The report notes that neither Apple nor Poly9 would comment on the acquisition but that the majority of the small company’s employees have already moved to Cupertino to join Apple’s team. When contacted by the paper, Poly9 employees indicated that they were unable to speak on the acquisition due to confidentiality agreements. Poly9′s website has also been blanked.

Just a year ago, Apple acquired Placebase, another online mapping company. An Apple job posting from last November looking for someone to to take the iPhone Maps application “to the next level” sparked further interest in the possibility of Apple looking to roll out its own mapping solution for iOS in order to reduce its reliance on Google.

Mirco Pasqualini
Published June 26, 2011
Category: Cheap News, Rumors, Technology, Web

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