Apple recently acquired AuthenTec company.
AuthenTec Specialization is in built-in solutions for automatic authentication, in particular - fingerprint sensors.Fingerprint recognition can make authentication a very simple operation, while maintaining security at a fairly high level (surely higher than the password "123").
The transaction amount will be $ 365 million Interestingly, the previous month contract with AuthenTec signed Samsung. Recent plans to use technology to organize AuthenTec QuickSec Secure login with tablets and smartphones running Google Android to virtual private networks (VPN). It is possible that Apple will also work on the corporate market, so it invested in the developer of authentication systems. By the way, buying AuthenTec company can close to Samsung company (and Android) access to that particular technology.
Apple is poorly represented in social networks, and this is a real money generator. Some elements of the service access Twitter, Apple products are available, but to ensure that the company is now turned to social networks, integration should obviously go to another level.
Finally, Apple is challenging Google, intending to win the auction for the company's patents Kodak. The latter is in a mess, so hopes to profitably sell two packages of a total of 1100 patents inventions. The cost of patents can reach $ 2.6 billion first package submitted designs for the capture and digital image processing by conventional cameras, cameras and smart phones and tablets, and the second - storage technologies and image analysis.
The first auction for both package will be on 8 August.