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Report: Apple buys PrimeSense, co-creators of the original Kinect

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Remember that Apple / PrimeSense deal that was rumored to be going down in July? It may have just gone through: according to Israeli news source Calcalist, Cupertino acquired the motion sensing technology firm for $345 million this weekend. If true, it could hint at future Apple products with natural, motion controlled interfaces, integrating the same kind of technology that PrimeSense used to help Microsoft build the first Kinect. In a statement to the TheNextWeb, PrimeSense refers to the report as a "recycled rumor," saying only that it "does not comment on what any of our partners, customers or potential customers are doing." According to the report, Apple is hounding after the motion sensing tech to improve Apple TV, noting that the original deal was delayed due to legal issues. Hungry for more? Brush up on your Hebrew and check out the source link below - but keep your salt shaker handy.

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Source: Calcalist, TheNextWeb

Apple is in Talks to Acquire Microsoft Kinect Maker ‘PrimeSense’ for $280M

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Get ready folks to experience new 3D Apple TV interface in your living room soon. Apple is reportedly in talks to buy the specialist motion controller company PrimeSense. Some recent reports by an...

Apple ‘in talks’ to buy motion control specialist (and Kinect maker) PrimeSense (update)

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Apple 'in talks' to buy motion control specialist and Kinect maker PrimeSense

Israeli news source Calcalist has a decent track record when it comes to acquisition gossip, even if the gossip itself sometimes comes to nothing. Bearing that in mind, the latest rumor is that Apple is "in talks" to buy PrimeSense, the company that worked with Microsoft to create the first-generation Kinect (but not Kinect 2.0) and which could potentially help Cupertino with new projects that require natural interfaces. The value of the acquisition is said to "probably" be around $280 million, although the source makes it clear these talks are at a very early stage. Whichever way things go, the immediate effect of a report like this is to add to the impression that PrimeSense has a future beyond the Xbox 360 -- but, frankly, we already believed it did.

[Thanks, Ron]

Update: We just received a statement from PrimeSense, indicating that they don't comment on rumors:

"PrimeSense is growing the company and currently has by far the leading 3D technology in the market, tier one prospects, strong revenues and a healthy cash position.

We are focused on building a prosperous company while bringing 3D sensing and Natural Interaction to the mass market in a variety of industries. We can't comment on what any of our partners, customers or potential customers are doing and we are not commenting on rumors."

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Facebook to Buy Waze for $1 Billion Dollar

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Facebook and Waze have made a financial exchange that benefits both in the process. The story is that Facebook wanted to buy the social mapping/traffic app maker Waze and had been looking forward to...
    


Facebook rumored to be buying GPS app Waze for up to $1 billion

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Facebook rumored to be eyeing up GPS app Waze for up to $1 billion

Between buying Instagram and calling Facebook Home the "next version" of his social network, it's fairly clear Mark Zuckerberg's obsessed with the prime real estate on your smartphone. Israeli newspaper Calcalist is reporting that Zuckerberg and Co. are eyeing up crowdsourced GPS app Waze, which generates mapping data by pulling it from its users' devices in real time. The paper says that Facebook entered into discussions around six months ago, with prices in the $800 million to $1 billion range being mentioned -- and while that sounds like a big number, it's still only a dollar per user.

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Source: Calcalist (Translated)