Apple rumored to introduce iAd on April 7th

By on Mar 27, 2010 at 7:49 AM
General March 27, 2010

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Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt might have been able to put their differences aside yesterday as they enjoyed a cup of coffee, but the ol’ rivalry might soon be kicked up a notch Emeril Lagasse-style as there is now talk Apple is going to unveil its very own mobile advertising service on April 7th. Reportedly to be known as iAd (*face palm*), the service is thought to be built on top of Quattro Wireless, the mobile advertising company Apple snapped up in January. Not much else is known at present, although it is believed Apple might not be able to take full advantage of proximity-based advertising thanks to a patent recently awarded to Google. And as for Google, as much as it might loathe the idea of Apple making inroads to advertising, there could be a silver lining. Actual competition in mobile advertising could convince the federal government to allow Google’s acquisition of AdMob, held up as the government lawyers mill over whether or not to proceed with an anti-trust lawsuit, to finally proceed.

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  • MotoRoi

    This is about as revolutionary a imms.

  • Teddy

    What’s next? iEye?

    • OnceUponAtime

      Worst one I’ve heard, by far! LOL

    • Rob

      …Captain!

  • AJ

    Good one, Michael. You should have waited until April 1st, though ;-)

  • http://www.fullchipdesign.com/tyh/computingdevice.htm tyh@computingdevice.htm

    they can’t go along

  • jonathan

    I say they should combine their resources and call it Appoogle or Goopple and they can rule the world.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

    • Menno

      yeah.. there is already an iGoogle.. I’m surprised Steve Jobs didn’t try and sue.

      • Sliznut

        I’m pretty sure he’s also going to patent iJarret in honor of super special Apple fanboy galore on here.

  • Sliznut

    Didn’t Steve Jobs invent the lower case I? I’m sure he tried to patent the letter by now.

  • vinddraken

    I hope that the iCar will be able to do more tasks then the iPhone or will they motivate that doing one task at a time will save fuel?

    How about iRadio? Where each artist will have to wait 6 months or more for their songs to get accepted? And Apple wont allow several songs with similar themes?

  • Nunya

    May as well call it the iDick cause Steve is going to make sure it’s firmly jammed up everyones asses!!

  • (The Real Jarrett) Jarrett

    @Sliznut,

    I already own that patent. Realizing that people hate people who like Apple more than they hate their fathers who sexually abused them, I saw an opening. Sorry if that last bit made your hole hurt, no pun was intended.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • (The Real Jarrett) Jarrett

    @Nunya,

    When did a company ever force someone to use their product? Seriouly, some mothers should be shot just because they chose not to swallow. Or they should at least be charged with abuse on this planet for allowing their children to be so dumb.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • patrick

    So does this mean that on BGR mobile we will see iAds instead of Google

  • Boygeniusisignorant

    How is this a “face palm” boygenius? the “i” brand works so well that KFC has used it to introduce it new chicken twist sandwich the itwist. You must be a complete moron or ignorant to business strategy. It works and works so well it is copied by many companies (ihome, idog, etc) which makes Madison avenue jealous with rage for not trademarking the “i” earlier. Doucheeeeeeeeeeeee

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