Jan 5 2010
Boom Town: Apple Buying AdMob Competitor Quatro Wireless
Boom Town claims several sources have confirmed that Apple is getting into the in-app advertising business by buying AdMob competitor Quattro Wireless for $275 million.
Since Apple currently dominates the mobile app space, bolstering their cut of profits with a cut of in-app advertising is likely good business for them. It’s all about the eyeballs, and [...]
Dec 13 2009
Apple vs. Google in Battle of the Startup Acquisitions!
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google and Apple are not only increasingly in each others’ space, but getting into each others faces in a battle to acquire — and prevent each other from acquiring — strategic startups. Google was in “serious discussions” to buy online music streaming service Lala before Apple swooped in [...]