In 2011 Google Spent $1.9 Billion Acquiring 79 Companies
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Re: In 2011 Google Spent $1.9 Billion Acquiring 79 Companies
#2To save someone else a few seconds with a calculator, that's an average of just over 24 million per acquisition. Not that each was acquired for an equal amount.
Re: In 2011 Google Spent $1.9 Billion Acquiring 79 Companies
#3And that's only counting the acquisitions that closed...
Re: In 2011 Google Spent $1.9 Billion Acquiring 79 Companies
#42011 was the year that Google gobbled up drop.io, and buried it deep in the room known as "Stuff We'll Never Use, And Neither Will Anyone Else".
NOTE TO SELF: Startup Idea: Create a new drop.io, and combine it with some of the features of MegaUpload. Call it MegaDrop.
Re: In 2011 Google Spent $1.9 Billion Acquiring 79 Companies
#52011 was the year that Google gobbled up drop.io, and buried it deep in the room known as "Stuff We'll Never Use, And Neither Will Anyone Else". NOTE TO SELF: Startup Idea: Create a new drop.io, and combine it with some of the features of MegaUpload. Call it MegaDrop.
Facebook brought drop.io in October 2010
Re: In 2011 Google Spent $1.9 Billion Acquiring 79 Companies
#62011 was the year that Google gobbled up drop.io, and buried it deep in the room known as "Stuff We'll Never Use, And Neither Will Anyone Else". NOTE TO SELF: Startup Idea: Create a new drop.io, and combine it with some of the features of MegaUpload. Call it MegaDrop.
Facebook brought drop.io in October 2010
Thanks for the correction. I had this nagging feeling that it might have been 2010, as I tend to lose track of time, and I could have sworn that drop.io's announcement said "Google". Anyway, we could use another drop.io, for people who don't want to be tied to Google's ecosystem.
Re: In 2011 Google Spent $1.9 Billion Acquiring 79 Companies
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Facebook brought drop.io in October 2010
Thanks for the correction. I had this nagging feeling that it might have been 2010, as I tend to lose track of time, and I could have sworn that drop.io's announcement said "Google". Anyway, we could use another drop.io, for people who don't want to be tied to Google's ecosystem.
A new drop.io would be awesome, it was a very good product and I haven't found anything else like it yet. Has anyone found anything similar?
Re: In 2011 Google Spent $1.9 Billion Acquiring 79 Companies
#8I don't think this will continue into 2012, with the way Larry is focusing on the core products.
Re: In 2011 Google Spent $1.9 Billion Acquiring 79 Companies
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for the correction. I had this nagging feeling that it might have been 2010, as I tend to lose track of time, and I could have sworn that drop.io's announcement said "Google". Anyway, we could use another drop.io, for people who don't want to be tied to Google's ecosystem.
A new drop.io would be awesome, it was a very good product and I haven't found anything else like it yet. Has anyone found anything similar?
What were the main features that you liked about it, but haven't found elsewhere? I liked being able to email files directly to the drop. I suggest that we make a short list of awesome features, and maybe someone will take up the cause.
Re: In 2011 Google Spent $1.9 Billion Acquiring 79 Companies
#10I don't think this will continue into 2012, with the way Larry is focusing on the core products.
It will continue in 2012 as in the filing Google said, “Acquisitions will also remain an important component of our strategy and use of capital, and we expect our current pace of acquisitions to continue."