Apple ditched Skyhook and Google, rolled their own location database
TechCrunch went through the fine print and noticed that, with iOS 3.2 (iPhone 3.2 for iPad) Apple switched from using Skyhook and Google’s location database to using their own, home spun, solution.
When reached for comment, Skyhook wouldn’t specifically talk about their relationship with Apple, but they did say that “everyone who has [...]
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Google CEO: We don’t have a plan to beat Apple
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in a recent interview that they’re not in competition with Apple, even while taking a little shot at the company on whose board of directors he sat during the iPhone’s development.
We don’t have a plan to beat Apple, that’s not how we operate,” Schmidt says. “We’re trying to [...]
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Apple launches 1 iPhone a year, Android shows off 8 last week
No starker contrast could be drawn between Apple’s iPhone 4 strategy and Google’s Android than this past week where iPhone 4 made its traditional once-a-year debut — just as Motorola showed off a new Verizon Droid X, T-Mobile Charm, AT&T Flipout, and Samsung announced the Galaxy S-class Sprint Epric 4G, Verizon Facinate, T-Mobile Vibrant, [...]
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Google remote kills 2 Android apps from user phones
Google has remotely wiped two apps from Android users’ phones, which is something Apple has always had the ability to do with iOS, but has so far never done.
For all the crazy stories about App Store rejections, and the well-deserved criticism Apple faces for some of them, to their credit they’ve never reached out and [...]
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iPhone 4 vs Droid X – tech specs
How does Apple’s iPhone 4 compare to Motorola’s Droid X and HTC’s Droid Incredible, Evo 4G, and Nexus One?
Even as iPhone 4 goes out for delivery, and reservists start lining up at Apple Stores, Motorola, Google, Adobe, and Verizon announced the Droid X, the latest, best Android on the planet.
Our good friend Phil from Android [...]
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