11 Apple products made possible by strategic acquisitions
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This amalgam of purchases, alongside partnerships with companies like TomTom, lead to the launch of Apple’s own mapping service in 2012. WiFiSlam was purchased in March of this year, Locationary and HopStop.com were picked up in July, and Embark was snatched up by Cupertino just a few days ago. Any competitive edge Apple can find for creating cheaper and better flash-based devices holds the potential to drastically change its production chain. By taking multiple photos at different exposures, and then merging the visual data together, photographers can end up with better looking pictures with more detail in dark and bright areas. To help improve the core technology, Apple purchased a UK-based company called IMSense for an undisclosed amount of money in September 2010.
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