Why Apple Denied the Google Latitude App

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."

Comments

Prior art

[Anonymous Coward]

Of course, if someone had prior art to my IP, i'd bury it too.

Re:I Smell Patent War

[Ragzouken]

This just begs the question "Who the hell cares?"

Re:The evil of a closed platform

[Suffering Bastard]

Good point, I should have clarified my meaning of "crackdown" as not litigating, despite PR statements against it.

Yours in comment purgatory,
-SB