Google Knows Literally Everything About You - Here's How To Delete That Data

[Kenrou]

"Google, just like Facebook, collects a lot of personal data about its users. While many of us might have put that thought to the back of our minds, this week one web developer reminded us of the true extent of Google’s great data grab with this eye-opening Twitter thread." - long and maybe useful ?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/tec...-you-heres-how-to-delete-that-data/ar-BBKOSv7


EDIT: wrong place to post this methinks, can someone move to "Internet, Networking, and Security" ?

 

[EarthDog]

Wonders if some stop using pc's all together..

 

[Bill Dimwit]

post removed in accordance to a legal request from EVGA

 

[Alaric]

Its your own damn fault if google knows anything about you.

Android is a Google OS. If you have an Android phone, Google knows all. Apple is just as bad, so an iPhone is no defense. As for safeguarding data, read the third party sections of all those EULAs. Then bear in mind the lists below are not considered third party!. M$, Facebook, and Apple are not considered third party by any of them, because they're financially intertwined. So who is third party??? The government of Lichenstein??? There are ISPs on the lists, Comcast and Qwest come to mind. If your ISP is here, they have all your data, including the credit/debit card you pay your bill with, or the checking account and routing numbers.
Microsoft's wholly owned and partially owned subsidiaries. This doesn't include companies owned by those companies.

Acquisitions[edit]
Number Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
1 July 30, 1987 Forethought, Inc. Computer software United States 14,000,000 [21]
2 March 31, 1991 Consumers Software Software Canada — [22]
3 June 29, 1992 Fox Software PC database software United States — [23]
4 February 28, 1994 Softimage Wholesale 3-D visualization software Canada — [24]
5 September 27, 1994 Altamira Software Software United States — [25]
6 November 1, 1994 NextBase Software United States — [26]
7 November 15, 1994 One Tree Software Software United States — [27]
8 February 23, 1995 RenderMorphics 3D graphics hardware United States — [28]
9 July 10, 1995 Network Managers Systems design United Kingdom — [29]
10 October 17, 1995 The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks Software United States — [30]
11 November 6, 1995 Netwise Computer software United States — [31]
12 December 12, 1995 Bruce Artwick Organization Programming United States — [32]
13 January 16, 1996 Vermeer Technologies Software United States — [33]
14 March 6, 1996 VGA-Animation Software Div[note 1] Software Germany — [34]
15 March 12, 1996 Colusa Software Software United States — [35]
16 April 16, 1996 Exos Video game controllers United States — [36]
17 April 23, 1996 Aspect Software Engineering Computer software United States 14,150,000 [37]
18 June 11, 1996 eShop Software United States — [38]
19 June 17, 1996 Electric Gravity Electronic games United States — [39]
20 November 1, 1996 Panorama Software Sys-On-Line[note 2] Software Canada — [40]
21 February 3, 1997 NetCarta Internet software United States 20,000,000 [41]
22 March 3, 1997 Interse Internet software United States — [42]
23 April 30, 1997 WebTV Networks Internet service provider United States 425,000,000 [43]
24 May 7, 1997 Dimension X Java-based platforms United States — [44]
25 June 13, 1997 Cooper & Peters Programming United States — [45]
26 June 30, 1997 LinkAge Software Internet software development Canada — [46]
27 August 5, 1997 VXtreme Internet video software United States — [47]
28 December 31, 1997 Hotmail Internet software United States 500,000,000 [48]
29 February 23, 1998 Flash Communications Enterprise instant messaging software United States — [49][50]
30 April 15, 1998 Firefly Relationship management software United States 40,000,000 [51]
31 April 28, 1998 MESA Group Data sharing software United States — [52]
32 August 25, 1998 Valence Research Internet software United States — [53]
33 November 6, 1998 LinkExchange Internet advertising network United States 265,000,000 [54]
34 January 11, 1999 FASA Interactive Computer game software United States — [55]
35 March 4, 1999 CompareNet Shopping online United States — [56]
36 March 26, 1999 Numinous Technologies Software United States — [57]
37 April 27, 1999 Interactive Objects-Digital Web music software United States — [58]
38 April 30, 1999 Jump Networks Internet service provider United States — [59]
39 June 7, 1999 ShadowFactor Software Wholesale computer software United States — [60]
40 June 15, 1999 Omnibrowse Internet software United States — [61]
41 June 28, 1999 Intrinsa Defect detection software United States 58,900,000 [62]
42 July 1, 1999 Sendit Application software Sweden 125,420,000 [63]
43 July 7, 1999 Zoomit Encryption software Canada — [64]
44 July 21, 1999 STNC Community software United Kingdom — [65]
45 September 19, 1999 Softway Systems Computer programming United States — [66]
46 October 29, 1999 Entropic Software United States — [67]
47 January 7, 2000 Visio Corporation Wholesale drawing software United States 1,375,000,000 [68]
48 February 29, 2000 Peach Networks Digital TV services Israel — [69]
49 March 17, 2000 Travelscape Internet service provider United States 89,750,000 [70]
50 April 12, 2000 Titus Communications Cable television United States 944,800,000 [71]
51 June 19, 2000 Bungie Software Computer software United States — [72]
52 July 12, 2000 NetGames Software United States — [73]
53 September 13, 2000 MongoMusic Online music search engine United States 65,000,000 [74]
54 September 27, 2000 Pacific Microsonics Digital audio technology United States — [75]
55 March 17, 2001 Vacationspot Internet service provider United States 70,850,000 [76]
56 April 5, 2001 Great Plains Software Business management software United States 939,884,000 [77]
57 May 2, 2001 Intellisol International Software Canada — [78]
58 May 31, 2001 NCompass Labs Internet software Canada 36,000,000 [79]
59 June 21, 2001 Maximal Innovative Intelligence Software Israel 20,000,000 [80]
60 July 1, 2001 Yupi Online Spanish Portal United States — [81]
61 March 11, 2002 Classic Custom Vacations Travel agency United States 78,000,000 [82]
62 May 22, 2002 Sales Management Systems Software United States — [83]
63 July 12, 2002 Navision Software programming Denmark 1,330,000,000 [84]
64 July 29, 2002 Mobilocity Computer consulting United States — [85]
65 September 10, 2002 XDegrees Security software United States — [86]
66 September 24, 2002 Rare Software and video games United Kingdom 375,000,000 [87]
67 December 13, 2002 Vicinity Online enterprise location United States 95,849,000 [88]
68 February 25, 2003 Connectix Software United States — [89]
69 March 3, 2003 DCG Internet software Australia — [90]
70 April 30, 2003 PlaceWare Web conferencing United States 200,000,000 [91]
71 May 27, 2003 G.A. Sullivan Information technology United States — [92]
72 June 10, 2003 GeCAD Software Antivirus technology Romania — [93]
73 August 29, 2003 3DO Co-High Heat Baseball Software United States 450,000 [94]
74 April 22, 2004 Encore Bus Solutions-IP Asts IP assets United States — [95]
75 April 26, 2004 ActiveViews Reporting systems United States — [96]
76 July 16, 2004 Lookout Software Personal search tool United States — [97]
77 December 16, 2004 GIANT Company Software Anti-spyware United States — [98]
78 March 2, 2005 en'tegrate Software United States — [99]
79 April 9, 2005 Groove Networks Community software United States — [100]
80 May 11, 2005 MessageCast Messaging United States 7,000,000 [101]
81 May 31, 2005 Tsinghua-Shenxun-Cert Asts Certain assets China 15,000,000 [102]
82 June 21, 2005 Sybari Software Software United States — [103]
83 August 29, 2005 Teleo VoIP United States — [104]
84 August 31, 2005 FrontBridge Technologies Email protection United States — [105]
85 September 19, 2005 Alacris Certificate management software United States — [106]
86 November 3, 2005 media-streams.com Software Switzerland — [107]
87 November 17, 2005 5th Finger Mobile Australia 3,153,000 [108]
88 January 19, 2006 UMT-Software and IP Assets Software United States — [109]
89 February 13, 2006 MotionBridge Search France 17,858,000 [110]
90 February 13, 2006 Seadragon Software Software United States — [111]
91 March 7, 2006 Apptimum Software United States — [112]
92 March 7, 2006 Onfolio Internet software United States — [113]
93 April 6, 2006 Lionhead Studios Video games United Kingdom — [114]
94 April 26, 2006 AssetMetrix Enterprise software Canada — [115]
95 May 4, 2006 Massive Incorporated Video game advertising United States — [116]
96 May 4, 2006 Vexcel Mapping software United States — [117]
97 May 15, 2006 DeepMetrix Web log analysis United States — [118]
98 June 6, 2006 ProClarity Analysis software United States — [119]
99 June 27, 2006 iView Multimedia Digital asset management United Kingdom — [120]
100 July 17, 2006 Softricity application virtualization software United States — [121]
101 July 18, 2006 Winternals Software Software United States — [122]
102 July 26, 2006 Whale Communications Applications Israel — [123]
103 September 26, 2006 Gteko Applications Israel — [124]
104 October 2, 2006 DesktopStandard Applications United States — [125]
105 October 12, 2006 Colloquis Natural language software United States — [126]
106 March 9, 2007 Medstory Internet search engine United States — [127]
107 March 26, 2007 devBiz Business Solutions Software tools United States — [128]
108 May 3, 2007 ScreenTonic Advertising and marketing France — [129]
109 May 3, 2007 Tellme Networks Mobile phone software United States — [130]
110 May 9, 2007 SoftArtisans Business Intelligence software United States — [131]
111 June 4, 2007 Engyro Information technology United States — [132]
112 June 7, 2007 Stratature Master Data Management United States — [133]
113 June 29, 2007 Savvis Inc-Data Centers Networking United States 200,000,000 [134]
114 August 13, 2007 AdECN Ad Exchange United States — [135]
115 August 13, 2007 aQuantive Digital marketing United States 6,333,000,000 [136]
116 October 2, 2007 Jellyfish.com Search engine United States — [137]
117 October 5, 2007 Parlano Enterprise messaging software United States — [138]
118 October 29, 2007 Global Care Solutions-Assets Assets Thailand — [139]
119 November 1, 2007 HOB Business Solutions Information technology Denmark — [140]
120 November 15, 2007 Musiwave Mobile music entertainment France — [141]
121 December 12, 2007 Multimap.com Mapping United Kingdom — [142]
122 January 22, 2008 Calista Technologies Software United States — [143]
123 February 7, 2008 Caligari Corporation Software United States — [144]
124 February 27, 2008 YaData Software Israel — [145]
125 March 14, 2008 Rapt Advertising yield management software United States — [146]
126 March 19, 2008 Komoku Rootkit security software United States 5,000,000 [147]
127 March 31, 2008 90 Degree Software Business intelligence software Canada — [148]
128 April 14, 2008 Farecast Online search software United States 75,000,000 [149]
129 April 15, 2008 Danger Mobile Internet software United States 500,000,000 [150]
130 April 25, 2008 Fast Search & Transfer Enterprise search[clarification needed] Norway 1,191,000,000 [151]
131 May 26, 2008 Kidaro Software United States — [152]
132 June 4, 2008 Quadreon Software Belgium — [153]
133 June 18, 2008 Navic Networks Management software United States — [154]
134 June 26, 2008 Mobicomp Mobile applications Portugal — [155]
135 August 11, 2008 Powerset Semantic Search United States — [156]
136 September 16, 2008 DATAllegro Data software United States — [157]
137 September 28, 2008 Greenfield Online Search and e-commerce services United States 486,000,000 [158]
138 March 1, 2009 3DV Systems Developer of ZCam, a time-of-flight camera Israel 35,000,000 [159]
139 May 7, 2009 BigPark Interactive online gaming Canada —
140 June 1, 2009 Rosetta Biosoftware Bioinformatics solutions for life science research United States — [160]
141 September 22, 2009 Interactive Supercomputing Software United States — [161]
142 December 10, 2009 Opalis Software Software Canada — [162]
143 December 10, 2009 Sentillion, Inc. Identity and Access Management Software for Healthcare United States — [163]
144 October 6, 2010 AVIcode, Inc. .Net monitoring technology United States — [164]
145 October 29, 2010 Canesta, Inc. 3-D sensing technology United States — [165]
146 May 10, 2011 Skype Technologies Telecommunications Luxembourg 8,500,000,000 [166]
147 June 7, 2011 Prodiance Software United States — [167][168]
148 November 22, 2011 Videosurf Video search United States 100,000,000 [169][170]
149 June 25, 2012 Yammer Social networking United States 1,200,000,000 [171]
150 July 9, 2012 Perceptive Pixel Multi touch hardware United States — [172]
151 October 4, 2012 PhoneFactor Two-factor authentication system United States — [173]
152 October 16, 2012 StorSimple Cloud-storage appliance vendor United States — [174]
153 October 17, 2012 MarketingPilot Marketing automation firm United States — [175]
154 January 3, 2013 id8 Group R2 Studios Home automation United States — [176]
155 February 2, 2013 Pando Networks Peer-to-peer (P2P) media distribution United States — [177]
156 March 4, 2013 MetricsHub Cloud monitoring United States — [178]
157 March 19, 2013 Netbreeze Social analytics Switzerland — [179]
158 June 3, 2013 InRelease Release management Canada — [180]
159 September 2, 2013 Nokia mobile phones unit Mobile phones, smartphones Finland 7,200,000,000 [181]
160 October 12, 2013 HLW Software RDP applications Austria — [182]
161 October 25, 2013 Apiphany API management United States — [183]
162 January 7, 2014 Parature Customer service software United States 100,000,000 [184]
163 May 1, 2014 GreenButton Cloud computing New Zealand — [185]
164 May 1, 2014 Capptain (Mobile) application development France — [186]
165 July 2, 2014 SyntaxTree Developer tools France — [187]
166 July 11, 2014 InMage Disaster recovery solutions United States — [188]
167 August 1, 2014 Inception Mobile Inc. Software Canada — [189]
168 November 6, 2014 Mojang Video games Sweden 2,500,000,000 [190]
169 November 13, 2014 Aorato Enterprise Security & machine learning Israel — [191]
170 December 2, 2014 Acompli Mobile Email Apps United States — [192]
171 December 11, 2014 HockeyApp Mobile Beta Distribution & Crash Analytics Germany — [193]
172 January 20, 2015 Equivio Text Analytics Service Israel — [194]
173 January 23, 2015 Revolution Analytics Statistical computing and predictive analytics United States — [195]
174 February 4, 2015 Sunrise Atelier, Inc. Sunrise Calendar applications United States 100,000,000 [196]
175 February 12, 2015 N-trig Styli and pen input hardware and software Israel 200,000,000 [197]
176 March 26, 2015 LiveLoop PowerPoint collaboration United States — [198]
177 April 14, 2015 Datazen Software, Inc. Mobile business intelligence & Data visualization Canada — [199]
178 June 2, 2015 6Wunderkinder GmbH Wunderlist to-do list applications Germany — [200]
179 June 10, 2015 BlueStripe Software Application management United States — [201]
180 July 16, 2015 FieldOne Systems LLC Enterprise Field Service United States — [202]
181 July 19, 2015 Adallom Cloud security Israel 320,000,000 [203][204]
182 August 3, 2015 Incent Games, LLC Sales-gamification United States — [205]
183 September 3, 2015 VoloMetrix, Inc. Organisational analytics United States — [206]
184 September 11, 2015 Double Labs, Inc. Mobile lock screen software United States — [207]
185 September 28, 2015 Adxstudio Inc. Web portal and application lifecycle management solutions Canada — [208]
186 October 2, 2015 Telekinesys Research Ltd. Game technology vendor Ireland — [209]
187 November 5, 2015 Mobile Data Labs, Inc. MileIQ, a mileage tracking application United States — [210]
188 November 9, 2015 Secure Islands Technologies Ltd. Data protection Israel — [211]
189 December 18, 2015 Metanautix Big Data Analytics United States — [212]
190 December 21, 2015 Talko, Inc. Mobile communications United States — [213]
191 January 19, 2016 Teacher Gaming LLC Education software Finland — [214]
192 February 3, 2016 TouchType, Ltd. SwiftKey, a keyboard productivity application United Kingdom 250,000,000 [215][216][217]
193 February 9, 2016 Groove Music Discovery Canada — [218]
194 February 24, 2016 Xamarin Mobile application development United States — [219][220][221][222]
195 May 3, 2016 Solair Internet of Things platform Italy — [223]
196 August 8, 2016 Beam (now known as Mixer) Video game streaming United States — [224][225]
197 August 20, 2016 Genee AI-powered scheduling assistant service United States —
198 December 8, 2016 LinkedIn Professional Networking Service United States 26,200,000,000 [226]
199 January 13, 2017 Maluuba Artificial Intelligence Canada — [227]
200 January 17, 2017 Simplygon 3D Gaming Sweden — [228]
201 April 10, 2017 Deis Container Management United States — [229][230]
202 April 18, 2017 Intentional Software Collaborative Productivity Platform United States — [231]
203 June 8, 2017 Hexadite Cybersecurity Israel 100,000,000 [232]
204 June 28, 2017 Cloudyn Cloud Business Management Israel 50,000,000 [233]
205 August 15, 2017 Cycle Computing Cloud HPC United States [234]
206 October 3, 2017 AltspaceVR Virtual reality United States [235]
207 November 7, 2017 SWNG Cinemagraphic photo app United States [236][237]
208 January 29, 2018 Playfab Gaming backend service United States [238][239]
Stakes[edit]
Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
June 15, 1989 Santa Cruz Operation[note 3] Wholesale computer software United States — [240]
March 18, 1991 Dorling Kindersley[note 4] Reference books United Kingdom 14,340,000 [241]
June 21, 1994 Stac Electronics Data compression software United States 39,900,000 [242]
January 19, 1995 UUNet Internet service provider United States — [243]
May 30, 1995 Wang Laboratories Software consulting United States 90,000,000 [244]
October 12, 1995 Individual On-line information retrieval United States — [245]
April 1, 1996 Mobile Telecom Technologies[note 5] Cellular telephones United States 25,000,000 [246]
April 22, 1996 Helicon Publishing Electronic books United States — [247]
September 9, 1996 SingleTrac Software United States — [248]
October 1, 1996 WebTV Networks Internet service provider United States — [249]
October 28, 1996 VDOnet Internet services United States — [250]
February 3, 1997 CMGI[note 6] Direct mail United States 20,000,000 [251]
February 18, 1997 Digital Anvil Computer game software United States — [252]
March 3, 1997 Interse Internet software United States — [253]
June 30, 1997 Comcast[note 7] Cable television United States 1,000,000,000 [254]
August 6, 1997 Apple Computer[note 8] Personal computers United States 150,000,000 [255]
August 19, 1997 Progressive Networks[note 9] Internet software United States 30,000,000 [256]
September 11, 1997 Lernout & Hauspie Speech[note 10] Multilingual software Belgium 45,000,000 [257]
September 23, 1997 E-Stamp[note 11] Internet software United States — [258]
March 4, 1998 General Magic Community software United States 6,000,000 [259]
March 6, 1998 WavePhore[note 12] Radio and television equipment United States — [260]
June 18, 1998 Pluto Technologies Network and storage United States — [261]
December 14, 1998 Qwest Communications[note 13] Telecommunications United States 200,000,000 [262]
January 6, 1999 SkyTel Communications[note 14] Cellular telephones United States — [263]
January 31, 1999 United Pan-Europe Comm NV[note 15] Broadband communities Netherlands 300,000,000 [264]
February 1, 1999 NTL[note 16] Communications United Kingdom 500,000,000 [265]
February 2, 1999 Banyan[note 17] Software United States 10,000,000 [266]
March 2, 1999 Dialogic Computer telephony United States 24,200,000 [267]
March 8, 1999 Reciprocal Copyright protection United States — [268]
April 1, 1999 TV Cabo Portugal SA Cable television Portugal 38,600,000 [269]
April 10, 1999 Lernout & Hauspie Speech Multilingual software Belgium 15,000,000 [270]
June 8, 1999 Inprise Computer software United States 125,000,000 [271]
June 8, 1999 NaviSite[note 18] Internet service provider United States — [272]
June 19, 1999 AT&T Inc.[note 19] Telecommunications United States 5,000,000,000 [273]
June 22, 1999 Concentric Network IP-based networks United States 50,000,000 [274]
July 5, 1999 WebMD Web-based health information United States 250,000,000 [275]
August 20, 1999 Tuttle Decision Systems Mortgage pricing information United States — [276]
August 25, 1999 Rogers Communications Radio and television stations Canada 405,120,000 [277]
December 3, 1999 Korea Thrunet[note 20] Internet service provider South Korea 36,000,000 [278]
December 28, 1999 Globo Cabo[note 21] Cable television Brazil 126,000,000 [279]
December 30, 1999 Commtouch Software[note 22] Community security software Israel 20,000,000 [280]
December 31, 1999 Gigamedia[note 23] Internet service provider Taiwan 31,470,000 [281]
January 24, 2000 Intertainer Interactive systems United States 56,000,000 [282]
January 24, 2000 VerticalNet[note 24] Management solutions United States 100,000,000 [283]
February 23, 2000 BroadBand Office Communication United States 25,000,000 [284]
March 2, 2000 Ecoss[note 25] Computer programming Japan 46,000 [285]
March 13, 2000 RealNames[note 26] Internet navigation United States — [286]
March 14, 2000 MEASAT Broadcast Network[note 27] Television broadcasting Malaysia 100,000,000 [287]
April 14, 2000 Best Buy Retail stores United States 200,000,000 [288]
July 7, 2000 Telewest Communications[note 28] Cable television United States 2,263,000,000 [289]
July 13, 2000 Blixer Net Online telecommunications Italy — [290]
August 4, 2000 CAIS Internet Internet access United States 40,000,000 [291]
October 2, 2000 Corel Corporation[note 29] Software Canada 89,370,000 [292]
November 29, 2000 Chyron Corporation[note 30] Digital graphics United States 6,000,000 [293]
February 12, 2001 Audible.com Online audio retail United States 10,000,000 [294]
July 23, 2001 Sendo[note 31] Mobile handset United Kingdom — [295]
February 14, 2002 USA Networks[note 32] Television stations United States — [296]
November 3, 2005 ByteTaxi Software United States — [297]
October 24, 2007 Facebook[note 33] Social network United States 240,000,000 [298]
April 8, 2008 OKWave[note 34] On-line community site Japan 2,515,000 [299]
June 12, 2008 Zignals[note 35] Online trading Ireland — [300]
April 7, 2011 Toyota Media Service Corp[note 36] Web marketing services Japan — [301]
February 7, 2012 24/7[note 37] Outsourcing and call center services United States — [302]
April 30, 2012 Barnes & Noble[note 38] Book retailer United States 605,000,000 [303]

Apple

Acquisitions[edit]
Number Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References Derived products
1 March 2, 1988 Network Innovations Software United States [6] —
2 June 7, 1988 Orion Network Systems Satellite communication systems United States — [7] —
3 June 27, 1988 Styleware Computer software United States — [8] AppleWorks GS
4 July 11, 1988 Claris Computer software United States — [9] FileMaker, iWork, iLife
5 January 3, 1989 Coral Software Computer software United States — [10][11] Macintosh Common Lisp
6 February 7, 1997 NeXT Unix-like hardware and software platform United States US$404,000,000 [12] Mac OS X, iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS
7 September 2, 1997 Power Computing Corporation Macintosh clones United States US$110,000,000 [13][14] —
8 January 8, 1999 Xemplar Education Software United Kingdom US$4,926,000 [15] —
9 November 3, 1999 Raycer Graphics Computer graphic chips United States US$15,000,000 [16] —
10 January 7, 2000 NetSelector Internet software United States — [17] —
11 April 11, 2000 Astarte-DVD Authoring Software[note 1] Software Germany — [18] DVD Studio Pro
12 2000 (Q4) SoundJam MP[note 2] Software United States — [19] iTunes
13 2001 Bluefish Labs Productivity software United States — [20] iWork
14 May 11, 2001 bluebuzz Internet service provider (ISP) United States — [21] —
15 July 9, 2001 Spruce Technologies[note 3] Graphics software United States US$14,900,000 [22][23] DVD Studio Pro
16 December 31, 2001 PowerSchool Online info systems services United States US$66,100,000 [23][24] PowerSchool
17 February 1, 2002 Nothing Real Special effects software United States US$15,000,000 [23][25] Shake
18 April 4, 2002 Zayante FireWire chips and software United States US$13,000,000[note 4] [26][27][28] FireWire
19 June 11, 2002 Silicon Grail Corp-Chalice[note 5][note 6] Digital effects software United States US$20,000,000 [note 7] [27][29] Motion
20 June 20, 2002 Propel Software internet and network optimization for wireless carriers United States — [30] Safari
21 June 21, 2002 Prismo Graphics[note 6] Special-effects titling software for film and video United States US$20,000,000[note 7] [27][31] LiveType (Final Cut Studio)
22 July 1, 2002 Emagic Music production software Germany US$30,000,000 [23][32] Logic Pro, GarageBand
23 March 2005 Schemasoft Software Canada — [33] iWork
24 April 2005 FingerWorks Gesture recognition company United States — [34][35] iOS
25 October 16, 2006 Silicon Color Software United States — [36] Color (Final Cut Studio)
26 December 4, 2006 Proximity Software Australia — [37] Final Cut Server
27 April 24, 2008 P.A. Semi Semiconductors United States US$278,000,000 [38][39] Apple SOC
28 July 7, 2009 Placebase Maps United States — [40] Apple Maps
29 December 6, 2009 Lala.com Music streaming United States US$17,000,000 [41] iCloud, iTunes Match
30 January 5, 2010 Quattro Wireless Mobile advertising United States US$275,000,000 [42] iAd
31 April 27, 2010 Intrinsity Semiconductors United States US$121,000,000 [43] Apple SOC
32 April 27, 2010 Siri Voice control software United States — [44] Siri
33 May 10, 2010 Gipsy Moth Studios Application localization United States US$12,000,000 [45] iPod, iPhone, iPad
34 July 14, 2010 Poly9 Web-based mapping Canada — [46] Apple Maps
35 September 20, 2010 Polar Rose Facial recognition Sweden US$29,000,000 [47] iOS
36 September 14, 2010 IMSense High-dynamic-range (HDR) photography United Kingdom — [48] iOS
37 August 1, 2011 C3 Technologies 3D mapping Sweden US$267,000,000 [49] Maps
38 December 20, 2011 Anobit Flash memory Israel US$390,000,000 [50] iPod, iPhone, iPad
39 February 23, 2012 Chomp App search engine United States US$50,000,000 [51] App Store
40 June 2, 2012 Redmatica Audio Italy — [52] Logic Pro, GarageBand
41 July 27, 2012 AuthenTec PC and mobile security products United States US$356,000,000 [53] Touch ID
42 September 27, 2012 Particle HTML5 Web app firm United States — [54] iCloud, iAd
43 2013 Novauris Technologies Speech recognition United Kingdom — [55][56] Siri
44 2013 OttoCat Search engine United States — [57] App Store
45 March 23, 2013 WiFiSlam Indoor location United States US$20,000,000 [58] Apple Maps
46 July 19, 2013 Locationary Maps Canada — [59] Apple Maps
47 July 19, 2013 HopStop.com Maps United States — [60] Apple Maps
48 August 1, 2013 Passif Semiconductor Semiconductors United States — [61] Apple SOC
49 August 13, 2013 Matcha Media discovery app United States — [62] TV App for Apple TV and iOS
50 August 22, 2013 Embark Maps United States — [63] Apple Maps
51 August 28, 2013 AlgoTrim Mobile data compression[64] Sweden — [65] iOS
52 October 3, 2013 Cue Personal assistant United States US$50,000,000 [66] Siri
53 November 24, 2013 PrimeSense Structured-light 3D scanners Israel US$345,000,000 [67] Face ID, TrueDepth[68][69]
54 December 2, 2013 Topsy Analytics United States US$200,000,000 [70] App Store, Apple Music, iTunes Store[71]
55 December 23, 2013 BroadMap Maps United States — [72] Apple Maps
56 December 23, 2013 Catch.com Software United States — [72] Siri
xx December 2013 Acunu Database analytics United States — [73] iCloud
57 January 4, 2014 SnappyLabs Photography software United States — [74] Camera
58 February 21, 2014 Burstly Software testing United States — [75] TestFlight, App Store
59 May 2, 2014 LuxVue Technology microLED displays United States — [76] —
60 June 6, 2014 Spotsetter Social search engine United States — [77] Apple Maps
61 June 29, 2014 Swell Music streaming United States US$30,000,000 [78] Apple Music
62 June 29, 2014 BookLamp Book analytics United States — [79][80] iBooks
63 August 1, 2014 Beats Electronics Headphones, music streaming (Beats Music) United States US$3,000,000,000 [5] iPhone, iTunes, Apple Music
64 September 23, 2014 Prss Digital magazine Netherlands — [81] Apple News[82]
65 2014 Dryft On-Screen Keyboard United States — [83] iOS Keyboard
66 January 2015 Camel Audio Audio plug-ins and sound libraries United Kingdom — [84] Logic Pro
67 January 21, 2015 Semetric Music analytics United Kingdom US$50,000,000 [85][86] Apple Music, iTunes Store
68 March 24, 2015 FoundationDB Database United States — [87] iMessage Backend
69 April 14, 2015 LinX Camera Israel US$20,000,000 [88]
70 April 2015 Coherent Navigation GPS United States — [89] Apple Maps
71 May 2015 Metaio Augmented reality Germany — [90] ARkit
72 September 2015 Mapsense Mapping visualization and data collection United States US$25,000,000 - 30,000,000 [91][92] Apple Maps
73 September 2015 VocalIQ Speech technology United Kingdom — [93] Siri
74 September 2015 Perceptio Machine learning, Image recognition United States — [94] Face ID, Animoji, Photos
75 November 2015 Faceshift Realtime Motion Capture Switzerland — [95][96] Animoji
76 January 7, 2016 Emotient Emotion recognition United States — [97][98][99] Face ID, Animoji[100]
77 January 28, 2016 LearnSprout Education technology United States — [101][102] Classroom iPad App
78 January 29, 2016 Flyby Media Augmented reality United States — [103] ARkit
79 Feb 3, 2016 LegbaCore Platform security United States — [104] Exposed firmware exploit in Apple computers.[104]
80 August 5, 2016 Turi Machine learning United States US$200,000,000 [105][106][107] Xcode, Core ML
81 August 22, 2016 Gliimpse Personal health info collection company United States — [108][109][110] HealthKit, CareKit, ResearchKit
82 September 22, 2016 Tuplejump Machine learning India — [111][112] Siri, CoreML
83 December 1, 2016 Indoor.io Indoor mapping and navigation Finland — [113] Maps
84 March 23, 2017 Workflow Automation and scripting app United States — [114][115] iOS
85 May 9, 2017 Beddit Sleep tracking hardware Finland — [116] iOS
86 May 13, 2017 Lattice Data Artificial intelligence United States US$200,000,000 [117] Photos
87 June 16, 2017 SensoMotoric Instruments Eye tracking hardware and software Germany — [118] ARKit
88 September 22, 2017 Vrvana Augmented reality head-mounted display Canada US$30,000,000 [119] ARKit
89 September 29, 2017 Regaind Computer vision France — [120] Photos
90 October 2017 init.ai Messaging assistant United States — [121] Siri
91 October 2017 PowerbyProxi Wireless charging New Zealand — [122][123] iPhone, AirPower
92 December 11, 2017 Shazam Music and Image recognition United Kingdom ~US$400,000,000 [124][125] iTunes, Siri, Apple Music
93 January 2, 2018 Buddybuild Feedback Platform for Development teams Canada — [126][127] Xcode, TestFlight
94 March 12, 2018 Texture Digital magazine subscription service United States, Canada — [128] News
Stakes[edit]
Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
June 1, 1999 Akamai Technologies Web site support services United States US$12,500,000[note 8] [129]
December 18, 2008 Imagination Technologies Chip design United Kingdom US$4,700,000[note 9] [130][131][132]
May 12, 2016 Didi Chuxing Real-time ridesharing China US$1,000,000,000 [133][134]
Divestitures[edit]
Date Acquirer Target company Target business Acquirer country/nationality Value (USD) References
April 22, 1992 Misys Computer Maintenance Sign Express Group Maintenance activities United Kingdom US$705,000 [135]
May 31, 1996 SCI Systems Apple Computer Computers United States — [136]

Alphabet (Google)

List of mergers and acquisitions[edit]
Acquisition date Google company Business Country list Price Used as or integrated with Refs
February 12, 2001 Deja Usenet USA — Google Groups [8]
September 20, 2001 Outride Web search engine USA — Google Personalized Search [9]
February 2003 Pyra Labs Weblog software USA — Blogger [10]
April 2003 Neotonic Software Customer relationship management USA — Google Groups, Gmail [11]
April 2003 Applied Semantics Online advertising USA $102,000,000 AdSense, AdWords [12][13]
September 30, 2003 Kaltix Web search engine USA — iGoogle [14]
October 2003 Sprinks Online advertising USA — AdSense, AdWords [15]
October 2003 Genius Labs Blogging USA — Blogger [16]
May 10, 2004 Ignite Logic HTML editor USA — Google Sites [17]
July 13, 2004 Picasa Image organizer USA — Picasa, Blogger [18]
September 2004 ZipDash Traffic analysis USA — Google Maps [19]
October 2004 Where2 Map analysis AUS — Google Maps [20]
October 27, 2004 Keyhole, Inc Map analysis USA — Google Maps, Google Earth [21]
March 28, 2005 Urchin Software Corporation Web analytics USA — Google Analytics [22]
May 12, 2005 Dodgeball Social networking service USA — Google Latitude [23]
July 19, 2005 Akwan Information Technologies Search engines BRA — Internet backbone [24]
July 2005 Reqwireless Mobile browser CAN — Google Mobile [25]
August 17, 2005 Android Inc. Mobile operating system USA $50,000,000 Android [26][27]
November 2005 Skia Inc. Graphics library USA — Skia [28]
December 27, 2005 Phatbits Widget engine USA — Google Desktop [29]
December 31, 2005 allPAY GmbH Mobile software GER — Google Mobile [30]
December 31, 2005 bruNET GmbH Mobile software GER — Google Mobile [30]
January 17, 2006 dMarc Broadcasting Advertising USA $102,000,000 AdSense [31]
February 14, 2006 Measure Map Weblog software USA — Google Analytics [32]
March 9, 2006 Upstartle Word processor USA — Google Docs [33]
March 14, 2006 @Last Software 3D modeling software USA — Google Sketchup [34]
April 9, 2006 Orion Web search engine AUS — Google Search [35]
June 1, 2006 2Web Technologies Online spreadsheets USA — Google Spreadsheet [36][37]
August 15, 2006 Neven Vision Germany GmbH Computer vision GER — Picasa, Google Goggles [38]
October 9, 2006 YouTube Video sharing USA $1,650,000,000 YouTube [39][40]
October 31, 2006 JotSpot Web application USA — Google Sites [41]
December 18, 2006 Endoxon Mapping CHE $28,000,000 Google Maps [42]
February 16, 2007 Adscape In-game advertising USA $23,000,000 AdSense [43]
March 16, 2007 Trendalyzer Statistical software SWE — Google Analytics [44]
May 28, 2007 Crusix Social networking service USA — YouTube —
April 17, 2007 Tonic Systems Presentation program USA — Google Docs [45]
April 19, 2007 Marratech Videoconferencing SWE $15,000,000 Google Talk, Google Hangouts [46]
April 13, 2007 DoubleClick Online advertising USA $3,100,000,000 AdSense [47][48][49]
May 11, 2007 GreenBorder Computer security USA — Google Chrome [50]
June 1, 2007 Panoramio Photo sharing ESP — Panoramio [51]
June 3, 2007 FeedBurner Web feed USA $100,000,000 FeedBurner [52]
June 5, 2007 PeakStream Parallel processing USA — Android [53]
June 19, 2007 Zenter Presentation program USA — Google Docs [54]
July 2, 2007 GrandCentral Voice over IP USA $45,000,000 Google Voice [55][56]
July 20, 2007 ImageAmerica Aerial photography USA — Google Maps [57]
July 9, 2007 Postini Communications security USA $625,000,000 Gmail [58]
September 27, 2007 Zingku Social networking service USA — Google Mobile [59]
October 9, 2007 Jaiku Microblogging FIN — Google Mobile [60]
July 30, 2008 Omnisio Online video USA $15,000,000 YouTube [61]
September 12, 2008 TNC Weblog software KOR — Blogger [62]
August 5, 2009 On2 Video compression USA $133,000,000 WebM, YouTube [63]
September 16, 2009 reCAPTCHA Security USA — Google Books [64]
November 9, 2009 AdMob Mobile advertising USA $750,000,000 DoubleClick, Invite Media [65]
November 9, 2009 Gizmo5 Voice over IP USA $30,000,000 Google Talk, Google Hangouts [66]
November 23, 2009 Teracent Online advertising USA — AdSense [67]
December 4, 2009 AppJet Collaborative real-time editor USA — Google Wave, Google Docs [68]
February 12, 2010 Aardvark Social search USA $50,000,000 Aardvark [69]
February 17, 2010 reMail Email search USA — Gmail [70]
March 1, 2010 Picnik Photo editing USA — Picasa [71][72]
March 5, 2010 DocVerse Microsoft Office files sharing site USA $25,000,000 Google Docs [73]
April 2, 2010 Episodic Online video platform start-up USA — YouTube [74]
April 12, 2010 PlinkArt Visual search engine UK — Google Goggles [75]
April 20, 2010 Agnilux Server CPUs USA — Android [76]
April 27, 2010 LabPixies Gadgets ISR — iGoogle, Android [77]
April 30, 2010 BumpTop Desktop environment CAN $30,000,000 Android [78]
May 18, 2010 Global IP Solutions Video and audio compression USA $68,200,000 WebRTC [79]
May 20, 2010 Simplify Media Music streaming USA — Android [80]
May 21, 2010 Ruba.com Travel USA — iGoogle [81]
June 3, 2010 Invite Media Advertising USA $81,000,000 DoubleClick [82]
July 16, 2010 Metaweb Semantic search USA — Google Search [83]
August 2010 Zetawire Mobile payment, NFC CAN — Android, Google Wallet, Google Checkout [84]
August 4, 2010 Instantiations Java/Eclipse/AJAX developer tools USA — Google Web Toolkit [85][86]
August 5, 2010 Slide.com Social gaming USA $228,000,000 Google+, Orkut, Google Play [87]
August 10, 2010 Jambool Social Gold payment USA $70,000,000 Google+, Orkut [88]
August 15, 2010 Like.com Visual search engine USA $100,000,000 Google Shopping [89][90]
August 30, 2010 Angstro Social networking service USA — Google, Google Alert [91]
August 30, 2010 SocialDeck, Inc. Social gaming CAN — Google, Google+ [92]
September 13, 2010 Quiksee Online video ISR $10,000,000 Google Maps [93]
September 28, 2010 Plannr Schedule management USA — Google+ [94][95]
October 1, 2010 BlindType Touch typing GRE — Android [96][97]
December 3, 2010 Phonetic Arts Speech synthesis UK — Google Voice, Google Translate [98]
December 3, 2010 Widevine Technologies DRM USA — Google TV [99]
January 13, 2011 eBook Technologies E-book USA — Google Books [100]
January 25, 2011 SayNow Voice recognition USA — Google Voice [101]
March 1, 2011 Zynamics Security GER — Project Zero (Google) [102][103]
March 7, 2011 BeatThatQuote.com Price comparison service UK $65,000,000 Google Shopping [104][105]
March 7, 2011 Next New Networks Online video USA — YouTube [106]
March 16, 2011 Green Parrot Pictures Digital video IRL — YouTube [107]
April 8, 2011 PushLife Service provider CAN $25,000,000 Google Play [108]
April 12, 2011 [109] ITA Software Travel technology USA $676,000,000 Google Flights [110]
April 26, 2011 TalkBin Mobile software USA — Android [111]
May 23, 2011 Sparkbuy Product search USA — Google Shopping [112]
June 3, 2011 PostRank Social media analytics service CAN — Google+ Google Analytics [113]
June 9, 2011 Admeld Online advertising USA $400,000,000 DoubleClick, Invite Media [114][115]
June 18, 2011 SageTV Media center USA — Google TV, Google Fiber, Android TV [116]
July 8, 2011 Punchd Loyalty program USA — Google Offers [117][118]
July 21, 2011 Fridge Social groups USA — Google+ [119]
July 23, 2011 PittPatt Facial recognition system USA — Android [120][121]
August 1, 2011 Dealmap One deal a day service USA — Google Offers [122]
August 15, 2011 Motorola Mobility Mobile device manufacturer USA $12,500,000,000 Android, Google TV, Android TV, Patent portfolio [123]
September 7, 2011 Zave Networks Digital coupons USA — Google Offers [124]
September 8, 2011 Zagat Restaurant reviews USA $151,000,000 Google Places, Google Maps [125][126][127]
September 19, 2011 DailyDeal One deal a day service GER $114,000,000 Google Offers [128]
October 11, 2011 SocialGrapple Social media analytics service CAN — Google+ Google Analytics [129]
November 10, 2011 Apture Instantaneous search USA — Google Search [130]
November 14, 2011 Katango Social circle organization USA — Google+ [131]
December 9, 2011 RightsFlow Music rights management USA — YouTube [132]
December 13, 2011 Clever Sense Local recommendations app USA — Google Maps [133][134]
March 16, 2012 Milk, Inc Software company USA — Google+ [135]
April 2, 2012 TxVia Online payments USA — Google Wallet, Google Checkout [136]
June 4, 2012 Meebo Social networking USA $100,000,000 Google+ [137]
June 5, 2012 Quickoffice Mobile office suite USA — Google Docs [138]
July 20, 2012 Sparrow Mobile apps FRA $25,000,000 Gmail [139][140][141]
2012 WIMM Labs Android-powered smartwatches USA — Android Wear [142]
August 1, 2012 Wildfire Interactive Social media marketing USA $450,000,000 Google, Google+ [143]
September 7, 2012 VirusTotal.com Security ESP — [144][145]
September 17, 2012 Nik Software, Inc. Photography USA — Google, Android [146][147][148]
October 1, 2012 Viewdle Facial recognition UKR $45,000,000 Android [149][150]
November 28, 2012 Incentive Targeting Inc. Digital coupons USA — Google Offers [151][152]
November 30, 2012 BufferBox Package delivery CAN $17,000,000 Google Shopping, Android [153][154]
February 6, 2013 Channel Intelligence Product ecommerce USA $125,000,000 Google Shopping [155]
March 12, 2013 DNNresearch Inc. Deep Neural Networks CAN — Google, X [156]
March 15, 2013 Talaria Technologies Cloud computing USA — Google Cloud [157]
April 12, 2013 Behavio Social Prediction USA — Google Now [158]
April 23, 2013 Wavii Natural Language Processing USA $30,000,000 Google Knowledge Graph [159]
May 23, 2013 Makani Power Airborne wind turbines USA — X [160]
June 11, 2013 Waze GPS navigation software ISR $966,000,000 Google Maps [7]
September 16, 2013 Bump Mobile software USA — Google Photos [161]
October 2, 2013 Flutter Gesture recognition technology USA $40,000,000 Google, Android, X [162]
October 22, 2013 FlexyCore DroidBooster App for Android FRA $23,000,000 Android [163]
December 2, 2013 SCHAFT, Inc. Robotics, humanoid robots JPN — X [164]
December 3, 2013 Industrial Perception Robotic arms, computer vision USA — X [164]
December 4, 2013 Redwood Robotics Robotic arms USA — X [164]
December 5, 2013 Meka Robotics Robots USA — X [164]
December 6, 2013 Holomni Robotic wheels USA — X [164]
December 7, 2013 Bot & Dolly Robotic cameras USA — X [164]
December 8, 2013 Autofuss Ads and Design USA — X [164]
January 4, 2014 Bitspin Timely App for Android CHE — Android [165]
January 13, 2014 Nest Labs Home automation USA $3,200,000,000 Nest Labs [166][167]
January 15, 2014 Impermium Internet security USA — Project Zero (Google) [168]
January 26, 2014 DeepMind Technologies Artificial intelligence UK $625,000,000 Google DeepMind [169][170]
February 16, 2014 SlickLogin Internet Security ISR — Project Zero (Google) [171]
February 21, 2014 spider.io Anti-click fraud UK — DoubleClick, Adsense [172]
March 12, 2014 GreenThrottle Gadgets USA — Android [173][174]
April 14, 2014 Titan Aerospace High-altitude UAVs USA — Project Loon [175][176][177]
May 2, 2014 Rangespan E-commerce UK — Google Shopping [178]
May 6, 2014 Adometry Online advertising attribution USA — Google Analytics AdSense [179]
May 7, 2014 Appetas Restaurant website creation USA — Zagat [180]
May 7, 2014 Stackdriver Cloud computing USA — Google Cloud Platform [181]
May 7, 2014 MyEnergy Online energy usage monitoring USA — Nest Labs [182]
May 16, 2014 Quest Visual Augmented reality USA — Google Translate [183]
May 19, 2014 Divide Mobile device management USA — Android for Work [184]
June 10, 2014 Skybox Imaging Satellite USA $500,000,000 Google Maps, Project Loon [185]
June 19, 2014 mDialog Online advertising CAN — DoubleClick [186]
June 19, 2014 Alpental Technologies Wireless USA — Google [186]
June 20, 2014 Dropcam Home monitoring USA $555,000,000 Nest Labs [187]
June 25, 2014 Appurify Automated application testing USA — Android [188]
July 1, 2014 Songza Music streaming USA — Google Play, Android TV [189]
July 23, 2014 drawElements Graphics compatibility testing FIN — Android [190]
August 6, 2014 Emu IM client USA — Google Hangouts, Google Now [191]
August 6, 2014 Director Mobile video USA — YouTube, Android [192]
August 17, 2014 Jetpac Artificial intelligence, image recognition USA — Picasa [193]
August 23, 2014 Gecko Design Mechanical design USA — X [194]
August 26, 2014 Zync Render Cloud-based visual effects software USA — Google Cloud Platform [195]
September 10, 2014 Lift Labs Liftware USA — Verily [196]
September 11, 2014 Polar Social polling USA — Google+ [197]
October 21, 2014 Firebase Data synchronization USA — Google Cloud Platform [198]
October 23, 2014 Dark Blue Labs & Vision Factory Artificial intelligence UK £tens of millions Google DeepMind [199]
October 24, 2014 Revolv Home automation USA — Nest Labs [200]
November 19, 2014 RelativeWave Mobile software prototyping USA — Android [201]
December 17, 2014 Vidmaker Video editing USA — YouTube [202]
February 4, 2015 Launchpad Toys Child-friendly apps USA — YouTube for Kids [203][204]
February 8, 2015 Odysee Multimedia sharing and storage USA — Google+ [205]
February 23, 2015 Softcard Mobile payments USA — Android Pay [206][207]
February 24, 2015 Red Hot Labs App advertising and discovery USA — Google Play [208]
April 16, 2015 Thrive Audio Surround sound technology IRL — Google Cardboard [209]
April 16, 2015 Skillman & Hackett Virtual reality software USA — Tilt Brush [209]
May 4, 2015 Timeful Mobile software USA — Google Inbox, Google Calendar [210]
May 28, 2015 Pulse.io Mobile app optimizer USA — Android [211]
July 21, 2015 Pixate Mobile software prototyping USA — Android [212]
September 21, 2015 Oyster E-book subscriptions USA — Google Play Books [213]
September 30, 2015 Jibe Mobile Rich Communication Services USA — Android [214]
June 18, 2015 Agawi Mobile application streaming USA — Android, Google Play [215]
October 17, 2015 Digisfera 360-degree photography POR — Street View [216]
November 11, 2015 Fly Labs Video editing USA — Google Photos [217]
November 11, 2015 bebop Cloud software USA $380,000,000 Google Cloud Platform [218]
February 12, 2016 BandPage Platform for musicians USA — YouTube [219]
February 18, 2016 Pie Enterprise communications SGP — Spaces (app) [220]
May 2, 2016 Synergyse Interactive tutorials CAN — Google Docs [221]
June 22, 2016 Webpass Internet service provider USA — Google Fiber [222]
July 6, 2016 Moodstocks Image recognition FRA — Google Photos [223]
July 8, 2016 Anvato Cloud-based video services USA — Google Cloud Platform [224]
July 12, 2016 Kifi Link management USA — Spaces (app) [225]
July 27, 2016 LaunchKit Mobile tool maker USA — Android [226]
August 8, 2016 Orbitera Cloud software USA $100,000,000 Google Cloud Platform [227]
September 8, 2016 Apigee API management and predictive analytics USA $625,000,000 Google Cloud Platform [228]
September 15, 2016 Urban Engines Location-based analytics USA — Google Maps [229][230]
September 19, 2016 API.AI Natural language processing USA — Google Assistant [231][232]
October 11, 2016 FameBit Branded content — — YouTube [233]
October 24, 2016 Eyefluence Eye tracking, virtual reality — — Google VR [234][235]
November 5, 2016 LeapDroid Android Emulator USA — Android [236]
November 21, 2016 Qwiklabs Cloud based hands-on training platform — — Google Cloud Platform [237]
December 13, 2016 Cronologics Smartwatches USA — Android Wear [238]
January 5, 2017 Limes Audio Voice communication SWE — Google Duo, Google Hangouts [239]
January 19, 2017 Fabric Crash analytics USA — Firebase [240]
March 8, 2017 Kaggle Data science USA — Google Cloud Platform [241]
March 9, 2017 AppBridge Productivity suite USA — Google Docs [242]
May 10, 2017 Owlchemy Labs Virtual reality studio USA — Google VR [243]
July 12, 2017 Halli Labs Artificial intelligence IND — [244]
August 16, 2017 AIMatter Computer vision BLR — YouTube [245][246][247]
September 21, 2017 HTC (portions) Talent and intellectual property licenses TWN $1,100,000,000 Google Pixel [248][249][250]
September 26, 2017 Bitium Single sign-on and identity management USA — Google Cloud Platform [251]
October 9, 2017 Relay Media AMP converter USA — Accelerated Mobile Pages [252]
October 11, 2017 60db Podcasts USA — Google Play Music [253]
March 27, 2018 Tenor GIF image search USA — Google Images [254]

So, tell me, where exactly do you hide your data? If you aren't on the Tor Network and you have an email address, they have all they want. You're here on OCF, that practically guarantees one of the above companies has data on you. And remember, the lists don't show which companies are wholly or partly owned by them. Like Comcast-NBC Universal. Buy tickets to a movie online? (Ticketmaster and Universal are on the list).

 

[Bill Dimwit]

Android is a Google OS. If you have an Android phone, Google knows all. Apple is just as bad, so an iPhone is no defense. As for safeguarding data, read the third party sections of all those EULAs. Then bear in mind the lists below are not considered third party!. M$, Facebook, and Apple are not considered third party by any of them, because they're financially intertwined. So who is third party??? The government of Lichenstein??? There are ISPs on the lists, Comcast and Qwest come to mind. If your ISP is here, they have all your data, including the credit/debit card you pay your bill with, or the checking account and routing numbers.
Microsoft's wholly owned and partially owned subsidiaries. This doesn't include companies owned by those companies.




So, tell me, where exactly do you hide your data? If you aren't on the Tor Network and you have an email address, they have all they want. You're here on OCF, that practically guarantees one of the above companies has data on you. And remember, the lists don't show which companies are wholly or partly owned by them. Like Comcast-NBC Universal. Buy tickets to a movie online? (Ticketmaster and Universal are on the list).

I don't hide my data, just don't give it out, not that I really have any to begin with. Its not rocket science, if someone has info/data on you its becuse you blabbed you mount online and gave it away.

And I never used or gave anything to any of the companies list. Nor have I ever bought a ticket to a move online. I don't own a smart phone ether nor is my ISP on that list. I pay my bills in cash or money order.

Case and point. I had to get a government DOD Site access clearance to get on a DLA/DOD base for work. Usually that takes no more then 20-30 minutes. It took me a few days. They told me they could not find anything about me other then my ssn, address and what not. They ended up having to go old school and asked my neighbors and coworkers about me. I was told that was the first time in 10 years that they had to do that.

Its not that I care about my privacy, I just don't care for 99% of the internet and modern tech.

 

[petteyg359]

I don't hide my data, just don't give it out, not that I really have any to begin with. Its not rocket science, if someone has info/data on you its becuse you blabbed you mount online and gave it away.

And I never used or gave anything to any of the companies list. Nor have I ever bought a ticket to a move online. I don't own a smart phone ether nor is my ISP on that list. I pay my bills in cash or money order.

Case and point. I had to get a government DOD Site access clearance to get on a DLA/DOD base for work. Usually that takes no more then 20-30 minutes. It took me a few days. They told me they could not find anything about me other then my ssn, address and what not. They ended up having to go old school and asked my neighbors and coworkers about me. I was told that was the first time in 10 years that they had to do that.

Its not that I care about my privacy, I just don't care for 99% of the internet and modern tech.

It's really too bad you told us that, because now the quantum AIs are going to use that to associate your account here with that information, find out who you work for, then use that to get your records like bank account for direct deposit and mailing address, etc.

I'm not worried about Google having my data. They've more than paid for it with great email/calendar/contact list services over the years. I'm also not worried about 90% of those "not third-party" companies in the list. Heck, most of them are just Google by another name from some past merger or takeover. Listing off a bunch of previous mergers as if that somehow makes the information less secure because Google has more than one legal name is asinine hysteria. The only companies I'm worried about having my data are Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, because they've all proudly exhibited they care not a whit for security and think I should pay them extra money every month so they can notify me each time they screw up.

 

[Alaric]

It's not the different names, it's the size of the data pool/intelligence gathering operation. Insidious is the word.

 

[petteyg359]

It's not the different names, it's the size of the data pool/intelligence gathering operation. Insidious is the word.

No, it isn't. A large portion of those are utterly irrelevant, because they are the exact same company by a different name. They do not in any way remain independent operations. That isn't 200 companies tracking me. That's Google tracking me. And again, that's a price I'm more than willing to pay for the services they offer. Microsoft on the other hand has a bad habit of offering ****-poor services in exchange. If only Citrix actually worked reliably on Linux so I could just scrap the Microsoft software...

I have a few dozen domains registered. I could put tracking cookies on all of them, and it'd still be one entity (me) tracking you, not a few dozen.

 

[Alaric]

It's how they're tracking, how many avenues and types of data collected. G-mail (which I don't have) isn't likely to have access to my medical records. There are medical data collection companies on those lists that work for insurance companies. There is a lot of cross pollination that wouldn't exist if they didn't have their fingers in every pie. The Hotmail EULA gives M$ permission to access my medical records, where I bank, sexual preference, and my family members. If you don't find that troublesome you aren't grasping the magnitude of the situation. I use a free email account, I don't do any financial transactions with M$ directly. They don't even have my real name for the Hotmail account. Yet they feel entitled to every last detail of my life, for profit and manipulation. They own PMSNBC, which has a quite obvious political slant. The data gathered is also used to get the best result across the board for their goals. It's a lack of respect that drives the lack of privacy and it's Orwellian in extremis.

 

[Dr. McCoy]

Android is a Google OS. If you have an Android phone, Google knows all. Apple is just as bad, so an iPhone is no defense. As for safeguarding data, read the third party sections of all those EULAs. Then bear in mind the lists below are not considered third party!. M$, Facebook, and Apple are not considered third party by any of them, because they're financially intertwined. So who is third party??? The government of Lichenstein??? There are ISPs on the lists, Comcast and Qwest come to mind. If your ISP is here, they have all your data, including the credit/debit card you pay your bill with, or the checking account and routing numbers.
Microsoft's wholly owned and partially owned subsidiaries. This doesn't include companies owned by those companies.

Man, that is one BIG Brother.......



Apple



Alphabet (Google)



So, tell me, where exactly do you hide your data? If you aren't on the Tor Network and you have an email address, they have all they want. You're here on OCF, that practically guarantees one of the above companies has data on you. And remember, the lists don't show which companies are wholly or partly owned by them. Like Comcast-NBC Universal. Buy tickets to a movie online? (Ticketmaster and Universal are on the list).

 

[petteyg359]

It's how they're tracking, how many avenues and types of data collected. G-mail (which I don't have) isn't likely to have access to my medical records. There are medical data collection companies on those lists that work for insurance companies. There is a lot of cross pollination that wouldn't exist if they didn't have their fingers in every pie. The Hotmail EULA gives M$ permission to access my medical records, where I bank, sexual preference, and my family members. If you don't find that troublesome you aren't grasping the magnitude of the situation. I use a free email account, I don't do any financial transactions with M$ directly. They don't even have my real name for the Hotmail account. Yet they feel entitled to every last detail of my life, for profit and manipulation. They own PMSNBC, which has a quite obvious political slant. The data gathered is also used to get the best result across the board for their goals. It's a lack of respect that drives the lack of privacy and it's Orwellian in extremis.

So, you signed up for Hotmail, you agreed to the EULA, and you're still complaining about how they use the data in your account. There's a really easy answer to that: Stop using Hotmail. There ARE alternatives.

 

[trents]

It's too late to worry about all that guys. It's too late.

 

[habbajabba]

Other than recommending using encrypted communications across the board, which of course requires the receiving/other party to do the same, we are all being data mined period. I don't ever log into anything google on my phone or pc's. I use fdroid and yalp store exclusively for my phone and windows 7 for my pc with another vpn very shortly when I can. The thing to understand is that when google or whoever simply watches everything you do, it's not about advertising nor just about money AT ALL. It's about control... period. When you look at how the android os is compiled, what you get is a mass clusterfluck of ****e that is ultimately tied together in ways we cannot simply step around easily. What IS required is a module type of device wherein all facets are completely separate and controlled by the user solely. Fact is, secure encrypted devices are free and easy but sadly we are not given that choice. Are choice is much the same as the car commercials... "Hurry down" for the latest bs device EVERY single day, umpteen times at that. This is of course by design and creates a herd mentality. "Switch Now", "You can save", and " More better coverage" are ALL lies, intended to keep us as monitored slaves with 0 (read ZERO) choice. Wake up people, It's all lies and repression of not just data/technology, but communications AND free speech... by design. Doesn't matter if you use a cell phone from 1980 or even just a beeper and a payphone. IF we could monitor the monitors back that would imply trust both ways, but when you are lied to 24/7/365, trust is non-existent and you must consider the fact they just want debt slaves who are essentially disposable, no matter your position or wealth.
BTW, good luck deleting data from a liar's servers. Pie in the sky and if pigs could fly. You can tell all of google to straight up GF themselves from me personally.
Please excuse any negatively worded references. Liars are nothing but thieves who deserve a warning shot - straight to the chest. In fact I can easily surmise a single lie as being a defacto 'weapon of mass destruction'. Truth being power and they do not want us to have any of that. If you fall into the trap of their constant word games, which they love to invent and control you are nothing but a useful idiot.
It's not too late, it's just a liitle too soon. The data they amass is as TP to the masses as is 99% of all youtube videos.

 

[Alaric]

So, you signed up for Hotmail, you agreed to the EULA, and you're still complaining about how they use the data in your account. There's a really easy answer to that: Stop using Hotmail. There ARE alternatives.

There are ways around most things. I was just pointing out the things the vast majority of the public are not aware of. I've said "READ YOUR EULA AND PRIVACY STATEMENTS" many times, most recently in the Cortana thread. If 100 million customers start screaming, things will change. If you don't believe it, take a look at the Start Menu in Windows 8.1, or the expanded user control in Windows 10. We can effect change. We just have to know what to change and why. The Dumbing of America (and the world) is not doing us any favors. Decades ago the Chicken Littles of Tech warned we would be so dependent on toys and "conveniences" that we wouldn't be able to go to the bathroom without someone knowing or without help. We're awfully close now.

 

[petteyg359]

It's too late to worry about all that guys. It's too late.

Sure it's too late to worry about data collection, but it's not too late to demand ****erberg and co. actually be honest and up-front about their business model being nothing but data collection and sales, and make sure that they're only collecting/selling YOUR data, and not your friends' data, since it there's no legal way for you to sign off on your friends' data permissions.

There are ways around most things. I was just pointing out the things the vast majority of the public are not aware of. I've said "READ YOUR EULA AND PRIVACY STATEMENTS" many times, most recently in the Cortana thread. If 100 million customers start screaming, things will change. If you don't believe it, take a look at the Start Menu in Windows 8.1, or the expanded user control in Windows 10. We can effect change. We just have to know what to change and why. The Dumbing of America (and the world) is not doing us any favors. Decades ago the Chicken Littles of Tech warned we would be so dependent on toys and "conveniences" that we wouldn't be able to go to the bathroom without someone knowing or without help. We're awfully close now.

I fix that last one by utterly destroying Cortana Set the owner/permissions of Windows\SystemApps to me, delete every other users' permissions (especially TrustedInstaller) delete everything, kill cortana, the automatic restart fails due to missing files, delete what's left now that it isn't running, then set that folder read-only. Just remember not to run sfc /scannow or it'll get replaced. Edge got the same treatment for constantly stealing PDF file associations.