The one piece of the marketing equation Buddy Media is missing an social advertising platform, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it launch, acquire, or do a deep partnership with one this year.
Google is also a major rival with products like Google Flights, which it launched after acquiring flight information software startup ITA Software in 2010.
Looking ahead, he said he plans to stay focused on the content verticals that Say has already established (style, tech, and living), but that doesn't preclude launching or acquiring new sites in the future — he just wants to do that using the company's profits, rather than raising more venture capital.
Polis' first thought was to launch or acquire a fish farm.
It's hard to raise money for a music streaming app in an environment where Apple can launch and acquire 9 million users in a matter of months.
Which also means that Facebook's model is unlikely to deliver good results immediately – and this is provided they can launch and acquire users in China!
Yahoo! Music heads Dave Goldberg and Bob Roback, who came to Yahoo! when their seven year old startup Launch was acquired in 2001, have resigned from the company.
Currently, Adobe doesn't have any 3D modeling tools in its lineup, so maybe it will add this functionality to Photoshop or launch (or acquire) a 3D modeling tool.
Given that the TinyCo acquisition is less than a year old, it's not surprising that the titles Jam City has launched and acquired have yet to hit their stride.
Last week, Google announced that the company was unceremoniously discontinuing or at least ceasing development of a number of services it had launched or acquired in the past, including Google Video, Notebook, Catalog Search, Dodgeball and The Mashup Editor.
Shazam isn't the only one using this kind of technology, though — a startup called Intonow also does something similar, and just twelve weeks after it launched, Yahoo acquired the company.
