Hungry to earn a buck, many programmers are making apps for the two leading mobile platforms: Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android OS. But a few developers say they feel luckier playing with the underdog: Palm. “I made some of the crappiest apps for the Pre, and Palm is giving me $1,000 for each,”...
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Apple could soon be the target of an antitrust investigation by either the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice, according to numerous press reports, with the feds focusing on its new policy requiring developers to write iPhone OS apps using only Apple-approved programming languages. The rule would effectively prohibit developers from using...
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Palm Inc. a pioneer in the smart phone business that couldn’t quite make the comeback it needed, has agreed to be bought out by Hewlett-Packard Co. for about $1.4 billion in cash. The two Silicon Valley companies announced Wednesday that the deal will see HP pay $5.70 for every Palm common share and certain...
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