Apple acquired Fingerworks and its multi-touch technology in 2005.

Previously CloudMe.com was called iCloud.com, but the service changed name after Apple acquired the domain and trademark for a rumoured 4.5 million dollars.

Apple acquired option contracts last February, giving it the right to buy the shares for $12.5 million.

The move comes shortly after Apple acquired its own mobile advertising firm, Quattro Wireless.

Apple then will acquire Cisco.

And of course as Apple has acquired a larger market share, prices have come down.

Apple reportedly acquired the Israeli flash memory design firm Anobit in a deal that cost the company $500 million dollars.

Apple in recent years acquired two processor design companies known for their aptitude for low-power chip designs.

Well, Apple has acquired a major hardware development team with a lot of know how and we really haven't heard that much about it since.

Apple's A4 and A5 chips were largely designed by Intrinsity, which Apple acquired last year.