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Amazon Has Acquired Yap, the Closest Thing to a Siri Clone It Can Find

in Commerce on November 9, 2011 at 2:34 pm PT

There are a lot of similarities between Amazon and Apple. The secrecy, the dedication to the consumer, the focus on devices and digital media, and now this: Siri.
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Yahoo Renovates Its Home Page

in The Digital Solution on July 28, 2009 at 4:52 pm PT

Katherine Boehret reviews Yahoo’s made-over home page, which features less clutter and new “apps.”

Guitar Hero: World Store

in News on July 15, 2008 at 6:19 am PT

With analysts predicting Activision Blizzard will generate $1.38 billion in profits during its first financial year, Bobby Kotick, CEO of the new company, can perhaps be forgiven his grandiose proclamations. After all, there’s little doubt that the pure-play online and console game publisher will be the world’s most profitable. That said, it’s hard to believe that Activision Blizzard can launch a “successful competitor” to Apple’s iTunes music service through its Guitar Hero franchise as Kotick claims.

Next up at TechCrunch40: Mobile and Communications

in News on September 17, 2007 at 1:19 pm PT

Digital Daily’s John Paczkowski is blogging from TechCrunch40 in San Francisco. Technical difficulties at the conference site prevent him from live-blogging, so he is summarizing with the following report on the second session. Jason Calacanis is back onstage, describing the voting process employed by a panel of judges (which will be done with poker chips). [...]