Accusations of Acquisitions

One clear path to growth is to buy another company and integrate them into what you’re already doing. This week included many interesting acquisitions: Disney bought Maker, Intel bought Basis Band, and Facebook bought Oculus.

In other news, Microsoft brought Office to the iPad, Apple wants to bring cable TV to Apple TV, Google might let Oakley and Ray-Band design their glasses, and Tesla continues to fight the state-by-state car selling fight.

• Apple Is Putting Together A Team Of Cable Insiders To Negotiate A TV Deal
• This Dude Doesn’t Think It’ll Happen Because There’s A lot of Cost And No Upside For Comcast
• Disney Acquires Maker
• Google Inks Deal With Oakley and Ray-Band for Glass
• Facebook Bought Oculus VR
• The Hardware Land Grab Is On
• The Creator Of “Doom” And “Quake” Now Works For Mark Zuckerberg
• Facebook has Failed To Own The Mobile Gaming Market, Oculus VR Will Help Them Catch The Next Wave
• Notch Cancels Mincraft For Rift
• The Deal Happened Over The Course Of 5 Days
• Facebook Missed Making a Mobile OS, They Won’t Miss The Next Opportunity
• Valves VR Expert Jumps Ship To Oculus After Facebook Acquisition
• Sony’s VR Advantage
• Intel bought Basis Science Maker of the Basis Band
• Microsoft Launches Office For iOS
• The First Quick Review
• Tesla Strikes Agreement in Ohio To Sell Teslas

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