In the fourth quarter of 2013, Apple spent on buying promising startups and companies more than $ 0.5 billion , which is significantly more than the same period in 2012 .
This fact is evidenced by documents sent to the company from Cupertino to the Commission on Securities and Exchange Commission United States .
According to documents, it is clear that in the last quarter of 2013 the amount of acquisitions Apple was $ 525 million, almost twice the expenditure for the same quarter in 2012 ( $ 284 million ) . Among the major purchases of the fourth quarter of 2013 - the company PrimeSense, develops optical 3D- sensors , Topsy Labs - realtime search engine that specializes in searching social media , application Cue - analogue Google Now, able to significantly extend the functionality of the voice assistant Siri, and mapping service Broadmap.
We remind you that promising companies and start-ups for Apple absorbs interesting technologies or professionals who infused into existing business units and developing new products . At the same time , analysts say Wells Fargo Securities, Apple pays special attention to companies that can help it to improve its own mapping service , introduced in 2012 as an alternative to Google Maps.
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