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Articles tagged with: Google and Apple
Google board member steps down
Google says a board member who is also a director of computer maker Apple is stepping down, removing a potential conflict of interest as the two companies look to compete more directly. more
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Apple Board a Rubber Stamp? Who Cares
As long as Apple remains a top-performing company, it seems issues related to its board of directors will be a nonstory on Wall Street. more
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Apple denies 'rejecting' Google Voice for iPhone
Apple told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device - yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google's application outright. more
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Apple/Google Spat Represents Opening Shot in High-Stakes Wireless Data Battle
Apple's recent move to reject google's google Voice software from its App Store represents an initial skirmish in the escalating battle among wireless operators, cell phone makers, and content developers and aggregators over who will control revenue generated by applications and data services, according to iSuppli Corp. more
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Google CEO leaves Apple board as companies compete
Google CEO Eric Schmidt is resigning from Apple's board of directors as the Internet search leader increasingly develops products that compete with Apple's core businesses, including the popular iPhone. more
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Blackberry LBS Apps 4-Times More Expensive Than iPhone, Android LBS Apps
Wi-Fi hotspot based location services provider, Skyhook Wireless has released a report on trends in location-aware apps from Apple's App Store, google's Android Marketplace and Blackberry App World. more
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Google CEO doesn't see problem with his Apple role
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt is taking a government inquiry into his role on Apple's board in stride, expressing confidence that the probe won't find any evidence that the ties between the two companies throttle competition in mobile phones and other technology fields. more
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Game-Changing Moves Strengthen Consumer LBS in North America
The consumer location-based services (LBS) market has steadily evolved over the past few years, always promising significant revenue generation, but never quite delivering the critical mass of subscribers that were expected. Now, a number of factors - including the development of third-party location databases and technologies - are poised to finally drive real LBS market growth on mobile phones. more
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Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech
This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli. more
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Apple Adds MMS and Copy/Paste to the iPhone
Apple has previewed an upgrade of its operating system for the iPhone handsets, along with the immediate availability of a beta software release to registered developers. The iPhone OS 3.0 beta release includes an updated Software Development Kit (SDK) with over 1,000 new Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) including In-App Purchases; Peer-to-Peer connections; an app interface for accessories; access to the iPod music library; a new Maps API and Push Notifications. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, iphone, mms, ipod, bluetooth, iden, parental-controls, operating-system