Apple Buys DataTiger, a UK Digital Marketing Startup - MacRumors
Skip to Content

Apple Buys DataTiger, a UK Digital Marketing Startup

Apple recently purchased Data Tiger, a UK startup focused on digital marketing, reports Bloomberg. The acquisition, says Bloomberg, could improve Apple's digital marketing and make it "more relevant to customers."

DataTiger's website is blank, but a LinkedIn page for the company says that it offers a set of tools that enable customers to build marketing software that "puts data to work."

datatiger

Using DataTiger is the fastest and easiest way to increase retention & monetisation. With our platform you can individually optimize the marketing flows for your customers in real-time across all channels.

DataTiger can be used as an online tool, importing your data and set up user flows in minutes, with all of your data living in the cloud - or it can be fully customized in-house, building your own marketing solution via our APIs + open-source front-end components.

Specifically, the site more accurately takes advantage of customer data to send relevant materials and advertisements to them.

Apple appears to have made the purchase in December, and based on a regulatory filing discovered by Bloomberg, now controls Operatedata, DataTiger's legal name. A spokesperson has yet to confirm the acquisition, however.

Popular Stories

Four iPhone 18 Pro Colors Mock Feature

iPhone 18 Pro Launching in September With These 10 New Features

Monday April 20, 2026 7:13 am PDT by
While the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are not launching until September, there are already plenty of rumors about the devices. It was initially reported that the iPhone 18 Pro models would have fully under-screen Face ID, with only a front camera visible in the top-left corner of the screen. However, the latest rumors indicate that only one Face ID component will be moved under the...
Tim Cook Rainbow

Apple CEO Tim Cook Stepping Down, John Ternus Taking Over

Monday April 20, 2026 1:33 pm PDT by
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's chief executive officer, and hardware engineering chief John Ternus is set to take over, Apple announced today. Cook will continue on as Apple CEO through the summer, with Ternus set to join Apple's Board of Directors and take over as CEO on September 1, 2026. Cook is going to transition to executive chairman, and he will "assist with certain...
iphone 17 ceramic shield

Leaker: Apple Downgrading iPhone 18 to Cut Costs

Monday April 20, 2026 9:12 am PDT by
Apple is downgrading the planned specifications of the standard iPhone 18 to cut costs, a leaker claims. In a new post on Weibo, the user known as "Fixed Focus Digital" said that the iPhone 18 features "certain manufacturing downgrades" that bring it more into line with the low-cost iPhone 18e model. The decision is said to be "a cost-cutting measure." Apple has apparently chosen to...

Top Rated Comments

AngerDanger Avatar
94 months ago
Apple recently purchased Data Tiger, a UK startup focused on digital marketing, reports Bloomberg ('https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-14/apple-acquires-u-k-based-digital-marketing-startup-datatiger'). The acquisition, says Bloomberg, could improve Apple's digital marketing and make it "more relevant to customers."
Huh, sounds interesting. I wonder what this could mean—

Specifically, the site more accurately takes advantage of customer data to send relevant materials and advertisements to them.
Oh, for ****'s sake.
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Mr. Dee Avatar
94 months ago
Tim Cook: It’s not what you think.

Tim Cook (internally): Do whatever it takes (discretely) - iPhone sales are tanking!!!!!!!!!!!
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
94 months ago
“you can individually optimize the marketing flows for your customers in real-time across all channels.“

I wish everybody who writes crap like this would contract a disease that causes them to feel like they’ve been punched in the face.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
zed1291 Avatar
94 months ago
“...increase retention & monetisation. With our platform you can individually optimize...”
So are they British or American? Weird to see “monetisation” and then “optimize.”
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
94 months ago
Since Tim said that Apple would not monetize customers' data I'm positive that Apple only acquired that company to keep its technology out of the hands of other tech giants that don't operate solely for the benefit of humanity like Apple does.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
94 months ago
Apple, openly going over to the Dark Side. StarWars reborn!;):D
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)