C3 Technologies is the leading provider of 3D mapping solutions, offering photo-realistic models of the world for search, navigation and geographic information systems. Since 2007 when it was spun out of the aerospace and defense company Saab AB, venture-backed C3 has redefined mapping by applying ...
Cupertino-based Apple Computer has acquired UK-firm Imsense Ltd., to bolster its HDR features of its recently released iOS 4.1. Imsense - which developed an HDR (high dynamic range) photo application for the Apple App Store - appears to have been acquired by Apple, based on details from ...
Apple has bought Swedish face-recognition firm Polar Rose. Today, Malmo, Sweden-based Polar Rose has about 20 employees and offers products such as FaceCloud, which allows face recognition for web services, and FaceLib, which brings recognition of faces to mobile phones.
Apple has purchased a Web-based mapping company from Quebec, Canada, that creates interactive 3D software for use in a browser. Among its products is Poly9 Globe, described as a "cross-browser, cross-platform 3D globe which does not require any download." The interactive software allows ...
Apple Inc. has acquired Siri Inc. just a few months after the start-up's voice-activated personal-assistant program launched in the App Store, an investor in San Jose-based Siri told VentureWire. Terms of the deal, which gives Apple a bigger stake in voice-activated search technology, weren't ...
Apple has acquired a small Austin, Tex., company called Intrinsity, known for making zippy versions of a computer chip often found in mobile devices. The deal shows the company continuing to try to gain an edge in the mobile device market by purchasing technology and chip experts.
Mobile advertising company Quattro Wireless confirmed in 2010 that it's been acquired by Apple, in a blog post by Quattro CEO Andy Miller, who's identifying himself now as Apple vice president of mobile advertising. A price wasn't named, but AllThingsD reported that it's $275 ...
Apple has acquired digital music startup Lala. Lala users have been purchasing the rights to stream their music an unlimited number of times for ten cents per song. Apple is interested in Lala because of its engineering talent and technology, and that it was Lala that initiated the discussions.
