Move, the No. 3 online real estate company that last week agreed to be acquired by media empire News Corp. for $950 million, was destined to link up with a bigger player after its two top rivals announced plans to merge. The merger of those two companies, Zillow (Z)and Trulia (TRLA), is nicknamed “Godzulia” in the industry. “There was certainly pressure on (Move) to join up with someone else, once Zillow and Trulia merged,” B. Riley & Co. analyst
Hewlett-Packard going splitsville could lead to a marriage down the road to EMC or some other suitors. The computer giant early Monday said it would split into two separate companies, one focused on PCs and printers and the other on products and services for companies and other enterprises. While each company individually would still be huge, at more than $50 billion in annual sales, cleaving HP (HPQ) into two halves clearly could help facilitate
Will Comcast turn its expanding Wi-Fi network — in homes, small businesses, malls and public parks — into a moneymaker? Comcast (CMCSA), like other cable TV firms, now provides free Wi-Fi access to most fixed-line broadband customers. Comcast aims to have 8 million Wi-Fi hot spots by year-end, up from 3.6 million as of June 30, owing to new in-home wireless gateways. Comcast provides residential customers with Wi-Fi routers that broadcast two