Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), bought no less than 15 companies during the fiscal year 2015, those from Cupertino indirectly confirming 9 acquisitions, 6 of them still remaining unknown to the general public.
Fiscal year of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), it started on October 1, 2014 and ended on September 30, 2015, and during this period Apple bought more than 1 company per month, all being integrated within its multiple divisions to contribute to the development of new products.
9 of these acquisitions are known so far and we are talking about companies that can either bring new technologies for the development of iDevices, or can contribute to the development of the Apple car that would be launched on the market in 2017 at the latest.
Although Tim Cook confirmed that Apple bought 15 companies during its last fiscal year, he did not say how much the American company spent on these acquisitions, but we are probably talking about an amount between 100 million dollars and a maximum of 400 millions of dollars.
Considering that Apple has just bought some companies with some technologies, it remains to be seen if and when it will integrate their products and services into its own products launched in the wider world.
