Broadcom to buy Symantec's enterprise unit for US$10.7 billion
Broadcom said the deal is expected to close in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2020 and is subject to regulatory approvals in the United States, European Union and Japan.
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Vodafone New Zealand sold to Brookfield, Infratil for US$2.36 billion
The completion of the deal is still contingent on necessary regulatory approvals.
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Kiwi firm Biomatters to be acquired by US firm
Biomatters has established its Geneious software as the premium brand for DNA data analysis
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Google buys eye-tracking VR firm Eyefluence
Google has acquired a 3-year-old eye-tracking company focused on virtual and augmented reality, signaling the tech giant's interest in the immersive technologies.
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AT&T will acquire Time Warner for US$85.4b in content play
AT&T said it will acquire Time Warner for US$85.4 billion, reflecting a continuing trend for the consolidation of communications and media companies.
Features about Mergers and acquisitions
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With Motorola sale to Lenovo, Google is unloading a headache
By selling Motorola Mobility to Lenovo, Google is ending a combination that never really worked out while keeping assets that could prove valuable down the road.
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Mindspeed acquisition fuels Intel's hopes for bigger network role
Intel's acquisition of mobile network assets from silicon vendor Mindspeed Technologies will give the chip giant what it needs to extend the Intel architecture throughout mobile operator networks, helping the carriers upgrade hardware and roll out new services more quickly, according to Intel.
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Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants
Politics collided with the world of technology this year as stories about U.S. government spying stirred angst both among the country's citizens and foreign governments, and the flawed HeathCare.gov site got American health-care reform off to a rocky start. Meanwhile, the post-PC era put aging tech giants under pressure to reinvent themselves. Here in no particular order are IDG News Service's picks for the top 10 tech stories of the year.
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Cisco acquisition highlights growing interest in small cells
Operators and telecom equipment vendors are showing a growing interest in small cells, which aim to give users improved coverage and speeds.