Was Google involved in any take overs?

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Google has been involved in the following take overs(From Wikipedia);.

2001.

• Feb 2001: Deja (the Usenet archive, not the company) was acquired, and was incorporated to become part of the re-launched Google Groups.

• Sep 2001: Google acquired Outride Inc. Outride was a spin-off from Xerox (PARC). Outride.net domain name still exists, but current forwards to Google.

2003.

• Feb 2003: Google acquired Pyra Labs, a weblogging provider and owner of Blogger.

• Apr 2003: Neotonic Software was acquired as part of Google's plan to bring its CRM technology in house.

• Apr 2003: Applied Semantics was acquired for $102 Million. Applied Semanitcs was a context ad company whose acquisition by Google was integrated into Google's AdWords/AdSense programs.

• Sep 2003: Kaltix was a small start-up acquired to develop and launch Google Personal.

• Oct 2003: Sprinks was acquired to enhance Google's Adwords and AdSense program.

• Oct 2003: Google acquired Genius Labs, another web logging provider.

2004.

• Apr 2004: Ignite Logic was acquired.

• Jun 2004: Google made a $10M investment into partial ownership of Baidu.

• Jul 2004: Picasa was acquired to provide picture management tools to Blogger.

• Oct 2004: Keyhole was acquired to provide the core mapping capabilities in Google Earth.

• Sept-Dec 2004: Google revealed in its annual 10-K filing that it had acquired 2 Silicon Valley start-up companies: ZipDash and Australian firm Where2 LLC, founded by Lars Rasmussen. The technology provided by ZipDash was used to develop and launch Google Ride Finder. Where2 provided the core mapping capabilities in Google Maps.

2005.

For 2005, Google submitted a 10-K filing with the SEC which revealed that it had acquired 9 companies and susbtantially all of the assets of another 6 companies. The combined purchase price for these 15 companies was equal to $130.535 Million USD.

• Mar 2005: Web analytics tools provider Urchin Software Corporation was acquired . Urchin's technology was used to develop and launch Google Analytics.

• May 2005: DodgeBall , a social networking software provider for mobile devices, was acquired.

• Jul 2005: Google, in combination with Goldman Sachs, and the Hearst Corp., invests a total of $100 Million into Current Communications Group.

• Jul 2005: Google announced in its Q2 quarterly conference call that it had acquired Akwan Information Technologies as a part of its plan to open an R&D office and expand its presence into Latin and South America.

• Jul 2005: Google acquires Canadian start-up firm Reqwireless, a Web browser and Mobile e-mail software developer for wireless devices, as a part of its initiative to develop a version of GMail for the mobile device.

• Aug 2005: Google acquires Android Inc., a software provider for mobile devices.

• Dec 2005: Google pays $1Billion dollars to acquire a 5% stake in Time Warner's AOL division.

2006.

• Jan 2006: Google acquires dMarc Broadcasting, creator and operator of an automated platform that lets advertisers more easily schedule, deliver, and monitor their ads over radio, and radio broadcasters to automate schedules and advertising spots. Purchase price was for $102Million, with an additional payout of $1.136 billion over three years if certain performance targets are met.

• February 2006: Google acquires Measure Map from Adaptive Path. Measure Map is a product to help with Blog Analytics. Spearheaded by Jeffrey Veen.

• March 2006: Google acquires Writely.

• March 2006: Google acquires Sketchup.