What Big Name Is Apple Going To Acquire?
Every time we start hearing about just how much money Apple has in the bank — as of last count, that number is hovering around a pretty flush $29 billion — rumors start fly about what the company will do with its Scrooge McDuck-level cash reserves. Acquisitions always make for a juicy suggestion and current speculation has fallen on two major targets: social-networking site Twitter and video-game company Electronic Arts. Twitter has become a phenomenon of late, its bite-size messages taking the Internet by storm and possibly even unseating Facebook as the “it” place to be on the Web. While Apple’s participation in Twitter is extremely limited, it clearly recognizes the service’s impact: for example, the company recently profiled the use of Apple technology at Twitter. The iPhone, in particular, has helped boost Twitter’s popularity–the two seem like a natural fit for each other. But to my mind that’s not nearly enough for Apple to go out and purchase the company lock, stock, and blue b
