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Microsoft buys Minecraft for $2.5bn

2014-09-15 15:10:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Mojang, the Swedish firm behind the popular video game Minecraft, is bought by Microsoft for $2.5bn (1.5bn).

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Microsoft buys Capptain for mobile analytics, cloud services

2014-05-28 18:56:12| InfoWorld: Top News

Microsoft plans to boost its Azure cloud services with its acquisition of Capptain, whose product helps developers track and analyze usage of their Web and mobile apps and implement customer retention strategies.

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Microsoft buys Parature for customer self-service software

2014-01-07 13:00:29| InfoWorld: Top News

Microsoft is rounding out its Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management) product by acquiring Parature, maker of cloud-based software companies can use to create self-service portals for customers. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close within 30 days, were not disclosed. Parature's roughly 100 employees will be brought into Microsoft, said Fred Studer, general manager of Dynamics product marketing.

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