Astronomical Acquisitions

Companies have been on a shopping spree so far in 2014, and are sparing no expense to grow their businesses. As a whole, technology mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2014 are up 122 percent over the year before, according to Mergermarket. From Dimension Data's Nexus acquisition, to Lenovo's x86 and Motorola Mobility buys, to major telecom mergers, it's been an exciting year so far for technology acquisitions.

Take a look back at 10 of the biggest blockbuster acquisitions of 2014 so far.