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BY JIM FLINK
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We?ve seen plenty of efforts to take a bite out of Apple.?Now Apple?s taking a Chomp out of Android. ?Literally.?Here?s Giga Om?s Om Malik.
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?Apple acquired app discovery service Chomp earlier this year, betting that it would help make app discovery easier and better on its iTunes Appstore. The casualty of that acquisition is the Chomp for Android app which seems to have been discontinued.?
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GigaOM has a side-by-side screen grab of Chomp before its acquisition and afterward. ?Look, no Android.?The Verge says ? it just went poof.
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?....the app has vanished from Google Play, and all mentions of Google's OS have been removed from the Chomp homepage... it's widely believed that Chomp's algorithms... will be used to improve search and discoverability in iTunes and the App Store.?
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What made Chomp so desireable in the first place? Its technology provides results based on an app's function, not its name.
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Slash Gear says, that?s kind of a game changer.
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?A common complaint of the App Store is that, while it is rammed with choice, actually sifting through those options to find software worth downloading is time-consuming and inelegant. ?
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Now, there are still a couple of alternatives to nibble on in the Google marketplace.?Gotta Be Mobile notes...
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?Services like AppsFire and AppAware are still available in the Google Play Store ? The easiest way to find great new apps is still talking to friends with the same mobile OS...?
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9to5Google notes, there?s also a workaround for Android users who want to still sample Chomp.
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?...when searching for apps on the website, changing the platform to ?Android? in the URL still allows you to view Android apps.??
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That will surely be fixed soon enough.?As will -- likely -- one more casualty to get bitten.?Verizon.?MacRumors reports...
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?Apple reportedly paid about $50 million for Chomp, which also had a deal with Verizon to power its Android app search tools. That agreement will presumably be ending as Chomp completes its integration into Apple and focuses all of its attention on iOS.?
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