Technology uses Wi-Fi signals for positioning when GPS absent Apple has purchased a small Silicon Valley startup, WifiSLAM, that specializes in extending location data and positioning to indoor locations using Wi-Fi triangulation when GPS information is not available, according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal, worth $20 million, is expected to supplement Apple’s Maps [...]
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WSJ: Apple buys ‘indoor GPS’ firm WifiSLAM for $20 million
Posted by Gary on March 24, 2013
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Apple Acquires Indoor Mobile Location Positioning Firm WifiSLAM for $20 Million
Posted by Gary on March 24, 2013
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has acquired indoor location company WifiSLAM, paying around $20 million for the firm. Apple has confirmed the purchase, but declined to offer any details on its plans for the acquisition. The two-year-old startup has developed ways for mobile apps to detect a phone user’s location in a building [...]
STMicro closing down, 1,600 jobs axed by chip design firm
Posted by Gary on March 19, 2013
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Joint venture between Ericsson and STMicroelectronics Manufacturing partners Ericsson and STMicroelectronics will be shuttering ST-Ericsson, its poorly performing mobile chip joint venture, and will divide parts of the business between the two companies. The venture had been suffering from a large drop from its largest customer, Nokia, as market share of the companies handsets plummeted [...]
Research firm: Apple Japan’s top phone maker in 2012
Posted by Gary on February 14, 2013
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Apple sold more phones in Japan than any other manufacturer last year, rising above local manufacturers for the first time, according to a research firm. The report from Counterpoint Research, based in Hong Kong, said Apple had a 15 percent market share in the country for the full year, just above the 14 percent market [...]
Japanese firm tempts fate, announces Steve Jobs doll
Posted by Gary on January 30, 2013
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$200 figure will likely never make it to market Following in the footsteps of others that have attempted to market a Steve Jobs action figure, a Japanese company called Legend Toys has made another eerily realistic doll based on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ iconic look and is taking pre-orders for the $200, 12-inch figurine. As [...]
Apple in Talks to Acquire Home Automation Firm R2 Studios
Posted by Gary on December 21, 2012
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Apple, Microsoft and Google are all potential buyers for home automation firm R2 Studios, part of the id8 Group founded by Blake Krikorian, according to the Wall Street Journal. He was the founder of Sling Media, makers of the SlingBox that was later sold to EchoStar/Dish Network. R2 Studios sole public product is an Android [...]
Firm Launches ‘IPHONE’ Brand of Android Phones, Touts Trademark Ownership in Brazil
Posted by Gary on December 19, 2012
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Brazilian electronics maker IGB Electronica SA has announced a new line of Android phones under the IPHONE brand, a trademark that was originally applied for in Brazil in 2000. From Reuters: The first model will be called “Neo One,” IGB said in a securities filing. The company was formed this year after the restructuring of [...]
Apple Acquires HTML5 Web Firm Particle
Posted by Gary on October 18, 2012
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CNET reports that Apple has acquired Particle, a small San Francisco-based startup firm specializing in HTML5 Web and Web app work. The acquisition is said to have been for the company’s talent rather than any specific project it was working on. The company has done HTML5 work for Google, Motorola, Amazon, Yahoo, Sony, and Apple. [...]