Malwarebytes announced today that they have acquired AdwCleaner, the popular utility used to clean up adware, toolbars, and other potentially unwanted programs. Version 6 of the program was released this year. It receives more than 200,000 downloads a day and has been installed over 200 million times. AdwCleaner started in 2011 as the product of three French students. Two of … [Read more...]
Avast to acquire AVG for $1.3 billion
Antivirus company Avast announced this morning that it is in agreement to acquire fellow security company AVG. From the Avast blog: Under an agreement signed with AVG, Avast will be making an offer ($25 per share or about $1.3 billion in total) to buy all shares of AVG’s stock which AVG’s board is recommending their shareholders accept. Both companies share a similar … [Read more...]
Logitech acquires wireless audio company JayBird
Logitech announced that it has agreed to acquire Jaybird, a company based out of Salt Lake City that has been making wireless audio wearables since 2006. Logitech also owns Ultimate Ears and will similarly keep Jaybird as a separate brand while benefiting from combining team strengths as all three companies have audio engineering and design products. Jaybird's most popular … [Read more...]