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Apple Buys Voice Technology Start-Up

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 [...]

iPhones Poor Performance on AT&T Network, Partially Apple’s Fault

According to a story in today's Business Insider, it has long been thought that the iPhone design had something to do with the poor performance on the AT&T network. However until recently AT&T has kept quiet about it. According tot eh article "Apple rejiggered how its phones communicate with AT&T's towers. As a result, the phones [...]

New iPhone is on the way!

The Wall Street Journal, in a story today said that Apple will be releasing a new iPhone this summer. The latest iPhone allegedly supports the CDMA technology which is used by Verizon Wireless,  Sprint Nextel Corp. and a handful of cellular operators in countries including South Korea and Japan. AT&T, along with a number of other cellular [...]

Video Demo of VisioGlobe 3D Navigation on the iPhone

Video Demo of VisioGlobe 3D Navigation on the iPhone at Mobile World Congress 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Related Article: The content and services behind navigation and GPS

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.

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 [...]