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When has there ever been a wild (non-obvious) Apple acquisition rumor that was substantiated?



Siri and Chomp both come to mind. So does LaLa.


I'm not sure if these were so wild, since they don't seem to be companies as high-profile or controversial as Color. Siri is somewhat wild insofar most people didn't expect that Apple was working on such a project. I'm talking more about the Apple will buy Twitter/EA/RIM stories.

http://technologizer.com/2011/07/29/a-brief-history-of-apple...


I would say they are more high profile than Color. The only reason we think of Color as high profile is because it was a failure. Anyone outside of our bubble will never have heard of it. Siri and Chomp were both successful and had a lot of users. People actually cared when they were shut down. I doubt many people will care if Color gets shut down.




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