What’s the deal?  Did April turn into everybody get acquired month?  Suddenly I’m receiving email after email notifying me that various products/services I use have been bought by some big-name company and how that will affect my experience with them.  When the first two came through I thought it was an interesting coincidence.  But I’ve received 4 or 5 and at this point, it’s got to be a pattern.  I guess it’s because of the social media bubble that’s going on right now (which my coworker was just telling me about yesterday).

Has anyone else received these notices?  The last one was for Delicious, which apparently was owned by Yahoo (I never knew) and is now bought out by the founders of YouTube.  As with all the others, the notice was basically saying that I’d need to agree to new terms and conditions as outlined by the entity that the product is now under.  Other than that, most things are business as usual and my account would transfer seamlessly.  It actually kind of reminds me of the rebranding we recently did at my company.  I sent out many emails detailing the changes, but also reassuring clients that the people haven’t changed and neither has the service.

With spring in the air, is change always imminent too?