
Is Apple Creating Ad-Supported Devices?

It’s not often Apple investigates cost-cutting measures. Consider MP3 players. They existed long before the iPod, but Apple took the technology, put it in a great-looking box, doubled the price and had a world-wide hit. It’s the same story for the iPhone, iMacs, and the other technology Apple produces. Apple fanboys are rarely price-sensitive. When a new Apple product appears, they will sell their children for medical experiments just to get their hands on the device. However, a recently discovered Apple patent reveals the company are considering alternative revenue options. The patent refers to an “enforcement routine” which plays adverts at pre-defined intervals that the user would not be able to skip. In addition, the device may asks questions or request specific key-press combinations to ensure the…










| oxambs_ (Amber Leigh Hards) : #imtiredofseeing the go compare advert... Updated : 2010-03-10T23:49:57Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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KimberleyMDISCO (KimberleyMDISCO) : @_ChicksDigJerks the advert managed to put me off and it was only 2mins long!.. Updated : 2010-03-10T23:49:34Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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AhmNoHere (Andrew Craib) : @Neurosceptic Seen the advert? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo3mPmdZ8_c.. Updated : 2010-03-10T23:48:23Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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DarrellKMorris (Darrell K Morris) : Possibly something to do with wondeful ambient version of flake advert by Pete Kemper / Delia Derbyshire @ Jarvis's sunday service #6music.. Updated : 2010-03-10T23:46:35Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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euronews24 (Euro news 24) : Israel supermarket uses parody film of Dubai assassins in advert http://bit.ly/9lLPAB.. Updated : 2010-03-10T23:46:27Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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