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Yahoo acquires moviemaking app Qwiki
2013-07-03 03:49:41| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Yahoo acquires Qwiki, a New York based start-up behind an iPhone app that allows users to turn photos, music and videos into short movies automatically.
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Yahoo moves to bolster Flickr on phones, acquires photo app developer
2013-06-13 13:38:28| InfoWorld: Top News
Yahoo moved to strengthen the mobile portion of its revamped Flickr photo sharing service, acquiring the developer behind a popular photo editing app. The company said Wednesday it had purchased GhostBird Software, the company behind the PhotoForge mobile photo editor and Kitcam camera app. Yahoo made it clear the apps would be integrated into Flickr, which received a major upgrade last month and now comes with a free terabyte of storage.
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Yahoo acquires Loki Studios as part of acquisition spree
2013-05-13 14:22:24| InfoWorld: Top News
Yahoo has acquired a mobile gaming company, Loki Studios, taking its total acquisitions this month to four. The company said over the weekend it welcomed Loki, Astrid, GoPollGo, and MileWise to its growing mobile team. "We recently added 22 entrepreneurs to our growing mobile team," the company said in a Twitter message in a possible reference to some of the people from the four companies who have moved to Yahoo.
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Yahoo acquires to-do app Astrid
2013-05-02 01:58:43| CNET News.com
The company will continue to support the task management app for the next 90 days, but some users can expect refunds on paid subscriptions. [Read more]
Yahoo Acquires News App Summly
2013-03-25 17:35:59| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Yahoo on Monday morning announced plans to purchase Summly, a mobile app that summarizes news stories and sews them into a fast, easy-to-browse window. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.