Google on acquisitions spree; buys BumpTop maker, Bump Technologies

Google on acquisitions spree; buys BumpTop maker, Bump TechnologiesInternet search giant Google, which evidently is on an acquisitions spree, has recently announced the purchase of Bump Technologies, a three-year-old manufacturer of BumpTop – the April-last-year launched desktop with a 3D interface.

The BumpTop technology, which runs over Windows and Mac OS X, enables the chucking of files into loose piles, placing them orderly into neat stacks, or fanning them out like a deck of cards.

About the acquisition of Bump Technologies – an acquisition that marks Google’s maximum buyouts in a year since the 2007 record purchase of 16 businesses -, Google said in a Sunday note on its Website: “Today, we have a big announcement to make: we're excited to announce that we've been acquired by Google! This means that BumpTop - for both Windows and Mac - will no longer be available for sale. Additionally, no updates to the products are planned."

However, Google – which announced its Bump Technologies acquisition deal on Friday, though it refrained from disclosing the financial terms - also added that it the BumpTop software will remain available for download for one week.

Meanwhile, commenting on Google’s record acquisitions pace for 2010 – the most notable ones for the year being Aardvark, reMail, Picnik, DocVerse, Episodic, Plink, Agnilux, and the most recent LabPixies -, the company’s executives revealed that Google likely intends making at least one buyout per month.