Small Bites for Apple
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) has acquired wireless chip specialist Intrinsity Inc. for around $120 million, and also snapped up smartphone app developer Siri, reports Reuters.
— Ray Le Maistre, International Managing Editor, Light Reading
Apple's Siri purchase should make things interesting for the voice-activated search battle against Google. It makes sense that Apple would want its own search service on the iPhone, rather than relying on Google's.