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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:I Smell Patent War by Swift2001 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Buy what you want. That's the American way.

    I don't quite understand the outrage at an iPhone store that has 100,000 apps and whose costs range from free to pretty cheap, and which has lacked a few dozen well-publicized apps, most of which are rejected due to mistakes and errors.

    If you don't like it, don't buy it. That's simple.