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- Apple bought map firm in bid to rival Google - Rumour
- Apple reportedly bought digital mapmaker Placebase in July in a bid to rival Google Maps, which currently features on the iPhone. Placebase CEO Jaron Waldman is now a member of the Apple Geo Team, according to his LinkedIn profile, implying that rumours of the Apple takeover are true. Apple...
- Articles 2009-09-30
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- Did Apple Secretly Acquire Placebase?
- There is a lot of evidence that Apple acquired mapping company Placebase this summer and that the action might have undermined its relationship with Google, for which mapping technology is a core business. But forget the sturm und drang of outrageous corporate soap opera for a moment, because there's a...
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Apple Buys Augmented Reality Vendor
- Apple's acquisition of Placebase isn't about replacing Google, but about adding the next killer app, augmented reality functionality, to its iPhone. by Michael Hickins
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Not quite Flash, Adobe announces iPhone native app porting
- By Katie MarsalPublished: 04:05 PM EST Though Flash is still not available on the iPhone, Adobe announced Monday that developers will be able to export their applications created in the format within CS5 for submission to Apple's App Store.Accordingly, Adobe launched its new "Applications for iPhone" Web page, touting the...
- News items 2009-10-06
- Apple abandons U.S. Chamber of Commerce over climate policy
- By Sam OliverPublished: 07:45 PM EST Related AppleInsider articles:Steve Jobs expands on Apple's green goalsApple reports carbon emissions, touts green...Apple, other phone makers agree on standard...Apple absent from universal phone charger pushApple lays claim to greenest notebooks ever in...In response to recent comments opposing efforts to limit greenhouse gases, Apple...
- News items 2009-10-06
- AT&T rumored to allow Skype calls via its network on iPhone
- By Neil HughesPublished: 02:35 PM EST Related AppleInsider articles:AT&T weighs in against Net neutrality for...FCC expected to announce new net neutrality...App Store roundup: Vonage approved, BitTorrent...Google to join Apple, AT&T in FCC hot seatFCC asked to investigate iPhone's restriction...AT&T executives are reportedly deliberating whether to allow the voice over IP...
- News items 2009-10-06
- Interest in iPhone high as iPod, iTunes dominate teen market
- By AppleInsider StaffPublished: 08:00 PM EST A majority of teens own an iPod, many use iTunes, and more than one in five intend to purchase an iPhone in the next six months, a new survey has found.The of the 18th bi-annual Piper Jaffray teen survey shows that Apple's share among...
- News items 2009-10-07
- Verizon turns to Android to compete with Apple's iPhone
- By Katie MarsalPublished: 11:25 AM EST Verizon has teamed with Google to bring two Android-powered phones and the Google Voice service to its network, in an effort to fight off the iPhone and its exclusive agreement with AT&T.Together, the two companies plan to create, market and distribute both products and...
- News items 2009-10-07
- Microsoft considers extending Zune services to Apple users
- By Sam OliverPublished: 12:55 PM EST Related AppleInsider articles:Like Apple, Microsoft rumored to be creating...Review roundup: Zune HD plays catchup to iPod...Rhapsody hopes to bring streaming...Microsoft says Zune HD is real, will get...Microsoft's Zune crashes as iPod sales growSome services currently exclusive to Microsoft's Zune platform, such as subscription music...
- News items 2009-10-07
- Google Loses Arthur Levinson Amid Growing Competition with Apple
- Google board member Arthur Levinson steps down from Google's board more than two months after Google CEO Eric Schmidt vacated his seat on Apple's board. Schmidt and Levinson had come under scrutiny this year from the Federal Trade Commission, which was concerned that the men's positions on both Google and...
- News items 2009-10-13
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