Mobile carrier Three buys UK Broadband for up to $373M in spectrum grab

After getting its proposed merger with O2 blocked by regulators last year, today Three UK announced…

Welsh Carson takes majority stake in Revel, Scott Betts replaces Falzone as CEO

 After many months of speculation about a potential acquisition by IBM or private equity firms, today,…

BBC jumps into Snapchat Shows with Planet Earth II; Snap expands Snapcodes

 Snapchat may be facing slowing user growth, and relatively no revenues, outside of the U.S. at the moment, but it…

Klarna buys BillPay, the PayPal of Germany, for $75M from Wonga

 Some chopping and changing is afoot in the world of payments in Europe. Today, Klarna, the…

Snapchat paid Reggie Brown $157.5M to settle his ‘ousted founder’ lawsuit

 Ousted Snapchat early employee Reggie Brown was paid $157.5 million in a settlement in September 2014…

Messaging app Viber names mobile ad vet Djamel Agaoua as new CEO

 While messaging app watchers are waiting for Snap Inc. to announce its IPO, another app has appointed…

Salesforce acquires Sequence to build out its UX design services

 Salesforce has made another acquisition that underscores how the CRM and cloud software giant is looking…

Take-Two buys mobile games publisher Social Point for up to $276M

 Some more consolidation is afoot in the gaming industry. Take-Two Interactive, the games maker behind big titles like Grand…