Apple acquires map API company Poly9
According to the Sun, Apple has purchased Quebec-based Poly9, a mapping API provider for Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo!, MSNBC, and NORAD.
Poly9’s website has been shuttered, their employees moved to Cupertino.
Last year, Apple bought PlaceBase, a company that specialized in API for layering data sets over maps.
Since there’s only a few companies that actually own the maps [...]
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Streaming media service Lala goes bye-bye, will iTunes.com take its place?
Streaming music service Lala closed its virtual doors today. Acquired by Apple last year, rumors persist that Lala talent and technology will be a part of an upcoming iTunes.com service that moves Apple music, movie, and TV offerings to the cloud.
Recent leaks about an iPhone OS-powered Apple TV that would stream content directly from iTunes [...]
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Apple buys Siri voice-powered personal assistant
Apple’s buying spree obviously didn’t stop with chip wizards Intricity — they’ve snapped up voice-powered personal assistant Siri as well.
The Siri iPhone app is currently still available in the US App Store [free - iTunes link]. No guarantees on how long that will last. What makes Siri so interesting is how they integrate a number [...]
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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, [...]