Workface Acquires My Favorite Online Business Card Creation Service, Card.ly

Card.ly , a Web service that allows anyone to create sweet-looking online business cards (see my personal site robinwauters.com for an example) has been acquired by Workface , the company behind digital business card creation tool BusinessCard2 . Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

comScore Acquires Dutch Web Analytics Company Nedstat For $36.7 Million

Audience measurement company comScore has acquired Nedstat , an Amsterdam-based provider of web analytics and video measurement solutions for approx. $36.7 million. ComScore says the purchase will help the company accelerate its global expansion strategy, particularly in European markets.

Google’s Social Buying Spree Continues With Mobile Gaming Developer SocialDeck

In its quest to build the most powerful gaming platform on the web, Google has made another purchase today: game developer SocialDeck. Inside Social Games first reported the story.

IBM Buys Marketing Software Company Unica For $480 Million

Only days after buying DataCap, Big Blue has made another purchase. IBM is acquiring marketing software giant Unica approximately $480 million, or approximately $21 per share. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Apple Buys Out LiquidMetal Patents To Stay One Step Ahead In Materials Game

Apple has purchased worldwide exclusive rights to use materials developed by LiquidMetal , a company you may remember from the demonstration video that made the viral rounds some time back. It featured a ball of steel bouncing on one of their special alloys for substantially longer than on steel or titanium — demonstrating how far superior the LiquidMetal was at retaining kinetic energy. I don’t think Apple is interested in creating an iBall (Bounce Different); this purchase is prescient for other reasons.

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