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Press release: Apple buys Intel's smartphone modem divisionapple buys intel modem6 years ago
Published July 25, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Press release: Apple buys Intel's smartphone modem division

For $1 billion: 2,000 employees plus equipment, leases and a ton of IP.

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Gene Munster: What Apple's acquisition of Drive.ai meansmunster apple drive.ai6 years ago
Published June 26, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Gene Munster: What Apple's acquisition of Drive.ai means

From a note to Loup Ventures subscribers posted Wednesday.

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WSJ: Why Apple dropped plans to buy Intel's modem bizapple iphone 11 china expectations6 years ago
Published April 27, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

WSJ: Why Apple dropped plans to buy Intel's modem biz

Apple's cash has been burning a hole in Wall Street's pocket for as long as I can remember.

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Apple: Healthcare systems billionaire shrugs off Jim Cramer's 'no brainer'epic judith faulkner7 years ago
Published February 18, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Apple: Healthcare systems billionaire shrugs off Jim Cramer's 'no brainer'

As Cramer tells it, a 75-year-old female billionaire must be in want of a bag.

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Did Apple buy Netflix? It did not.hello barbie pullstring apple7 years ago
Published February 16, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Did Apple buy Netflix? It did not.

What it did buy is the technology—and the talent—behind Hello Barbie.

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Wedbush: Apple will buy a large film studio in 2019 (video)wedbush apple buy film studio7 years ago
Published February 15, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Wedbush: Apple will buy a large film studio in 2019 (video)

Analyst Daniel Ives mentions Sony, Lion's Gate, A24, CBS-Viacom and, of course, Netflix.

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Cramer: Forget Apple buying Activision, Sonos or Netflix (video)cramer apple dexcom7 years ago
Published February 5, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Cramer: Forget Apple buying Activision, Sonos or Netflix (video)

Don't buy those companies, says Mr. Mad Money, buy this company.

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J.P. Morgan: Apple should buy Activisionapple buys activision7 years ago
Published February 4, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

J.P. Morgan: Apple should buy Activision

Three deep dives by analyst Samik Chatterjee, one more persuasive than the others.

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Harvard Business Review: 'M&A is a mug's game'mergers mugs game7 years ago
Published January 22, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Harvard Business Review: 'M&A is a mug's game'

"The purchase of NeXT," however, "set the stage for the greatest accumulation of shareholder value in corporate history."

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7 things Apple won't buycompanies apple wont buy7 years ago
Published January 21, 2019 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

7 things Apple won't buy

There are no new stories, only new reporters.

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been covering Apple since 1983 — mostly for Time Magazine (28 years), later for Fortune (9 years), where he wrote a daily blog called Apple 2.0. [Read more.]

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