It looks like the rumors of Sony wanting to take the Ericsson out of Sony Ericsson were indeed accurate. The details are coming by way of a press release that was just recently dropped on the Sony website. In short, Sony is buying Ericsson’s 50 percent ownership in Sony Ericsson for a cash payment of more »

Sony isn’t sitting around anymore as the likes of Apple and Google continue to take bigger shares of the integrated device market. The Wall Street Journal reports Sony wants to buy out Sony Ericsson in an attempt to give it more leverage in the mobile phone industry. Monetary figures haven’t been disclosed because nothing is official yet.

Google has been throwing its money around lately. Last month, Google acquired a facial recognition company called PittPatt and a company that specializes in creating social networking groups called Fridge. This week, Google has purchased a daily deals site named The Dealmap for an undisclosed amount.

According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, Google is in “preliminary talks” with Hulu with the goal of striking a deal that would land the popular online video service. Los Angeles Times’ source is simply “people familiar with the situation,” but they must be trusted enough to publish the report. In addition to more »

Tweetdeck has long been the subject of rumors regarding a buyout of some sort. First there was mention of Ubermedia buying the company, and more recently there was talk of Twitter itself trying to buy the developer. Today we’re hearing that it’s confirmed: Twitter has bought Tweetdeck. According to TechCrunch’s sources Twitter decided to make more »

The Gizmo5 getting purchase by Google saga has been going on for quite some time now. Google originally announced the purchase of the Gizmo5 service back in November of 2009 and almost immediately welcomed all by closing off new signups. Since that time there was a little chatter about better Google Voice support coming in more »

It appears as if Google has been working on merging, or at least integrating their recent purchase of Gizmo5 with Google Voice. A new update is available for those that have the Gizmo5 app installed on their computer that will bring the version up to Gizmo5 4.0 v 269. According to the details, the update more »

It looks like those waiting to be able to visit a Barnes & Noble retail location to check out the Nook in real life are going to have to wait just a little bit longer. According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, the Nook will not be “available for sale or for demonstration purposes” more »

I guess this should not be all that much of a surprise, after all we have seen the shipping dates get pushed up little by little thus far. However, Barnes & Noble have announced that moving forward any new pre-orders for the Nook will ship next year. Now, just to squash any confusion, if you more »

We have seen the reported shipping dates for those that are ordering a Barnes & Noble Nook online, but more recently it looks like the Nook will be in-store as of November 30. This latest tidbit comes courtesy of a Barnes & Noble spokeswoman who told Computer World that “demo units and units for sale more »