objects, which are recognised by the device.
The cross-channel rail firm, whose new high-speed e320 trains will start running at the end of this year, said passenger numbers rose 3% to 10.4m in 2014.
David Graham, chairman of Attentional, the TV ratings consultancy In general I believe the day of "numbers" is over for anything but large channels with firm, widely known brand identities – BBC1, ITV1.
Yet rather than issue equity, as rivals typically do, Mr Jonah issued piles of debt to finance his acquisitions; he then channelled his firm's cash to develop these mines.
Slack, a messaging service that works on both smartphones and personal computers, seems to be succeeding where other attempts to create "corporate social networks" have failed, by replacing e-mail as the main communications channel inside firms.
Eurotunnel spokesman John Keefe said the cross-Channel rail firm's parent company, Groupe Eurotunnel, would make the bid.
"We acknowledge that with hindsight we could have made the changes to the mixing instructions clearer and we will take action on this, particularly across our consumer and social media channels," the firm added.
Wanting to learn the secrets behind the success of the company, I've caught up with Rom Agustin, CEO of the B2B multi-channel marketing firm.
New technology-based firms (NTBFs) are another channel for big firms to commercialize patent or technology which may not fit with the corporate strategy or structure, such as companies spun-out from Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (including 3Com, Adobe, etc).
