Google acquires YouTube for $1.65 billion
The search giant silences recent rumours by acquiring video phenomenon YouTube for £880 million

Maggie has been a journalist since 1999, starting her career as an editorial assistant on then-weekly magazine Computing, before working her way up to senior reporter level. In 2006, just weeks before ITPro was launched, Maggie joined Dennis Publishing as a reporter. Having worked her way up to editor of ITPro, she was appointed group editor of CloudPro and ITPro in April 2012. She became the editorial director and took responsibility for ChannelPro, in 2016.
Her areas of particular interest, aside from cloud, include management and C-level issues, the business value of technology, green and environmental issues and careers to name but a few.
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Microsoft’s botched August update batch first wiped SSDs, now it’s breaking PC resets and recoveries on Windows
News An out-of-band patch has been issued by Microsoft to fix a flaw introduced by its August update
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SonicWall appoints Michael Crean to lead new Managed Security Services Division
News The industry and channel veteran will spearhead the security vendor’s ongoing expansion into managed security services