As a company, Apple doesn't particularly like to rely on Samsung or Google to keep its affairs ticking over. It's been common knowledge for a while now that Apple is looking to have its own maps/navigation system - a move which would see the current Google Maps app disappear from iOS, and just today, Sina Tech has reported that Apple is looking to replace Google Search on iOS devices in China with Baidu. Although Baidu is not such a big deal in the Western World, but is the number one search-based outfit in the Chinese market - by a long shot.
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There are a bunch of image-only social apps out in the wild just now, but none seem to have captured the imagination quite like Instagram for iPhone.
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