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Analyst: Apple’s biggest mistake was not buying Netflix
According to Wedbush analyst and Apple bull Dan Ives, the Cupertino Colossus has made one major misstep: not buying Netflix years ago…
Apple buys Vilynx self-learning AI video company
Apple has acquired Barcelona-based Vilynx Inc., a startup specializing in advanced artificial intelligence and computer vision technology…
Apple acquires Scout FM in podcasting push
In a continued podcasting push, Apple earlier this year acquired Scout FM, a popular podcast app on iPhones, Android devices and Amazon…
Apple may be preparing a search engine to take on Google
Changes in Spotlight Search on iOS and iPadOS 14 beta, a significant update to its Applebot support page, and an increase in crawling…
Apple acquires VR startup SPACES
Apple is acquiring Spaces, a virtual reality firm that originally focused on creating theme park attractions then pivoted to delivering…
Apple secretly acquired photography startup Camerai; already using technology in camera systems
The Israeli startup Camerai Ltd. was sold to Apple a year and a half ago for several tens of millions of dollars and was folded into Apple…
Apple acquires Mobeewave for $100 million
Apple has acquired Mobeewave Inc., a startup whose technology allows iPhones to act as mobile payment terminals, people familiar with the matter…
Apple acquires Fleetsmith in enterprise play
Apple has acquired Fleetsmith, a company that makes tools that enable businesses to more easily distribute corporate iPhones and Macs to their staff…
Analyst: Apple should buy DuckDuckGo search engine
In a new note to clients, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi suggests that Apple should buy DuckDuckGo, the search engine which he values at…
Apple buys machine-learning startup Inductiv Inc.
Apple Inc. bought machine-learning startup Inductiv Inc. Apple confirmed the deal, saying it “buys smaller technology companies from time to time…
Why did Apple buy NextVR?
With an acquisition that may help Apple’s development of VR and AR headsets, the company yesterday confirmed the acquisition of NextVR, a startup…
Apple acquires NextVR
With an acquisition that may help Apple’s development of VR and AR headsets, the company confirmed the acquisition of NextVR, a startup that provides…
Analyst: Apple TV+ already has up to 40 million subscribers
Apple TV+ has already amassed between 30-40 million subscribers. The analyst believes that Apple TV+ can get to 100 million subscribers within 3-4 years…
Apple likely to buy NextVR live event streaming AR/VR firm for $100M
Apple is believed to be in the process of acquiring Orange County, California-based virtual reality company called NextVR …
Apple acquires AI startup Voysis to bolster Siri
Apple has acquired Voysis, an artificial intelligence startup that developed a platform for digital voice assistants to better understand people’s…
Android settlers mourn loss of Dark Sky app after Apple acquisition
Popular hyper-local weather app Dark Sky yesterday announced the company’s acquisition by none other than Apple, meaning the Andoid verison is discontinued…
Apple acquires Dark Sky weather app, kills Android version
Apple has acquired the Dark Sky weather app, Dark Sky announced today.There will be no changes to Dark Sky for iOS at this time. It will continue…
Rosenblatt VP: ‘There is an opportunity for Apple’ to buy Disney
Rosenblatt Securities Vice President Bernie McTernan in a note to clients says there is an opportunity for Apple to make a major buy: Disney …
Apple and MGM have held acquisition talks
MGM has held preliminary talks with Apple, Netflix, and other larger media companies about an acquisition as the biggest streaming companies consider…
Here’s why Apple just bought an AI startup for $200 million
Apple has acquired AI start-up Xnor.ai for about $200 million. Xnor specializes in developing complex AI systems that are extremely efficient…
Apple acquires AI startup Xnor.ai for $200 million
Apple has acquired Xnor.ai, a Seattle startup specializing in low-power, edge-based artificial intelligence tools for somewhere in the range of $200 million. Alan Boyle, Taylor Soper, and Todd Bishop for Geek Wire: The acquisition echoes Apple’s high-profile purchase of Seattle AI startup Turi in 2016… The arrangement suggests that Xnor’s AI-enabled image recognition tools could […]
Broadcom seeks to offload its RF chip unit for upwards of $10 billion; Apple a potential buyer
U.S. chipmaker Broadcom is seeking to sell one its wireless-chip subsidiaries…
Apple acquires Spectral Edge
Spectral Edge uses a type of AI called machine learning to make smartphone pictures crisper, with more accurate colors…
‘Very big’ Apple acquisition looms; ‘people will be shocked’
We continue to hear whispers that a “very big” Apple acquisition looms and…
Apple pushing hard to get their own 5G modem into 2022’s iPhones
After buying Intel’s 5G modem business earlier this year, Apple is wasting no time building its own 5G modem for the iPhone..
Shazam’s user base grew by over 78 million users after Apple acquisition
After its acquisition by Apple, Shazam increased its user base by over 78 million users in 2018…
Apple acquires motion capture company iKinema
Apple has quietly acquired iKinema, a British company that develops motion capture technology for use in a variety contexts…
Apple lost the 5G battle, but it paid Intel $1 billion to win the war
Apple agreed to use Qualcomm modems for the next six years, but now that they’re acquired Intel’s modem business…
Apple charts aggressive timeline for producing a 5G modem
Apple has charted an aggressive timeline for producing an internally-developed 5G modem for use in some of its products by…
Apple swoops in to rescue Drive.ai
Just days before self-driving car startup Drive.ai was set to shut down permanently, Apple has come to the rescue…
Apple buys self-driving car startup Drive.ai
Apple Inc on Tuesday confirmed that it has acquired self-driving shuttle firm Drive.ai…
Apple among those outbid by WarnerMedia for J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company
The sweepstakes to land a massive overall deal with Bad Robot, the famed production company run by J.J. Abrams and his wife and co-CEO Katie McGrath…
Apple spending up to $30 million per film to make Oscar-worthy Apple TV+ content, considering acquiring a library of content
Apple has been busy with a new project: financing six small-budget movies a year with an eye toward stories…
Apple unleashes its bait-and-switch trick on Intel or something
After years of developing technology with a supplier, the iPhone maker pulls the plug on the collaboration…
Apple said to be acquiring self-driving shuttle company Drive.ai
Apple is reportedly in the process of acquiring once-promising self-driving shuttle firm Drive.ai in a deal that will…
Gene Munster: Apple would have the inside track on buying Tesla
Apple reportedly bid $240 a share for Tesla back in 2013…
Apple to buy Tesla?
Apple reportedly offered to buy Tesla at a price around $240 per share in 2013…
Project Titan: Apple building large car drive rooms in California; made informal bid to buy Tesla at $240 per share in 2013
Financial analyst Craig Irwin of Roth Capital Partners claims that as well as previously trying to buy Tesla…
10 companies Apple Inc. gobbled up in the past year
Apple has been relatively conservative in terms of the number of companies it’s acquired over the years…
Why Apple built Apple TV+ instead of blowing billions acquiring Netflix
There’s lots of chatter about the potential of Apple buying Netflix…
Why did Apple create Apple TV+ instead of buying Netflix?
Apple’s announcement of series of original new content projects for its upcoming Apple TV+ subscription service…
