ahlam1399
04-09-2015, 04:06 AM
Over the last few weeks, several previously unk**wn Apple acquisitions have surfaced. In March, Bloomberg shared news of the company's purchase of data analytics firm Acunu (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/03/26/apple-acquires-acunu/), and earlier this week, TechCrunch reported that Apple had acquired search tech**logy startup (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/06/app-store-powered-by-ottocat-acquisition/) Ottocat in 2013.
TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/08/apple-quietly-bought-dryft-a-keyboard-app/) has **w shared news of a**ther acquisition that happened in 2014 -- the purchase of Dryft, a startup that specialized in creating keyboard apps. Dryft chief tech**logy ******r Randy Marsden (https://www.linkedin.com/in/randymarsden), who also co-founded Swype, is listed as an "iOS Keyboard Manager" that joined Apple in September of 2014, suggesting the acquisition may have occurred around that date.
Dryft's tech**logy was a keyboard that appeared only on the screen when a user placed a finger on the display, and as described by TechCrunch, it's "essentially a keyboard for tablets that tracks your fingers' movements," meaning it appears wherever your fingers are placed on the screen.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2015/04/dryft-800x500.jpg
It is **t clear if Apple plans to incorporate this specific tech**logy into iOS or if it made the purchase of Dryft to acquire the company's employees to work on other keyboard features. As of iOS 8, Apple's operating system supports keyboards created by third-party developers, but the company has continued work on its own keyboard. iOS 8 brought keyboard improvements like QuickType, which offers word predictions to speed up typing.
Apple confirmed the acquisition to TechCrunch with its standard purchase statement: "Apple buys smaller tech**logy companies from time to time, and we generally do **t discuss our purpose or plans."http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/35070/f/648326/s/453997a6/sc/28/mf.gif
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أكثر... (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/08/apple-acquired-dryft-keyboard-in-2014/)
TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/08/apple-quietly-bought-dryft-a-keyboard-app/) has **w shared news of a**ther acquisition that happened in 2014 -- the purchase of Dryft, a startup that specialized in creating keyboard apps. Dryft chief tech**logy ******r Randy Marsden (https://www.linkedin.com/in/randymarsden), who also co-founded Swype, is listed as an "iOS Keyboard Manager" that joined Apple in September of 2014, suggesting the acquisition may have occurred around that date.
Dryft's tech**logy was a keyboard that appeared only on the screen when a user placed a finger on the display, and as described by TechCrunch, it's "essentially a keyboard for tablets that tracks your fingers' movements," meaning it appears wherever your fingers are placed on the screen.
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2015/04/dryft-800x500.jpg
It is **t clear if Apple plans to incorporate this specific tech**logy into iOS or if it made the purchase of Dryft to acquire the company's employees to work on other keyboard features. As of iOS 8, Apple's operating system supports keyboards created by third-party developers, but the company has continued work on its own keyboard. iOS 8 brought keyboard improvements like QuickType, which offers word predictions to speed up typing.
Apple confirmed the acquisition to TechCrunch with its standard purchase statement: "Apple buys smaller tech**logy companies from time to time, and we generally do **t discuss our purpose or plans."http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/35070/f/648326/s/453997a6/sc/28/mf.gif
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أكثر... (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/08/apple-acquired-dryft-keyboard-in-2014/)