Posts Tagged ‘apple’
Apple Buys Voice Technology Start-Up
The war between Apple and Google continues to heat up. The question is has Apple just taken the first steps into the search business? Apple recently acquired Siri, a mobile “assistant” app maker, as confirmed by a Siri representative. Siri allows users to perform web searches using voice commands such as "You can ask Siri to find a [...]
Firday Blurbs….. April 23rd
Can't get a date, Get an iPhone - According to a recent survey conducted in the UK, 54 per cent of the ladies asked, said they’d be more likely to give their digits and date an iPhone owner than a non-iPhone owner. iPhone owners were also deemed better groomed, more likely to have a good sense of humor and have the gift of gab than other [...]
US Apple iPad launch slightly delayed to April 3
NEW YORK (AP) -- The much-anticipated iPad tablet computer from Apple Inc. will start hitting U.S. store shelves on April 3, slightly later than originally planned. When Apple unveiled the touch-screen device Jan. 27, the company said the first iPads would reach the market in "late March" worldwide, not just in the U.S. Now international [...]
Apple vs. Google (BusinessWeek)
How the battle between Silicon Valley's superstars will shape the future of mobile computing ...When companies start to imitate one another, it's usually either an extreme case of flattery—or war. In the case of Google and Apple, it's both... Read the full article at BusinessWeek.
CNET Co-Founder Starts AppFund for iPad Developers
CNET and E Online co-founder Kevin Wendle and MusicNation co-founder Daniel Klaus have started AppFund to fund developers that create applications for Apple’s iPad. The AppFund will invest between $5,000 and $500,000 per application.
Why Apple May Dump Google
Why would Apple consider replacing the world's most popular search engine with Microsoft's Bing? Apple will probably get more money from Microsoft. But the real advantage of a Bing tie-up for Apple is that it would cut Google off from some of the search data that's the lifeblood of its business... The discussions over search are part of a [...]
