From "Apple Acquires Apple In Historic $3 Trillion Deal" posted Wednesday on The Onion.
"Moat-building" acquisitions like Apple's will be in the FTC's spotlight.
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From Alex Sherman's "10 media execs, under the cloak of anonymity, predict 2022′s industry-shaking events" posted Saturday on CNBC Pro.
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From Christopher Mims' "Move Over, GE. The Tech Conglomerates Are the New Leaders of Industry." in Saturday's Wall Street Journal.
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That's less than any other year in the Tim Cook era.
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Apple plays AI catch-up
4 years ago
4 years agoFrom "Apple the top acquirer of AI companies while other US tech giants also among the forerunners" posted Thursday by GlobalData.
In this story, Apple plays the heavy
4 years ago
4 years agoHaving failed to acquire a mom-and-pop software company, Apple tried to put it out of business.
Apple paid about $50 million for this Barcelona-based AI startup and moved its IP and people (but not the dog) to Menlo Park.
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Eight years ago I mocked a Forbes contributor for suggestion such a thing. Today, looking for something else, I stumbled across his response.
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Apple's mini buying spree
5 years ago
5 years ago"Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.” — Apple PR boilerplate
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