Apple Inc. Said to Acquire Personalized Recommendation Service Spotsetter

Mark Melin

Published onJune 6, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) computer has agreed to acquire Spotsetter, a social search engine used for personalized recommendations, Tech Crunch is reporting. Terms of the deal were not released.

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Spotsetter app removed from Apple’s app store

The Spotsetter app, which has been removed from the Apple App store according to Juli Clover at MacRumors, provided personalized recommendations using social networks for "great venues to eat, play, drink, and shop," the Spotsetter said. Spotsetter had announced plans to shutter the app six days ago without explanation, while Spotsetter founders Stephen Tse and Johnny Lee have now...

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

Apple Inc. Said to Acquire Personalized Recommendation Service Spotsetter

Spotsetter app removed from Apple’s app store

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