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Apple buys map service to compete with Google?
news.cnet.com - 10/1/2009
Apple buys map service to compete with Google?
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(Credit: Screenshot by Steven Musil/CNET) We may now have a better idea of why Apple objects to Google Latitude. It appears that Apple has purchased PlaceBase, a company that produced a maps API called Pushpin and offered a mapping service much like Google Maps. The evidence, dug up by ...
Apple purchased Placebase in July to replace Google Maps? - Computerworld Blogs
blogs.computerworld.com - 10/1/2009
Apple purchased Placebase in July to replace Google Maps? - Computerworld Blogs
— blogs.computerworld.com — On July 7th, Fred Lalonde, the founder of openplaces.org announced in a tweet that Apple had bought... the company that produced the Maps API that his company used in their software. Pushpin is the name of the software API that Openplaces uses and it is ... (more) Apple purchased Placebase in July to replace Google ...

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apple.com - 9/28/2009
Apple’s App Store Downloads Top Two Billion
— apple.com — s App Store Downloads Top Two Billion More Than 85,000 Apps Now Available for iPhone & iPod... touch CUPERTINO, California September 28, 2009 Apple today announced that more than two billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store, the ... (more) Apple’s App Store Downloads Top Two Billion

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Apple up to its old tricks, pushing unwanted software onto PCs
blogs.zdnet.com - 9/28/2009
Apple up to its old tricks, pushing unwanted software onto PCs
— blogs.zdnet.com — Apple has a long and checkered history of using its Apple Software Update program to push unrelated... programs to Windows users. But I was floored today when I was offered an iPhone configuration utility as an important "update" on a system that has ... (more) Apple up to its old tricks, pushing unwanted software ...

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The Tech Report: News — Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:28 AM on October 1, 2009 Thursday DigiTimes: DDR2 price rally may last no more than 6 months , says analyst and AMD Fusion Partner Program may help improve profitability, says channel C|Net: Apple buys map service to compete with Google? and Wednesday's the Pirate Bay acquisition deadline Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30% call drop is "normal" in New York Microsoft opens Chicago and Dublin datacenters ; preps for more hosted offerings The 10 million Mac year AdMob: Apple iPhone ...

Apple to compete with Google by means of a Map Service?
Overclockers Club news Feed — ... . Apple's intentions are becoming clearer though, as news resurfaced that Apple has bought PlaceBase, a map service that is a direct competitor to Google Maps. Apple has not been very open about this, but there are a few clues. In July, Fred Lalonde, owner of Openspaces.org, a company that used PlaceBase's software, tweeted a message reading "Apple bought PlaceBase - all hush hush. Pushpin site taken offline. Hyperlocal iPhone?". The next clue came from Jaron Waldman, the CEO and founder of PlaceBase, when he listed PlaceBase as his "past ...

Apple buys map service to compete with Google?
APH Networks — ... offline. Hyperlocal iPhone? The next clue apparently came from Jaron Waldman, PlaceBase's founder and CEO. His LinkedIn page now lists PlaceBase under his "past" experience and now lists his current occupation as a member of Apple's "GEO Team." In addition, Placebase.com and Pushpin.com have been taken down. All this leads one to believe that Apple has snapped up PlaceBase. However, Apple representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment. View: Article @ Source Site ...

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