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by ac29
3063 days ago
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> Apple had to do it to get where they are. Apple aquired a lot of companies to get their "innovative" features. Siri was aquired (I know, its not great, but it was novel when it came out), PA-Semi was aquired (boosted their in house SoC development), and the original Kinect team for the iPhone X face recognition sensor suite come to mind. A much bigger list is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio... |
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It's impossible to say how much input/influence each of these mergers had on the products of these companies. Some of these started products, some of these enhanced them, some of these even replaced them.