Apple bought a startup - developer keyboard for touchscreen displays Dryft
Apple has once again swallowed up the startup and has not informed anyone about this. Dryft Technology Director Randy Marsden on his LinkedIn profile changed his employer company to Apple in September 2014, according to TechCrunch. Randy Marsden, co-founder of Dryft and Swype, is now responsible for Apple's on-screen keyboards.
Since the release of iOS 8, Apple has allowed developers to create keyboards for the iPhone, for example, using Swype and SwiftKey. On Google Play, such applications appeared earlier and became one of the most popular and box-office types of applications, which gave Google some competitive advantage over Apple. After the appearance of such applications on iOS 8, they also occupied the top of App Store ratings. This is very pleased developers.
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The Dryft keyboard appears on the display after the user places fingers on it. At the same time, it adapts to the position and follows the user's fingers, and does not remain unchanged, like regular on-screen keyboards. The amount of the transaction is not reported.
There are rumors in the media about a 12.9-inch iPad Pro tablet. Perhaps Apple plans to introduce Dryft technology into it.
This is not the first startup Apple has been secretly buying lately. In 2013, Apple bought Acunu data analysis startup : the company's development provides database analysis and is able to work with other tools and improve them - for example, the Cassandra database that Apple uses. The information about the deal appeared only because the former employees of the startup changed the employer on LinkedIn.
Since the release of iOS 8, Apple has allowed developers to create keyboards for the iPhone, for example, using Swype and SwiftKey. On Google Play, such applications appeared earlier and became one of the most popular and box-office types of applications, which gave Google some competitive advantage over Apple. After the appearance of such applications on iOS 8, they also occupied the top of App Store ratings. This is very pleased developers.
')
The Dryft keyboard appears on the display after the user places fingers on it. At the same time, it adapts to the position and follows the user's fingers, and does not remain unchanged, like regular on-screen keyboards. The amount of the transaction is not reported.
There are rumors in the media about a 12.9-inch iPad Pro tablet. Perhaps Apple plans to introduce Dryft technology into it.
This is not the first startup Apple has been secretly buying lately. In 2013, Apple bought Acunu data analysis startup : the company's development provides database analysis and is able to work with other tools and improve them - for example, the Cassandra database that Apple uses. The information about the deal appeared only because the former employees of the startup changed the employer on LinkedIn.
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