Tag Archive for: Buys

Twitter buys BackType to dig deeper with big data (Colleen Taylor/GigaOM)

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Colleen Taylor / GigaOM:
Twitter buys BackType to dig deeper with big data  —  Twitter announced Tuesday morning it has acquired BackType (see disclosure), an analytics platform aimed at helping companies and brands gauge their impact on social media websites.  Post-acquisition, BackType will focus on developing tools …

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TorrentReactor Buys and Renames Russian Town (Ernesto/TorrentFreak)

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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
TorrentReactor Buys and Renames Russian Town  —  TorrentReactor, listed among the five most popular torrent sites on the Internet, has surprised friends and foes by acquiring a small town in central Russia.  The town formerly known as Gar has reportedly been bought for the equivalent of $148,000 …

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