Ukuhamba futhi ezinhlwini ze-Apple, futhi kulokhu akubona onjiniyela abashiya inkampani yama-apula baqale ukusebenza kuhlobo olunamandla onke lwezimoto zikagesi, Tesla Motors. Uyikhono eliphakeme, umsunguli obambisene futhi owayengumphathi omkhulu we IDropcam. Igama lakhe nguGreg Duffy.
I-Dropcam, eyasungulwa ngo-2009 nguGreg Duffy futhi Virani Uthando, ikhule ngokushesha ekuthandeni ngenxa yamakhamera asekhaya ashibhile axhunywe kumanethiwekhi e-Wi-FI, evumela abanikazi babo ukuthi baxhume kude nemizi yabo ukuze bakwazi ukubona izingxenye ezahlukahlukene zezindlu zabo ngesikhathi sangempela.
Inkampani ithengwe ngu -Google ngonyaka ka 2014 futhi kusukela lapho kunjalo UTony Fadellumsunguli we isidleke futhi owayekade esebenza e-Apple ohola iqembu elenziwe nguGreg.
Isikhathi uDropcam aqale ukuba ngesakhe -GoogleUDuffy uthe unesiqiniseko sokuthi yiyona ehamba phambili enkampanini yakhe. Ubabazekile UTony Fadell futhi wayazi ukuthi wayengumuntu ofanele ukuhola iphrojekthi yakhe. Kodwa-ke, ubudlelwano phakathi kwalaba somabhizinisi ababili abuzange buveze izithelo ezinhle, futhi ngemuva kokushiya inkampani, uGreg ubhekise kuye UFadell njenge-a "Umphathi wobushiqela".
Manje, UDuffy ulungiselela ukusebenza eCupertino, lapho lapho UTony Fadell uzenzele igama ngokuba "godfather" we-iPod, ngaphambi nje kokudalwa kwe-iPhone. Abanye bethu basakhumbula ukubaluleka eyayinakho ekuguqulweni ekuqaleni kwekhulu lapho i-Apple idlale khona ngawo wonke amadivayisi ayo amasha.
Njenge-anecdote, chaza lokho UTony Fadell usanda kumemezela ukuthi uzoshiya inkampani akuyo njengamanje, -Google. Kubukeka sengathi akajabule neze kusukela ukuhlanganiswa kwalokhu nezinye izinkampani ezakha namuhla Alphabet.
U-Apple ukuqinisekisile ukuqashwa kukaDuffy endlunkulu yayo eCupertino, eCalifornia, kodwa Akadalulanga ukuthi indima yakhe entsha izoba yini. Imithombo ethembeke kunazo zonke ibeka ubukhona bayo enkampanini yaseNyakatho Melika ukuhola iphrojekthi ekhethekile esingenalo ulwazi ngayo namanje.
