{"id":627630,"date":"2010-01-11T17:58:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T22:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5445788"},"modified":"2010-01-11T17:58:17","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T22:58:17","slug":"why-did-apple-just-now-turn-off-the-lights-at-fingerworks-com-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/627630","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Apple Just Now Turn Off the Lights at Fingerworks.com? [Apple]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/gizmodo\/2010\/01\/fiiingerwooorks.jpg?w=340\" class=\"left image340\"  \/>Apple bought Fingerworks&mdash;a company that developed a bunch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2002\/01\/24\/technology\/no-press-no-stress-when-fingers-fly.html\">multitouch accessories, interfaces and gestures<\/a>&mdash;years ago, but left the site online until this week, even as founder <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #waynewesterman\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/waynewesterman\/\">Wayne Westerman<\/a> popped up in Apple patents. It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080725222150\/http:\/\/www.fingerworks.com\/\">gone now<\/a>. Hmmm. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2010\/01\/11\/fingerworks-com-content-pulled-ahead-of-apple-tablet-announcement\/\">MacRumors<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=4716e6eabd6124d1308e01d1bca7a04f&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=4716e6eabd6124d1308e01d1bca7a04f&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LXMh1By3_zgSXxJ19V7r7Aog0Aw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LXMh1By3_zgSXxJ19V7r7Aog0Aw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LXMh1By3_zgSXxJ19V7r7Aog0Aw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LXMh1By3_zgSXxJ19V7r7Aog0Aw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=sFSAA_nlhGM:SCNEzYe__-A:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=sFSAA_nlhGM:SCNEzYe__-A:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=sFSAA_nlhGM:SCNEzYe__-A:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=sFSAA_nlhGM:SCNEzYe__-A:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=sFSAA_nlhGM:SCNEzYe__-A:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=sFSAA_nlhGM:SCNEzYe__-A:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/sFSAA_nlhGM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple bought Fingerworks&mdash;a company that developed a bunch of multitouch accessories, interfaces and gestures&mdash;years ago, but left the site online until this week, even as founder Wayne Westerman popped up in Apple patents. It&#8217;s gone now. Hmmm. 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