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Google seeks to patent new Web app tech
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| Google has filed at least four patent
| applications for technology it's building
| into its Chrome browser to try to make the
| Web a more powerful foundation for
| applications.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000049-264.html
Apple denying iPhone apps that use location framework for targeted ads
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| Apple this week notified iPhone developers
| that they cannot use the device's GPS data
| to serve location-aware advertisements to
| users of App Store software.
|
| [..]
|
| One patent application described a dynamic
| home screen that would display specific
| applications automatically populated based
| on factors like the current location of the
| phone. For example, when traveling in San
| Francisco, a specific "San Francisco" icon
| could appear on the screen, and give users
| easy access to local weather, time, maps
| and contacts.
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http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/05/apple_denies_iphone_apps_that_use_location_framework_for_targeted_ads.html
Apple tells devs that location-based advertising is a no-no
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| Apple doesn't appear to be opposed to
| location-based targeted advertising in
| principle. It has filed patents for
| location-based targeted advertising,
| especially in relation to offering
| currently playing songs or videos at a
| particular location for purchase via
| iTunes.
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http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/02/apple-tells-devs-that-location-based-advertising-is-a-no-no.ars
Apple's Bans Go Way Too Far
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| Is Apple's banning iPhone applications that
| would use location data for displaying
| advertising not as onerous as anything
| Microsoft tried--and mostly didn't get away
| with?
|
| What about banning the word "Android" from
| the App Store? Like Apple thinks it can
| control the flow of information its
| customers receive? Give me a break.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/188760/apples_bans_go_way_too_far.html
Hidden Dimensions
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| Back in the dark ages, around 1991, Apple
| had some pretty cool Macs while PC users
| were still mired in DOS. Apple was making
| good money. Meanwhile, on the PC side, just
| marrying a mouse with DOS was the big
| thing. However, over time, Microsoft was
| able to copy what Apple was doing with the
| WIMP interface (Windows, Icons, Menus,
| Pointing device).
|
| That was due in part to poor IP protections
| and a strategic error made by John Sculley
| who opened the door, contractually, to a
| GUI for Microsoft back in the 1980s. That
| resulted in a lawsuit by Apple against
| Microsoft in 1988, one that Apple
| eventually lost. (The fascinating saga has
| been documented at Low End Mac.) Once that
| GUI door was opened, Microsoft was
| eventually able to mimic the Mac OS look
| and feel. Today, many non-technical users
| are not able to differentiate between
| Windows 7 and Snow Leopard, and that has to
| irk Apple.
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http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apples_science_fiction_dream/
Recent:
Defective by Design delivers iPad anti-DRM petition with 5,000 signatures to Jobs -- more coming
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| The first 5,000 names have been printed on a
| four-foot tall "tablet" and shipped to
| Cupertino. Defective by Design will send a new
| tablet for every 5,000 signatures.
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http://www.fsf.org/news/ipad-drm-petition-delivered
The Ipad might not be released in the EU
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| EXPENSIVE GADGET MAKER Apple is probably
| already regretting its daft name for its giant
| Ipod Touch, but it is looking like it will
| have a devil of a time using the Ipad name in
| the EU.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1590588/th-ipad-released-eu
Android Tablets vs. Apple iPad: Comparison/Review
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| With the launch of Appleâs new iPad this week,
| everyone seems to have their eyes tuned into
| the tablet market. Well jump on over to
| Gizmodo for the full review and comparison of
| the iPad, HP Slate, JooJoo, and a few Android
| tablets (Notion Ink Adam, Dell Mini 5, Archos
| 7 Android).
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http://phandroid.com/2010/01/29/android-tablets-vs-apple-ipad-comparisonreview/
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