Microsoft Corporation acquired Danger Inc., a transaction completed in April 2008.
Danger Inc. operates in Mobile, is based in Palo Alto, California, USA. Danger was a software-as-a-service company whose platform powered popular consumer handsets, delivering mobile messaging, social networking, web browsing and email on a single customizable phone. Microsoft added Danger to its Entertainment and Devices Division to accelerate its move into the mobile consumer space. Price was not disclosed.
Brought mobile-consumer expertise and partnerships to complement Windows Mobile and connected services like MSN, Xbox, Zune and Windows Live.
The addition of Danger serves as a perfect complement to our existing software and services.Robbie Bach, President, Entertainment and Devices Division, Microsoft
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.