Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A), Apple Inc. (AAPL): Buffett’s Not the Only One Who Loves Small Acquisitions

What’s more, Cook suggested that Apple was likely to pick up the pace even further going forward — but don’t expect the notoriously secretive company to keep you in the loop when that happens. Cook went on to note that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) prefers not to announce acquisitions unless it has to, and all of them have been relatively small so far.

Take indoor-GPS company WifiSLAM, for instance, which Apple quietly purchased for around $20 million in March. Given WifiSLAM’s focus on indoor mapping, we can safely assume Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has something brewing with its maps technology to rival Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)‘s respective competing product. However, Apple’s near-radio silence regarding any significant new products until Cook’s comments just last week had seemed absolutely deafening.

Foolish final thoughts
Of course, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) fans and investors alike are looking forward to the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference, which kicks off on June 10. Perhaps then the world just might get its first peek at some of the game-changers Tim Cook has promised.

Then maybe, just maybe, the folks at Apple will be able to finally show us what else they’ve been doing with all their money.

The article Buffett’s Not the Only One Who Loves Small Acquisitions originally appeared on Fool.com.

Fool contributor Steve Symington owns shares of Apple. The Motley Fool recommends and owns shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG).

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