Acquisitions

TechCrunch reports that the Cupertino company may be close to signing a deal to acquire audiovisual identification app Shazam. But should they?

Two years after acquiring the company, Apple has shut down Topsy, which specialized in real-time analysis of engagement data from Twitter.

It's official — magazine app Texture is joining team Apple.

Zynga, the undisputed behemoth in social gaming, has just acquired OMGPOP, the developer of a hugely successful game called Draw Something.

As first reported by TechCrunch, the Workflow app and team have been acquired by Apple. But the app will remain on the App Store — for now.