Every week brings a new merger rumor, and just like celebrity couples (Bennifer! TomKat! Vive la diff rance!), every merger needs its portmanteau. So remember the official merger names:

• Google + Apple = Gapple, also Gpple
• Sun Microsystems + Apple = Snapple
• Yahoo + Google = Yahoogle
• Yahoo + eBay = Yahweh or Heeb
• Google + Microsoft = Googlesoft
• Google + Amazon = Googlezon

It helps to think of the prefix company as the "top" in the relationship, and the suffix company as the "bottom."

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