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Why Apple Denied the Google Latitude App

Posted by Soulskill on from the what-a-coincidence dept.

awyeah writes "A recently revealed Apple patent looks remarkably similar to the functionality of Google Latitude, which Apple relegated to WebApp status earlier this year. Obviously if Apple is working on their own version of Google Latitude (or owns the IP rights to this functionality), they'd be hesitant to put an app with the same functionality on their devices from another company."

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  1. Re:The evil of a closed platform by Swift2001 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh, so that's what's wrong with you. Libertarianism is a brain disease.

    To compare apple with the czar? You gotta be joking.

    If they're bad, they will sell fewer phones, I guess. We'll see.

  2. Re:Times change by tyrione · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    it's WAY better than the pre-Apple cell phone world

    Personally I preferred when phones were just phones.

    Personally, I preferred when whiny little sh*** didn't work in the IT industry with a Liberal Arts degree and call themselves engineers, but as a multi-degreed engineer that's just not working like I want it to.