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Apple Buys Chomp

Feb 24, 2012, 8:45 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Apple has purchased a small start-up company called Chomp for an undisclosed sum. Chomp created a search engine specifically to help smartphone users search for mobile applications. Apple didn't say how it plans to use Chomp.

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phatmanxxl

Feb 24, 2012, 12:55 PM

here's the plan...

Sue HTC, Samsung, Motorola, Google, LG, Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL, Comcast...anything that has a search engine. Have the defendants product banned in various countries.

Mikey C

profit.

Jellz

Buy out the other app search guys, then put it on a shelf and forget about it while yours continues to be a monopoly on iOS apps.

...

Versed

WHy don't they take the money they have on hand and just buy Greece? Remove Greece from the eurozone, create a new currency called the iPple pay workers to make their products in low value currency and it will be a win win?

SublimeDavid

Feb 24, 2012, 5:05 PM

Chomp SMS?

Same company that makes that software just wondering? 😎 If it is, great way to directly attack google by bringing a like apple messaging app but not sure if they are related.

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