100 Million is nothing. Apple spends a LOT more than that on M&A. Nobody spends more than Apple.
C'mon. facebook just spent $19B for a damn app's userbase.
Apple's buys tend to be smaller and more targeted to assets (intellectual, hardware and people) that will bolster their own development programs than say, Google's or Microsoft's.
And Cook just commented on their M&A strategy noting that multi-B aquisitions aren't out of the question where they'd make enough sense, but are not an Apple goal in and of themselves.
Intel is showing a bit of casting about, for sure though. Missing the mobiles boat has really got them scrambling.
OMG. Apple is SO screwed for not jumping on Basis when they had the chance. Those sexy watches. Those full-featured apps that look and work so beautifully.
Or they could just keep building their own next-gen watches in secret, and let Intel buy two-year-old tech.
LOL, good one.
Most tech companies have *WAGDN divisions and invest heavily in them these days.
Oh, I definitely think that Apple is going to enter the wearable space, I simply have my doubts that it'll resemble any of the smart watches out there at the moment. Whatever Apple does do, you can bet that it won't be plastered with a million features that we don't need that make the thing difficult to use or drain the battery. Apple knows that it is not a race to see who can pack the most crap into a watch. Apple will choose a small specific set of carefully chosen features and do those to best of their ability.
Typical of Intel getting into markets which they do not understand, it will be dead in under 2 yrs. Intel enters markets like this in order to sell more processors in the mean time they end up screwing it up and selling what left for a loss.
I can't even count the number of times they've done some dumb thing like this before. Post-Andy Grove Intel has been a floundering disaster. Wasted energy, confused direction, misbegotten business acquisitions. Ugh! It's heartbreaking.
Seems like it's less about Intel and more about Mike Bell and his trusty band of roving lapdogs pitching their special blend of herbs and nonsense to yet another gullible megacorporation. He'll get his devoted team of sycophants mountains of signing and retention bonus money in exchange for something that almost looks like real work if you don't actually know what that is and then they'll follow him on to the next gig when this stillborn wearables project comes crashing down the way everything else the man has touched since he was tangentially involved in the iPod release has.
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100 Million is nothing. Apple spends a LOT more than that on M&A. Nobody spends more than Apple.
C'mon. facebook just spent $19B for a damn app's userbase.
Apple's buys tend to be smaller and more targeted to assets (intellectual, hardware and people) that will bolster their own development programs than say, Google's or Microsoft's.
And Cook just commented on their M&A strategy noting that multi-B aquisitions aren't out of the question where they'd make enough sense, but are not an Apple goal in and of themselves.
Intel is showing a bit of casting about, for sure though. Missing the mobiles boat has really got them scrambling.
LOL, good one.
Most tech companies have *WAGDN divisions and invest heavily in them these days.
*What's Apple Going to do Next?
Apple kicked our asses in mobile, but dangitall, we'll beat them in wrist-tops!
Intel has been increasing their mobile market sales since Silvermont launched.
Their XMM 7260 modem can offer global 4G LTE-Advanced.
While I have no interest in wearables, Intel's Quark SoCs are drawing quite a bit of attention.
I'm a very strong Apple fan but Samsung is just tempting me right now:
Oh, I definitely think that Apple is going to enter the wearable space, I simply have my doubts that it'll resemble any of the smart watches out there at the moment. Whatever Apple does do, you can bet that it won't be plastered with a million features that we don't need that make the thing difficult to use or drain the battery. Apple knows that it is not a race to see who can pack the most crap into a watch. Apple will choose a small specific set of carefully chosen features and do those to best of their ability.
Well of course.
I can't even count the number of times they've done some dumb thing like this before. Post-Andy Grove Intel has been a floundering disaster. Wasted energy, confused direction, misbegotten business acquisitions. Ugh! It's heartbreaking.
Seems like it's less about Intel and more about Mike Bell and his trusty band of roving lapdogs pitching their special blend of herbs and nonsense to yet another gullible megacorporation. He'll get his devoted team of sycophants mountains of signing and retention bonus money in exchange for something that almost looks like real work if you don't actually know what that is and then they'll follow him on to the next gig when this stillborn wearables project comes crashing down the way everything else the man has touched since he was tangentially involved in the iPod release has.