Umseli we I-Wi-Fi Slam, inkampani yetekhnoloji yokubeka indawo yangaphakathi esebenzisa uthungelwano lwe-Wi-Fi olwafunyanwa ngu-Apple ngo-2013, ushiye i-Apple emva kweminyaka eyi-4 kwinqanaba leCupertino, ngokwengxelo evele ngoLwesithathu odlulileyo.
Emva koko, UJoseph Huang uya kuba yi-CEO ye QalaX, i-accelerator yokuqalisa ethe yaziswa ngayo ekuqaleni WifiSlam, ngaphambi kokuba i-Apple ithenge. QalaX inika uncedo kubafundi University of Stanford, nangona okwangoku ivula uluhlu lwayo lwamathuba kwaye inikezela ngoncedo kubanini bamashishini amancinci kwinqanaba lokukhula.
Ukususela ekudalweni kwayo, QalaX iye yanceda iinkampani ezingaphezu kwama-400, inceda ekunyuseni umyinge we-5.1 yezigidi zeerandi. Ingxowa-mali emva kwesi siqalisi sokuqalisa sele ityale imali engaphezulu kwe-110 yezigidi zeerandi kutyalo-mali lwe-340.
Ngamazwi alowo ebesele etyholwa ngokuba ngumsebenzi wakwa-Apple:
"Ngoku Ndiyathemba ukuzisa amava am kunye nembono endiyifumene kwi-Apple ukubuyela kwi-StartX, ukunceda ezinye iinkampani ukuba zifezekise uphuhliso olufanelekileyo."
Ekubeni wayeqeshwe ngu-Apple, Huang uye wagcina uthatho nxaxheba olusebenzayo kunye QalaX, ukususela ngoko uye wahlala engumcebisi kunye nomcebisi weprojekthi. Nangona umbutho ugxile ekuncedeni abafundi baseStanford kunye nabafundi be-alumni bakhe amashishini anyibilikayo, Ngoku ikwanceda ekuphuculeni ukuvela kwezi kunye nezinye iinkampani.
Apple ifunyenwe I-Wi-Fi Slam nge-20 yezigidi zeerandi ngo-2013. Kucingelwa ukuba, injongo yenkampani esekwe kwiCupertino yayikukuphuhlisa indlela yokwazi indawo yento okanye umntu othile ngenethiwekhi ye-Wi-Fi yendawo, ukujongana neengxaki ezinkulu ezifana nolwamkelo lwe-GPS lwangaphakathi kunye nokuchaneka.
Akukacaci ukuba iApple ikwazile kangakanani ukuqhubela phambili le mbono, okanye ukuba sele iyishiyile. Okwangoku, zonke iinzame ziye zaphucula ukuchaneka kunye nokugubungela zonke iimephu, ukwandiswa kothungelwano lwezothutho loluntu ezidolophini. Nangona kunjalo, olu hlobo lobugcisa sele kuzanywa ukuba lusetyenziswe kwizikhululo zikaloliwe ezingaphantsi komhlaba nezikaloliwe eJapan.
NgoDisemba wonyaka ophelileyo, ingxelo ikwabanga ukuba iApple ibisebenza ukuxhasa ukuhamba ngenqanawa kwizakhiwo zikawonke-wonke, ezinjengezikhululo zeenqwelomoya kunye nemyuziyam. Kulindeleke ukuba le teknoloji ithathe ixesha elithile ukuba isebenze, kwaye kuyaqondwa ukuba uluhlu lwemithombo yedatha iya kudibaniswa, kubandakanywa. I-WI-Fi, iBluetooth, iGPS kunye noxinzelelo lomoya.
