Yahoo! Buys Startup Specializing in Online Games
This is an excerpt from an article in the American Foreign Press
Yahoo! pressed on with its shopping spree on Thursday with the acquisition of a startup that powers games played on smartphones, tablets, consoles or personal computers.
Word that Yahoo! has bought Northern California-based PlayerScale came three days after the aging Internet pioneer announced a $1.1 billion deal to buy hip blogging service Tumblr as part of a move to woo a younger online audience.
“Today we acquired PlayerScale,” Yahoo! said in a statement emailed to AFP.
“We intend to continue to support and grow PlayerScale’s technology, and we look forward to building great new experiences on Yahoo! using the PlayerScale platform.”
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Since former Google executive Marissa Mayer became chief at Yahoo! in July of last year, the company has racked up a series of acquisitions including startups Alike, Stamped, Snip.it and a Summly application built by a British teen.
Yahoo! is reported to be eyeing online video website Hulu after its bid to buy a majority stake in France-based Dailymotion was derailed in May.
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