“Go back in time a couple of years, and the idea seemed pretty farfetched. After all, the two companies’ core businesses didn’t (and still don’t) intersect with each other, and they’d formed a healthy software partnership for the iPhone, with Google Maps and YouTube coming pre-installed on the device,” Jhonsa writes. “If anything, Apple and Google looked like allies dealing with a common enemy in the form of that monopoly-wielding colossus up the coast, Microsoft.”
Jhonsa writes, “But today, Microsoft has to look like a toothless giant to both of these firms, with Zune, Windows Mobile, and its search endeavors all more or less having flopped. And all the while, the Apple-Google relationship has slowly gone from being friendly, to ambivalent, to outright hostile.”
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MacDailyNews Take: If Apple unveiled a four-slice toaster today, Google would have a two-slice toaster in beta within a year and a half.
It’s google and apple and no google is no Microsoft
Google will die when Apple releases a video community based on the iPod nano and iPhone and a mapping service as well. Many people use generic search engines now but they will become a thing of the past – they are just not efficient compared to accurate predictions and accumulations of multimedia and knowledge. Seems unthinkable… But maybe not.
An Apple toaster sounds awesome! Just think what Steve Jobs & Jonathon Ive could do to small kitchen appliance!
Click on the “Full Article Here.” Do not read the story, just read the review. It sums up everything that is wrong with the story.
“…the Apple-Google relationship has slowly gone from being friendly, to ambivalent, to outright hostile.”
I can’t speak for the above, but is it me or does it seem like lately videos on the iPhone youtube app take forever and a day to load???
A toothless giant, with lots of meat yet to be picked off the carcass.
Google and Apple will have plenty of time eating away at Microsoft’s business from both ends, before they ever have to turn on each-other.
An MDN take good enough to iCal it almost.
Google and Apple may bump heads every once in a while, who doesn’t?, but for the most part, they believe in the same thing and pull in the same direction.
Seems like a beat up to me. Much easier to pit Google and Apple at each other when Microsoft is currently so uninspiring.
Yeah, Google is turning into the same kind of low-class a$$holes like M$hit…
Youpoop on iPhone really is slow and always stalls half way.
Steve Jobs is not stupid – It seems like he’s been had “again” by another industry competitor, but bet your asses he and Apple got their share and benefit from the Apple/Google relationship other than inspiration.
When two powerhouses powwow there’s usually a lot more than smoke to inspire and ingest.
There’s plenty to go around and both can co exist despite some betrayed trust that seems evident.
Would an Apple Toaster have an iPod dock? Apps for different bread? Power monitoring? Hmmmm!
@ PhillyMacGuy
yes, I’ve noticed for a while that videos on my iPod Touch take forever to download on youtube. Maybe this new-found rivalry has led to this, who knows…..
Wow, you guys are conspiracy freaks! Enough already.
Google will be a formidable competitor. They won’t be subsidizing money losing operations the way MicoShaft does. They are way too smart for that.
The world’s changed, you can’t just plug along and wait for the huge uptake to carry you forward. Apple and other competitors are much smarter than that, and the pace of innovation is much greater than in the 80’s and 90’s. Microsoft believes they can patiently improve product and take over markets over the long haul. They are dead wrong with that 90’s strategy.
Would I rather be in a company that makes a good profit selling operating systems that work well installed in good quality hardware using software that can be used even if I am not hooked up to the internet all the time, or would I rather be in a company that depends on a search engine for advertising income?
Hmmmmm…..going to have to think hard about that one! 
Apple needs to put their innovation and design genius behind launching a new search engine.
Hello Guy’s,
Google and Apple will have plenty of time eating away at Microsoft’s business from both ends, before they ever have to turn on each-other.Much easier to pit Google and Apple at each other when Microsoft is currently so uninspiring.
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Google has been able to ride the wind created by a good search engine and a couple of other pretty good ideas, but overall I think they are largely overrated.
And if they piss off Steve Jobs enough, I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple came out with a bit of technology that broadsides Google’s search engine mothership.
“… the Apple-Google relationship has slowly gone from being friendly, to ambivalent, to outright hostile.”
EXCELLENT! *evil laugh*
Long live competition in the marketplace.
You have three different business models at work here.
1) Microsoft gives a little upfront, at a low entry cost, and requires you to pay for every little thing that is needed. And you will need a lot to do whatever it is you do. A lot of hidden costs.
2) Google gives everything away for free, and makes money off of advertising. With a few exceptions. You end up with an experience that will give you what you need, with distractions along the way. But it is mostly free. I’m not sure if their apps for the iPhone even cost anything.
3) Apple will give you everything that you need to do whatever it is you do, for a price. It will be of high quality, and with no hidden costs. You will not be surprised with your purchase or disappointed. Nor will you have to keep buying more stuff to make your purchase work.
These are the differences with these companies. So IMHO, they are only competitors in the sense that people will choose one over the other two. I personally like being able to get what I want and not have to pay to improve or protect my purchase a month later. I load free apps, knowing if I like them, that I’ll buy the standard version, to get the ads off.
I’ll never buy a microsoft or google product again. I’ll always be an Apple customer. To me, there is no competition.
Make that 2 and a half slice toaster
Where’s Alta Vista when we need it? Actually not too worried about Google software being a threat to Apple. I’m more worried about the personal data they’re gathering, harvesting and packaging being a threat to my privacy, and ultimately down the line, maybe my freedom. Hell, even their face recognition stuff on picasa makes you wonder. “Hmmm. Why don’t we get these people to photo ID all their contacts for our database. They’ll do it willingly, and we’ll have a goldmine for selling to the fed or other authorities (Chinese…Iranian…US…) down the line…”