2013 was the most profitable year for the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, and this was also felt in the amounts spent by the company for the acquisition of new companies, although Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), he doesn't talk openly about what they are. According to the documentation published by those from Cupertino together with the financial results for Q4 2013, the American company He spent no less than 525 million dollars for the acquisition of new companies during the last 3 months, the amount being 241 million dollars more than the one spent in the same period last year.
In the last months it was rumored and indirectly confirmed that Apple would have acquired the companies Cue, PrimeSense si BroadMap, and the sum of 525 million dollars would have been paid for all these companies, although the figures announced by analysts were higher than the total announced by Apple. Although Apple has been constantly criticized for refusing to make major investments with its $160 billion cash reserve, it seems that Apple is discreetly buying many companies and spending large enough amounts on them.
