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Apple and Google: Friends or Foes?
Two of the biggest three technology companies today, Apple and Google are both beginning to reach critical mass. We knew this was going to happen but the question is, are they going to coexist peacefully or compete? It seems that several recent events have sent us, the public, mixed messages. Up ‘till now it seems that Apple or Google have had decent relations. They’re kind to each other, they don’t mud sling. They seemed to have no problem getting along. When the iPhone was produced, their was tight integration of Gmail, Google Maps, and the Google Search Engine set as default. Heck, there are reports that the reason the Nexus One (including the latest version of Android) doesn’t include multitouch in the OS is because Apple asked Google not to.
Lately, and currently developing, are stories about how Google and Apple just aren’t playing nice like they used to. Over the past year we’ve seen signs like, the Google Voice app for the iPhone App Store being denied and the mini legal battle that ensued from that, Eric Schmidt also resigned from Apple’s Board of Directors due to that fiasco. Now, there are alleged reports that Microsoft and Apple are actually teaming up (GASP!!!) to take Google out by completely removing all Google applications from the iPhone and replacing them with Microsoft products, including making the default search engine on the iPhone Bing! Its no surprize really when you think about it that Microsoft and Apple want to team up to defeat a common enemy. For the longest time Apple and Microsoft had their own private war, now a third player wants to enter the game and has quite a bit already. Is Google the new kid on the block thats going to get bullied around by the other kids? Does Google have enough strength to take on Apple? And if it does can it handle Microsoft as an ally to Apple? Comments are welcome.
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