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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “ad supported”

• Apple patents method for ad-supported services

  
  Icrontic — Authority: 439
  Apple has patented a system for subsidized hardware and software which will force users to watch ads by responding to prompts.
  10 hours ago

• Would you use a free, ad-supported OS?

  
  Gadgetsteria — Authority: 586
  “Free” is a term that in this economy, draws people in scores. Not necessarily because we’re “cheap”, but more so frugal. There’s less money to go around and being a gadget nerd is not exactly cheap. We (us nerds) will often skimp on basic necessities just so we can have the latest in technology. Hey, ...
  17 hours ago

• Did Qtrax Tell Another Lie?

  
  hypebot — Authority: 645
  Search Deal With Baidu May Be Far Less Than Qtrax Claimed The missteps by ad supported music download site Qtrax are legendary. In 2008, the company held lavish parties at MIDEM to announce deals with all four major label groups that each label denied just hours later.  Since then, Qtrax has missed almost ...
  1 week ago

• Free All Music: Will This Ad-Supported Model Float?

  
  Qmuso - digital music news — Authority: 115
  Remember when ad-supported music was going to save the industry? Spiralfrog was lavished with praise and endless press coverage, and major labels extracted millions in licensing fees before the ship sank. Nowadays, the darling is Spotify, though according to inside sources, US-based major label executives remain ...
  2 weeks ago

• Google Working on Free [Ad Supported] Turn-by-Turn Navigation App?

  
  The iPhone Blog — Authority: 669
  Google already provides the free Google Maps service (with Street View, pictured above), but could they be planning to step up to full on turn-by-turn navigation? Forbes thinks so: Google, which generally gives its software away for free and recoups its investment through advertising, would likely sell ads within the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Apple Applies For Free Ad-Supported OS Patent [Apple]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 894
  Some of Apples patents become real products, but many more dont. So who knows if the "visual or audible" ads in this unearthed 2008 application will see the light of day. Among other disclosures,...
  3 weeks ago

• Apple patent explores option for ad-supported OS

  
  OnlyGizmos — Authority: 477
  While this is something we would typically expect Google to initiate, surprisingly Apple had filed a patent back in 2008 for an Operating System-concept that would be ad-supported. This would, in theory at least, make the software free (or available for a discounted price) for the end-user. The patent shows the Mac ...
  3 weeks ago

• We7 Response to News about Google Music

  
  Sell Off Music — Authority: 163
  By now, I’m sure you’ve read the leaked news covered extensively today by TechCrunch regarding Google’s forthcoming music service .You may have even about the press event for the official announcement , or screenshots of how the service might work ,so I was intrigued by the email I received from We7 earlier ...
  3 weeks ago

• Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition To Be Offered For Free, But With A Catch

  
  The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP — Authority: 541
  Microsoft is announcing that their Office 2010 Starter Edition will be ad supported and available for free. The catch is that the Starter Edition will only be offered on a new computer sale and not for a free download. The Starter Edition will only include Word and Excel and be stripped down versions of the full ...
  4 weeks ago

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