Apple reportedly bids for firm behind Kinect sensor
According to local newspaper Calcalist (via Verge), the iPhone maker tabled the bid for the 3D sensing and machine vision technologies specialist following discussions over the embedding of its tech in Apple products.
PrimSense, which was founded in 2005, claims its technology powers more than 20 million devices.
In April, Apple posted its first quarterly drop in profits in ten years. The company made a net profit of $9.5 billion (£6.2b) for its fiscal 2013 second quarter, down from $11.6 billion (£7.6b) a year earlier, while generating record March quarter revenue of $43.6 billion (£28.6b) following jumps in iPhone and iPad sales.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the time: "Our teams are hard at work on some amazing new hardware, software, and services and we are very excited about the products in our pipeline."
In May, Apple said iOS App Store downloads had topped 50 billion. And earlier this month, the company revealed the all-time best selling iPhone and iPad apps.
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RuinsPosted:
thecelloman16Wagering Jesus Apple, where do you keep such cash...
They are keeping a good poriton over-seas to prevent taxing which happens to be illegal
taxing is illegal?
thecelloman16Posted:
Wagering Jesus Apple, where do you keep such cash...
They are keeping a good poriton over-seas to prevent taxing which happens to be illegal
thecelloman16Posted:
Aruss94 seriously kinect will continue to be stupid. the only way to have controller-less? gaming is when u have goggles on and it feels like your're actually there. other than that kinect is just a money gag. theres no fun in it
They have something like that called Oculus Rift
gmlukensPosted:
They're paying 280 million too much! Why not just buy a kinect, play two games with it, then let it be a paper weight after discovering its about as useful as an as* cheek with a toaster.
TitaniumPosted:
That is a huge amount of money! This does seem like something Apple would do though.
ExoticWolfsPosted:
MW2-Rush 280$ Million! Whoa, wish I had that in my piggy bank! O.O
Yeah, that would be great! I could really use 280 million right now. :D
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