Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder
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Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder
#2They were bought for <2M while they received 24M in funding? Am I missing something?
Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder
#3They were bought for <2M while they received 24M in funding? Am I missing something?
There must be a typo in the article. Maybe it should be $100-$200 million?
EDIT: I just emailed the author and it was a mistake. I'm still seeing the old numbers on the site though.
Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder
#4The actual price is $100M - 200M.
Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder
#5They were bought for <2M while they received 24M in funding? Am I missing something?
There must be a typo in the article. Maybe it should be $100-$200 million? EDIT: I just emailed the author and it was a mistake. I'm still seeing the old numbers on the site though.
Yup, this seems to align with earlier speculation - http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/21/microsoft-is-almost-certai...
Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder
#6If you're a user of DuckDuckGo, here's a quick way to get to the full-text of the WSJ article:
!gn "Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder"
(!gn is the Google News !bang)
Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder
#7US based headquarters cannot transfer money from foreign sister companies back to US without paying tax, so they buy foreign companies.
Wunderlist seems like one of many todo list apps: https://www.wunderlist.com/
Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder
#8Microsoft also bought Sunrise calendar recently, who a few weeks ago announced compatibility features with Wunderlist.
An interesting play from Microsoft. I wonder if it's one individual within the company who is pushing in this space. I also wonder if they will shutter both companies and integrate, or do what Facebook did with Instagram etc.
Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder
#9While I could understand buying Sunrise calendar for the userbase, this acquisition is surprising in that matter.
Re: Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder
#10If you're a user of DuckDuckGo, here's a quick way to get to the full-text of the WSJ article: !gn "Microsoft Buys German To-Do List Startup 6Wunderkinder" (!gn is the Google News !bang)
If you Google the title of the article you can find the news source and click on the link without hitting paywalls.
The person who submitted the article still had some of the referrer links, mod=yahoo_hs&ref=yfp was at the end of the article's URL submission.