During Apple's earnings conference call yesterday, Tim Cook noted that Apple during the fiscal 2013 year acquired a total of 15 companies.
Historically, Apple's acquisition strategy has focused on snatching up smaller companies that house either personnel or technology that clearly fit into Apple's product roadmap. In other words, Apple doesn't acquire companies merely because they have cool technology or because they happen to be a passing fad. Apple's acquisitions are strategic.
Looking back over the past 12 months, Apple's acquisitions that we know of don't quite add up to 15. A number of them have been discovered, however, and below is a quick rundown of every Apple acquisition that we've been m
