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Intrinsity Acquired by Apple

Intrinsity Acquired by Apple

In one of the worst kept secrets of the year, Apple announced the acquisition of Austin-based chip company Intrinsity. It’s rumored that their A4 chip powers Apple’s new iPad. The stream of future royalties probably far exceed the rumored $121M purchase price.
Word of the acquisition began to leak out after technology trade publications noticed [...]

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Apple Has Revolutionized How We Think About Ads, You Just Don’t Know It Yet.

Apple Has Revolutionized How We Think About Ads, You Just Don’t Know It Yet.

During yesterday’s Apple developer preview, the latest addition to Apple’s arsenal was unveiled, iAd. The platform aims to make it easy for developers to monetize their free iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad applications by providing a simple, Apple controlled platform that allows them to provide ads to their users.

While there is nothing revolutionary about ad networks, I believe this specific implementation is. Why?

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