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Steve Jobs Promises Developers That Apple’s iAds Won’t “Suck” and Will Make Them Money

in Media on April 8, 2010 at 11:13 am PT

Hate the idea of seeing ads pop up while you surf the Web from your phone? So does Steve Jobs. That’s why Apple is focusing its new ad platform solely on its burgeoning app ecosystem. As I reported Tuesday, Apple is using its Quattro acquisition to launch its “iAd” (really!) ad network, aimed at the developers who have built 185,000 apps to date for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.