Comments on: Apple Has Hired an M&A Specialist? What’s Adobe's Market Cap, Again?

By: Is Apple Gearing Up For War With Google? — paidContent

Is Apple Gearing Up For War With Google? — paidContent — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:06:59 +0000

[...] has bought only 11 small companies, but that’s set to change. So, what will Apple buy next? AllThingsD suggests Adobe, which has rumored to be a potential candidate for a long time. Whether Apple is considering [...]

By: AlwaysLooking4More

AlwaysLooking4More — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:16:09 +0000

IMO, they need ground-breakign technology like that MVIS is developing (pico projector with infinite focus). Can't see AAPL using anything requiring a focus wheel and right now it would be cheap to take them out.

By: hypermark

hypermark — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:24:12 +0000

My bad. I saw a couple of people citing it as a good idea on StockTwits, inspired by your post. Thanks for the clarity.

By: samharrison

samharrison — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:45:58 +0000

apple needs more tools for mobile, music, movies, apps, streaming

By: JohnPaczkowski

JohnPaczkowski — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:19:42 +0000

I'm joking.

By: hypermark

hypermark — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:17:32 +0000

Why, again, would Apple want to own Adobe? To get Flash? For $18B? Photoshop and Illustrator? Sounds very Investment Banking logic oriented v. Strategic Fit oriented.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:47:00 +0000

@hypermark: To get access to industry-leading software and technologies that run on multiple platforms. It would cement Apple’s place as a company for artists as, as well as consumers.

And yes, Flash, would be a fantastic acquisition with the near monopoly Flash video has on the web and at sites like YouTube and Hulu.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:22:00 +0000

Maybe this is why Aperture hasn’t been updated.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:21:00 +0000

Maybe this is why there’s been no update to Aperture in a while.