Acquicor: Hat seeks cattle

ndouglas — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:59:45 EST

Empty holding companies go public all the time — the recently IPO'd company run by three Apple ex-execs is nothing special. But it just feels so bubbly to read:

The company trades on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol AQR.U — Acquicor has no products or sales.

Don't worry, Woz's company has to make a deal in two years. In the meantime, there's plenty of cash for him to hold free rock concerts.

Ex-Apple executives seek tech properties to acquire [Mercury News]
Earlier: Woz kills wOz [Valleywag]
Image: Doonesbury

Woz kills wOz

ndouglas — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:26:46 EST

Steve Wozniak shut down Wheels of Zeus, his GPS company that had shifted into the RFID field. Know those spimes, the super-searchable objects that Bruce Sterling brought up in his SXSW speech (and has been pushing for years)? Well, that's what wOz was supposed to give us.

Not that Woz is done running his own companies; the exiled Apple co-founder just signed onto a new startup (so new it's not online), Acquicor Technology. This one's a holding company looking to grab startups dealing in "IP convergence." Long-standing buzzword, check. Founding rulership full of ex-Apple C-levelers, check. Nasty accusations of poor disclosure, check. Have fun with this one, Woz, and maybe change the world this time.

Wozniak shuts down Wheels of Zeus [CNET]
Ex-Apple execs get a 'blank check' [CNET]
Huh? Woz shuts down Wheels of Zeus [SiliconBeat]

Gawker: valleywag, acquicor

Acquicor: Hat seeks cattle

Woz kills wOz