1. Apple’s Strategic Alignment in IP and M&A
Merged company
Strategic product
Key IP
development
WiFiSlam
Indore navigation maps for US20130317944 (Method And Apparatus For Mobile Location Determination)
smartphones.
M&A information:
http://techcrunch.com/2013/03
/24/apple-acquires-indoor-gpsstartup-wifislam-for-20m/
Hopstop.com
Navigation maps for
smartphones.
M&A information:
http://www.bloomberg.com/ne
ws/2013-07-19/apple-said-tobuy-hopstop-pushing-deeperinto-maps.html
US20130163467 (Shortest path determination for large graphs)