Intel Sinks $100 Million Into AppUp

Software tools and services companies can apply for funding to create "innovative applications and digital content for the mobile and PC ecosystem" that are offered for download via the AppUp service.

At its Intel Capital Global Summit, the company already announced twelve investments totaling $45 million. The first two companies to receive funding were Urban Airship, a mobile platform-as-a-service company and 4tiitoo, a German OSV and tablet device developer. 4tiitoo made a name for itself by creating the WeTab, which was one of the first companies working on an iPad rival, but did not live to the initial hype surrounding the WeTab so far.

"The explosion of connected computing devices has created tremendous opportunity for entrepreneurs to create and build businesses to meet the unprecedented demand for new and innovative computing applications and digital content," said Arvind Sodhani, president of Intel Capital and Intel executive vice president, in a prepared statement. "The Intel Capital AppUp Fund will help encourage the creation of companies interested in delivering or enabling applications that enhance and extend the online experience for the 15 billion devices expected to be connected by 2015."

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Douglas Perry was a freelance writer for Tom's Hardware covering semiconductors, storage technology, quantum computing, and processor power delivery. He has authored several books and is currently an editor for The Oregonian/OregonLive.

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de5_Roy

4tiitoo certainly put the wet in WeTab :P
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synd

Intel investing here and there 50+millions like it's no money for them
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ojas

syndIntel investing here and there 50+millions like it's no money for themIt's money that'll create more money, they're not giving it away for free or something...
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zoemayne

syndIntel investing here and there 50+millions like it's no money for themintel is making $ their still milking the death out of the cor 2's
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jimmysmitty

zoemayneintel is making $ their still milking the death out of the cor 2's
Not sure ho thats even correcnt when the Core 2 lineup has been put to bed a long time ago. And while the SB arch has roots in Core, its not the same thing and took billions of R&D to create and is still currently the best option.

And of course Intel will make money. You have to spend money to make money and Intel spends billions a year.
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jsjacobsny_00

'Software tools and services companies can apply for funding to create "innovative applications and digital content for the mobile and PC ecosystem" that are offered for download via the AppUp service.'

...Yeah; where is that?!? I just spent 10 minutes on the linked website, and I can't find any such application. It it's there, it's pretty well-hidden.
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Marco925

jimmysmittyNot sure ho thats even correcnt when the Core 2 lineup has been put to bed a long time ago. And while the SB arch has roots in Core, its not the same thing and took billions of R&D to create and is still currently the best option.And of course Intel will make money. You have to spend money to make money and Intel spends billions a year.I think he means that Socket 775 CPUs and motherboards continue to be widely available despite being two generations behind, I sell lots of Such boards and cpus as cheap $289 systems. they're still popular.
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amordegrim

And yet not a single Intel android app in the appUp market ; P
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livebriand

Oh yeah, I tried Appup when they had the free Angry Birds thing, quickly got tired of it, and uninstalled both.
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