[wickberg]

Indeed, it does look like the set she's holding is one of three that were sold in the auction. If Adafruit has actually acquired the brand, this is certainly an odd way to go about announcing it. I could see this having been a joke that's now gotten misinterpreted.

But, if so, the @adafruit twitter account is definitely further confusing things.

[obrajesse]

Indeed. If they hadn’t been retweeting congratualtory messages confirming the acquisition from their official corporate Twitter account, I wouldn’t have posted it here.

[ianpenney]

Namaste. I, too was pretty wide eyed and excited when I thought about the consequences of such an acquisition.

At this point, I think we're all looking to the initial actors for some clarification.

Later, when I saw that Adafruit's revenue is about $22M a year, and the acquisition price was a $29M debt accrued prior, I started to doubt myself yet again!

It's fascinating to see the intense online waves this has made. People are truly fond of RadioShack's brand, and AdaFruit as an underdog.

Whatever the outcome, perhaps it's a good reality check for all of us in the age of "fake news".