Umsunguli we I-WiFiSlam, inkampani yezobuchwepheshe yokubeka ngaphakathi endlini isebenzisa amanethiwekhi we-Wi-Fi atholwe yi-Apple ngo-2013, ushiye i-Apple ngemuva kweminyaka engu-4 ezigabeni zaseCupertino, ngokusho kombiko ovele ngoLwesithathu olwedlule.
Ngemuva kwalokhu, UJoseph huang uzoba yi-CEO ye I-StartX, i-accelerator yokuqalisa lapho yethulwa khona ekuqaleni I-WifiSlam, ngaphambi kokuthi i-Apple ithenge. I-StartX inikeza usizo kubafundi be- I-Stanford University, yize okwamanje ivula uhla lwayo lwamathuba futhi inikeza usizo kosomabhizinisi abancane esigabeni sokukhula.
Kusukela ekudalweni kwayo, I-StartX isize amabhizinisi angaphezu kuka-400, isiza ekuqoqeni imali elinganiselwa ezigidini eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-5.1. Isikhwama esisekela lesi siqalisi sokuqalisa sesivele sitshale imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama- $ 110 ekutshalweni okungama-340.
Ngamazwi akhe lowo owayesebenze njengamanje ongumsebenzi we-Apple:
"Manje Ngiyethemba ukubuyisa ulwazi lwami nombono wami ngiwutholile ku-Apple ku-StartX., ukusiza ezinye izinkampani ukuthi zifeze intuthuko yazo ephelele. "
Njengoba wayeqashwe yi-Apple, Huang uye wagcina ukubamba iqhaza okuthile I-StartX, kusukela lapho uye wahlala njengomeluleki nomeluleki wephrojekthi. Yize inhlangano igxile kakhulu ekusizeni abafundi baseStanford kanye nama-alumni ukwakha amabhizinisi ancibilikisa, manje kusiza futhi ukuthuthukisa ukuvela kwalezi zinkampani nezinye.
I-Apple ithole I-WiFiSlam ngezigidi ezingama- $ 20 ngo-2013. Ngokusobala, inhloso yenkampani esekwe eCupertino kwakungukusungula indlela yokwazi ukuthi kukhona nokuthile okuthize noma othile ngokusebenzisa inethiwekhi ye-Wi-Fi yendawo, ukubhekana nezinkinga ezinkulu ezifana nokwamukelwa kwe-GPS yasendlini nokunemba.
Akucaci ukuthi i-Apple ikwazi kangakanani ukuqhubekisela phambili lo mbono, noma uma iwushiyile. Kuze kube manje, yonke imizamo seyenziwe ekuthuthukiseni ukunemba nokutholakala ngokuphelele kwamamephu, futhi ukunweba inethiwekhi yezokuthutha zomphakathi emadolobheni. Kodwa-ke, lolu hlobo lobuchwepheshe seluvele luzamile ukusetshenziswa eziteshini ezihamba ngaphansi komhlaba nasezitimeleni eJapan.
NgoDisemba wangonyaka odlule, umbiko waphinde wathi i-Apple yayisebenza ukuxhasa ukuhamba ezakhiweni zomphakathi, njengezikhumulo zezindiza kanye neminyuziyamu. Kulindeleke ukuthi lobu buchwepheshe buthathe isikhathi esithile ukuthi busebenze, futhi kuyaqondakala ukuthi uchungechunge lwemithombo yedatha luzohlanganiswa, kufaka phakathi I-WI-Fi, i-Bluetooth, i-GPS nomfutho womoya.
