Qwiki

If you can’t beat them, buy them. It’s been the way of the corporate giants for ages. A big company swallows up a smaller one as it gains momentum and looks to present a formidable threat to the larger Goliath. Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) announced that it was acquiring Bread, a URL shortener that...

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) is looking to raise its ad revenue by acquiring AdMovate, a company fresh off the startup assembly line. In its formal announcement, Yahoo said that AdMovate has "created sophisticated technology that helps marketers reach their desired audience at the right time and place...

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has officially acquired Qwiki. Promoted as an app for "one tap storytelling" on the iPhone, Qwiki automatically merges photos, videos and music into one mobile movie. On the app's official blog, Qwiki founder Doug Imbruce said that the program will "live on as a standalone...

Lightbank, Lerer Ventures and other investors have poured more than $10 million into Qwiki, an app that automatically merges photos, videos and music into one mobile movie. According to AllThingsD, this app has gotten the attention of Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), which is currently discussing the...