Apple has purchased mapping developers Poly9. Apple Maps on the way? Translation of the article from the Sun, because we don’t speak French:
(Quebec) Apple so loved the small high-tech company in Quebec Poly9 she bought it and immediately moved the majority of its employees in California, told The Sun.
The transaction, which occurred recently, was enough for Apple to get their hands on expertise developed by leading Quebec Poly9 in the area of web mapping.
In recent years, especially Poly9 has given birth to programming interfaces (APIs) for several large clients such as Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, MSNBC and NORAD. Poly9 based in part on the base maps of Google Earth, Google Maps, MapQuest, of Platial, Urban Mapping and many others to give birth to its applications.
Request Norad
Poly9 had established a Web application at the request of the Defence Command of Aero-Space North America (NORAD) to track the route of the Santa Eve and Christmas Day.
Tuesday, nobody at Apple has wanted Poly9 and discuss the details of the transaction. The president and cofounder of Poly9 Denis Laprise has not called The Sun.
However, since the acquisition of Apple, the majority of employees Poly9 left Quebec to settle in the offices of software giant located in the Silicon Valley, California.
Only two employees Poly9 have not followed the caravan for family reasons. They remained in Quebec and are now working on their own account.
Officially, there still Poly9 in Québec and holds a single address in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste. We do know that the headquarters of the company, rue Saint-Joseph, was closed a few weeks ago.
Very good move from Apple
In recent days, The Sun has also stumbled on a veritable wall of silence surrounding the activities of Poly9. No former employee of the company was willing to openly discuss the transaction. “We have signed confidentiality agreements, has also indicated that one of them, very politely.
Nevertheless, the observers viewed the computing scene Tuesday by The Sun were not surprised to learn the transaction. “Apple has done a very good move by acquiring Agile Web ninjas”, has made the magazine’s publisher Baliza-Media.com Luc Vaillancourt.
According to him, employees were Poly9 industry recognized first for their talents and creativity without limits. “These guys are virtuosos who can work on projects of very high flying in the Web universe. Apple has put his hand on brain Quebec high quality, “he added.
You should know that over the years, the management team had also Poly9 forged an enviable reputation in IT circles in Silicon Valley during Where 2.0 presentations. A very popular annual computer fair by industry.
The influential Tim O’Reilly (founder of O’Reilly Media), which publishes books on computers and new technologies had also noted the talent of young designers Quebec Poly9.
