So *thats* what happened to Yap!

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Yap was one of the big names in Voice Recognition - powering a lot of the voicemail transcription market - till they suddenly went silent on 10/20/2011 (Silent Thursday?).  The rumors were rife - everything ranging from software breakdown, to Filipino strike, to (the most baffling one) Sneaky Verizon Ploy.  It turns out the truth was a lot less strange - Amazon bought 'em out to (most likely) embed in the Fire.  Its certainly an anti-Siri ploy, but I guess we'll find out about the Fire rumors Any Day Now...

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