by Andy Day | Jun 12, 2018 | Blog, Business, News
Software company BitTorrent Inc, which is responsible for the upkeep of the BitTorrent file sharing protocol, has been acquired by Justin Sun the founder of the TRON cryptocurrency. The deal closed last week but had been kept under wraps allowing BitTorrent time to...
by Andy Day | May 11, 2018 | Blog, Business, News
Irish family owned firm Smyth Toys has acquired the European operations of American bankrupt toy giant Toys R Us in a €79m ($94m) deal. The transaction will almost double the footprint of the Mayo based company, adding 93 stores based in Germany, Austria and...
by Andy Day | May 10, 2018 | Blog, Business, News
Rogers & Cowan a global PR & marketing agency owned by Interpublic Group has acquired London based ITB Worldwide. ITB is one of Europe’s leading entertainment marketing agencies that specialises in digital influencers. Founded in 2008 ITB Worldwide focuses on...
by Andy Day | May 8, 2018 | Blog, Business, News
Vice Media has acquired Brooklyn experiential events company Villain in a bid to bolster its live offering to advertisers. Villain whose industrial sized 15,000ft “raw” venue is based near Vice’s head offices in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg area employs 12 people and...
by Andy Day | May 8, 2018 | Blog, Business, News
Nokia has acquired California startup SpaceTime Insight, an Internet of Things company that provides machine-learning powered analytics tech and IoT applications to large energy and transportation corporates like FedEx, Singapore Power and Union Pacific Railroad. The...
