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[blogios-blog]

Không chịu thua Google, Apple ra tay thâu tóm thêm một công ty về bản đồ | Blog iOs

Sau khi thâu tóm WifiSlam – công ty phát triển công nghệ định vị trong nhà vào hồi cuối tháng Ba, Apple mới đây lại tiếp tục thâu tóm thêm một hãng chuyên về dữ liệu vị trí nữa có tên Locationary. Locationary là một công ty nhỏ về dữ liệu vị trí ở Canađa. Họ chuyên thu thập dữ liệu về địa...

Nguồn: http://blogios.edu.vn/2016/08/khong-chiu-thua-google-apple-ra-tay-thau-tom-them-mot-cong-ty-ve-ban-do.html

[macdailynews]

Apple takes over mapping company Embark

“Finally, Apple Inc. seems to have taken the mapping business seriously. Reportedly, Apple recently acquired Embark, which offers mass transit information of selected cities in Europe and the U.S. However, the financials associated with the deal were not…

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[turnstylesolutions]

Apple's acquisition of Locationary

Apple recently acquired Locationary, Locationary aggregates, analyzes and merges data from a wide array of data sources to create complete, up-to-date business profiles.

While it is very likely Locationary's assets will be used to help boost Apple Maps' accuracy / feature-set, it will be curious to see what else in Apple's pipeline Locationary's services might be used for.

Big congratulations go to the entire Locationary team, it's very exciting to see a neighbouring company get acquired by my Alma mater. Read more about the potential future of Locationary here

Written by Chris Gilpin

[macdailynews]

Apple filling out its 'ground truth' Maps team with new regional and local job listings

“As revealed in dozens of new job postings on its website, Apple is once again looking to improve its much-criticized Maps application by increasing the size of its team dedicated to verifying mapping data,” James Cull reports for MacRumors.

“The…

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[business-review-canada]

Apple Buys Canadian Mapping Firm

In September of last year, Locationary CEO Grant Ritchie wrote an article on Techcrunch about the things Apple needed to do to improve its Mapping services, including things his company excelled at. Apparently Apple liked his advice so much, they bought the Company.

Apple Inc. confirmed Friday that it has acquired Locationary, a privately held company that specializes in converting and integrating location-based data that can be used in maps.  It wouldn’t disclose what it paid for the small Toronto startup or the motivation for the purchase.

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[apple-balla]

Remember the Apple Maps fiasco? It’s not a positive event in Apple’s history, but one cannot avoid mistakes in the past if he or she wants to avoid those same mistakes in the future. In Apple’s case, learning from its Maps tragedy in iOS6 is a good thing. If you’ve been using Apple’s 3D maps in the last several months, you will notice that Apple has made some improvements in its maps. One such example is the Eiffel Tower.  

[safi2266]

آبل تستحوذ على شركة لتحسين جودة خرائطها

استحوذت شركة آبل على شركة Locationary المتخصة في الخرائط من خلال الحشد الجماهيري و تقديم بيانات…

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[qualitypointtech-blog]

Apple has acquired New York-based transit and navigation service HopStop and Toronto-based local business data startup Locationary.