Welcome to the Tech Name Right Home for Thursday, October 21st, 2021.

I'm Brian McCullough today.

Paypal wants to buy Pinterest and everybody is trying to figure out why.

Devs, you can now begin testing Android apps on Windows 11.

Gamers, you can now do some powerful gaming for the low-low price of $100 a month, some just spectacularly monster raises in the

cryptos face and I get talked out of the Microsoft Surface Duo once again.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

Sources are telling Bloomberg that PayPal has approached Pinterest

about an acquisition, potentially valuing it in the $45 billion range.

Pinterest stock had dropped 16% over the course of this year, but was up 10% yesterday on the news. Notably, Paypal's stock was down so their

investors don't seem to like this news, quoting Bloomberg. A deal for

Pinterest would be PayPal's biggest ever acquisition, topping

its $4 billion purchase of Price Comparison App Honey Science Corp last year.

Under Chief Executive Officer Dan Schulman, the company has set its sights on becoming a one-stop-shop

for all things shopping and finance akin to China's Oly Pay or We Chat.

Paypal plans to add a bevy of new services to its revamped app

including high-yield savings accounts, check cashing services, and stock investing

capabilities. At roughly $45 billion, an announced deal would push 2021 over the line to become the busiest

ever year for mergers and acquisitions topping 2007's record tally.

A boom in online shopping has helped PayPal stock more than double since the start of the year,

giving the company a strong currency it could use for acquisitions.

The shares fell 4.9% on Wednesday, valuing PayPal at about $304 billion.

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