Best 7 Acquisitions Made by Alphabet Inc. in 2015

1. Timeful

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Another acquisition Google made earlier this year is Timeful, a pretty cool mobile app that sought to make you as efficient as possible. The tool was created to help you be more organized both at work and at home, acting as a to-do list and a calendar at the same time.

Basically, it used some witty algorithms to suggest when it’s the best time schedule things you need to do or your habits. It asked you a lot of questions like what was your most productive time of the day and so on. If you answered “evening” for instance, it would then help organize most of your work-related tasks at that time of the day.

That being said, it’s pretty obvious what Google can use this app for and how the team behind Timeful can help the company – Google Calendar badly needs to be more efficient, it needs a makeover. Even Google was excited about the purchase, expressing this quite clearly in a blog post.

“You can tell Timeful you want to exercise three times a week or that you need to call the bank by next Tuesday, and their system will make sure you get it done based on an understanding of both your schedule and your priorities. We’re excited about all the ways Timeful’s technology can be applied across products like Inbox, Calendar and beyond, so we can do more of the work for you and let you focus on being creative, having fun and spending time with the people you care about,” said Alex Gawley, Director of Product Management.

It’s going to be interesting to see what new features will land in Gmail, Inbox, as well as Calendar and Docs now that the two companies have reached a deal. This is one of the best 7 acquisitions made by Alphabet Inc.