Acquisition

Mailbox acquired by Dropbox

By Joseph Keller, Friday, Mar 15, 2013 a 1:53 pm

New email app Mailbox, which was launched by Orchestra last month, has been acquired by Dropbox. In a post on the company’s blog, the Mailbox team said that this acquisition was about accelerating growth for Mailbox.

Evernote buys Penultimate, will keep it as standalone app, put it on other platforms

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, May 7, 2012 a 10:44 am

Evernote, makers of the widely popular note-taking and idea management apps for iPhone, iPad, and pretty much every platform you can think of, have bought Penultimate, one of the premiere hand-written note-taking apps on the iPad. Evernote will be keeping Penultimate as a separate app, however, and will be moving to push it out to other platforms as well.

Apple acquires Chomp, set to revamp search and discovery for App Store apps

By Andrew Wray, Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 a 8:44 pm

Apple has acquired Chomp, a search and discovery app for the iPhone that helps users find the best-of-the-best apps in the App Store. Apple plans to utilize Chomp's proprietary algorithms and technology to improve discoverability and user experience, presumably both on the mobile and desktop versions of the App Store.

Apple completes acquisition of flash memory company Anobit

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012 a 4:44 am

Apple has reportedly completed the purchase of NAND flash memory maker Anobit.

Steve Dowling, a spokesman for Cupertino, California-based Apple, said today that the purchase had been made, while declining to elaborate. The statement confirmed a December report from in the Israeli newspaper Cacalist.

The deal should help Apple secure key components in the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch and re-secures Apple's position as the largest purchaser -- and now producer -- of this type of flash memory in the world.