“Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said former Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson should stay on the boards of both Google and Apple Inc, despite regulatory scrutiny,” John Poirier reports for Reuters.
“Schmidt said on Friday that Google and Apple easily passed an antitrust test for overlapping board members relating to revenue overlap,” Poirier reports.
“In August Schmidt quit Apple’s board of directors, a move that was seen as helping defuse some scrutiny of their relationship as they compete in some markets,” Poirier reports. “Asked on Friday if Levinson would step down, Schmidt said: “I would hope not… because I don’t think it’s necessary.” Schmidt said he did not step down under any pressure.”
Poirier reports, “At Friday’s conference, Schmidt emphasized the benefits to Google from the iPhone. ‘The iPhone is our largest source of mobile search queries. The iPhone itself is responsible for 30 or 40 times more of our search queries than anything else,’ Schmidt said. ‘So we love the iPhone and we love the apps that drive it.'”
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Nutter. He has a love for his competitor’s phone and OS? That’s very soft. He’ll lose control. No wonder Apple are severing ties with Google.
Just because they offer a competive option, doesn’t mean they have to be enemies.
I should have included an example with that post…
GM and Toyota are competitors of each other, but on several projects they have been collaborative partners.
And Bill Gates always said how much he loved the Mac as he strove mightily to destroy Apple.
What would happen if google n apple merged? They are going the same direction. Peeps talking about rim and google merging that’s a step down for google.
Macintosher, TheConfuzed1 has it right. Competition is healthy but that doesn’t mean you have to hate the competiion (Microsoft excluded).
Google, like Microsoft, are innovative, they’re always coming up with new, unique products (although their commercial viability is sometimes suspect). Forming a relationship with mutual respect in these circumstances is good for both businesses, e.g. Google Maps on the iPhone.
Secondly Macintosher, you must’ve missed this quote:
“‘The iPhone is our largest source of mobile search queries. The iPhone itself is responsible for 30 or 40 times more of our search queries than anything else,’ Schmidt said. ‘So we love the iPhone and we love the apps that drive it.'”
Thanks to things like having Google as Safari’s default search engine and no doubt apps that use Google’s advertising tools, the iPhone is GOOD for Google. It helps bring in more advertising revenue for them and good search results for us, so everyone’s happy.
* NOBAMA *
OOPS. I meant “APPLE” are innovative not Microsoft! Haha.
@ TheConfuzed1,
“GM and Toyota are competitors of each other, but on several projects they have been collaborative partners.”
Actually they had a 5 year working relationship that was going to end in a merger of the two companies.
Once Toyota got a look at GM’s financial sheets and modus operandi, Toyota dissolved the relationship ASAP.
The General Toyota company was no more and Government Motors was born.
frenemies
@berrylium
Exactly. Isn’t “I love you” corporate speak for “I am going to kill you in your sleep”?
@jjjj
Oh! There’s even a word for it. Thank you!
Comment from: berrylium
And Bill Gates always said how much he loved the Mac as he strove mightily to destroy Apple.
Yeah and don’t forget his wife and kids are not allowed to own a iPod or go to Disneyland.
I never cease to be amazed by the urban legends and bad history that pass for information on some forums, mostly mangled for partisan political purposes.
RE: GM & Toyota
The facts: The two automakers had several collaborative projects, the most significant of which was NUMMI, a joint venture manufacturing plant established in 1984 – 25 years ago – using an existing GM facility in Fremont (CA) as its base. Just this past June, GM announced it was withdrawing from the relationship; at the time of GM’s pullout, Toyota intended to continue operating the plant.
So, Big Al, the venture was not for 5 years and it was NEVER going to result in a merger. Toyota never dissolved the relationship for any reason, so most of what you said was little more than drivel.
Why do you hate America?
I think Mr. “Oops” meant “PrObama,” not “NOBAMA.”
Not so slick, not so bright. What’s your problem- he’s not white?
No politics here, please. My local Craigslist has been absolutely destoyed as an effective resource for musican referrals due to non sequitors- please don’t do the same to this site.
Take a look- MAC DAILY NEWS.
@ Ralph M,
GM had low key merger talks with Toyota years before they talked with Nissan and Chrysler. GM has had legacy pension payment problems for years that were far more onerous than those facing Ford and Chrysler. Those pension payment problems were what scared Toyota away.
The haters are in full celebration over Chicago losing it’s bid for the Olympics, simply because President Obama was promoting it. Sadly, they don’t seem to realize that it was an event for the whole nation. It’s a very unusual type of patriotism that they practice.
A new movie has just been released that shows what the Rush-troglodytes have devolved into. Kinda scary.
http://www.zombieland.com/
Well said Sir Gill… it’s small-minded and unhealthy to see everything in terms of ideology.
But as an impartial observer, I’m glad Rio got it.
It’s quite likely Rio got the Olympics because South America has never been a host site.
Rio’s backers hammered that point and suggested it wasn’t fair, so the Olympics committee took that argument to heart.
I too am happy for Rio. It’s nice that a country in South America finally got their chance. But I do feel sorry for the people in Chicago and the other cities who lost.
I am Brazilian, and I have lost all hope for humanity after Rio was chosen ¬¬.
For starters, Rio did not win because we had the best project.
1-Tokyo’s xenophobic folks didn’t want to host.
2-Madrid is boring and Barcelona already was the host a few years ago.
3-Chicago has more to worry about right now. (being the host will only temporarily boost the city’s revenue)
4-We were begging a lot and South America never was the host
5-Rio is advertised by our own media as the world’s sexual tourism capital. EVERY mention of Rio’s “natural beauties” HAD to include someone’s ass dancing over the beach’s sand…
We are wasting $14 billion that could have been invested in our laughable healthcare, education, and overall infra-structure.
We DON’T DESERVE THIS.
At least I plan to be long gone from this stinking pool of ignorance and corruption by 2016…
I am just going to toss this out there, How the heck do we go from the iPhone and google to the Olympics and politics. All the conservatives, capitalists, or whoever the heck you represent can go get the f*ck off MDN and quit spamming all your political crap on here.
Thank you.
Re: Amorstus
No, thank YOU.
OK, been out all day so sorry for the late replies:
@ @Capitalist
“Why do you hate America?”
Let me get this straight. I simply put “NOBAMA” as my signature (which I always do by the way) and suddenly I HATE America?
Read my post. It’s all about Google and Apple. I just ended it with my signature my friend!
But let’s get this straight: I LOVE America. I thank God everyday that I’m lucky enought to live in the ultimate country for freedom.
I don’t “hate” Obama either. I simply disagree with his policies and thinks he’s an ineffectual president. In this country we have the right to disagree and state our opinions, no?
I mean, seriously, “NOBAMA” is that offensive to you? I suppose you were okay with people saying “Impeach Bush”, “Bush is a
war criminal”, “Fuck Bush”, “Die Bush”, “Bush is an idiot”, “Bush is the Antichrist”, “Bush is Hitler”?
@auramac
“Not so slick, not so bright. What’s your problem- he’s not white?”
auramac my friend, you got me. I’m a racist. I hate black people. I was at my local KKK meeting all day today and I have a
noose permanently hanging from the tree in my back yard / plantation.
Yep, clearly if I disagree with Obama or his policies then racism is the ONLY logical explanation(!)
Thanks for playing the race card on me. Now I know how Bill Clinton felt during Obama’s campaign…!
“No politics here, please. My local Craigslist has been absolutely destoyed as an effective resource for musican referrals
due to non sequitors- please don’t do the same to this site.
Take a look- MAC DAILY NEWS.”
Firstly, as I said to @Capitalist above, all I did (and will continue to do) was write “NOBAMA” as my signature. Wow, could I
BE any more political? Secondly, is this your first day on MDN or something? MDN THEMSELVES regulary post political flame
bait articles with the most tenuous of links to Apple. They love the hits and we all love coming here to see the reaction.
It’s a symbiotic relationship. Let’s not also forget that MDN has shown itself to be at least “fiscally” conservative and
libertarian when it comes to their choice of articles and takes.
@Sir Gill Bates
“The haters are in full celebration over Chicago losing it’s bid for the Olympics, simply because President Obama was promoting it. Sadly, they don’t seem to realize that it was an event for the whole nation. It’s a very unusual type of patriotism that they practice.”
Right, cos Chicago doesn’t have enough problems already, including massive public financing issues. How “patriotic” it
would’ve been to use Chicago taxpayers’ money to part fund the Olympics. And like all Olympics just wait for the budget to
keep increasing and more tax money having to be used to make up the shortfall.
It happens every time the Olympics takes place. Let’s not forget the disruption to the city with numerous building projects and no doubt forced purchasing of private land (like in London). All for a couple of weeks after which Chiacgo would’ve been left with the aftermath to clear up, disused sporting facilities and more bills. The only real winners would’ve been high up people connected to the Olympics such as Obama’s Chicago friends happily selling their prime location properties at a massive premium to make way for the Olympic Village!
The Chicago residents should be out dancing on the streets! They just dodged one hell of a bullet. I have family in London and they weren’t as lucky.
Try reading these two very compelling articles about why Chicago shouldn’t have got the Olympics:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/an-open-letter-to-the-ioc/Content?oid=1098601
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/dear-international-olympic-committee/Content?oid=1205247
A new movie has just been released that shows what the Rush-troglodytes have devolved into. Kinda scary.
http://www.zombieland.com/
Saw the trailer, looks like a great film. Seems to be similar to the British film: Shaun of the Dead – now that was funny. I listen to Rush Limbaugh regulary by the way, has a real talent for speaking, great voice, sense of humor and intelligent
observations and ideas for this country. You should try listening to him sometime Gill. Maybe you’ll realize he’s actually talking sense.
@lukeskymac
“We are wasting $14 billion that could have been invested in our laughable healthcare, education, and overall infra-structure.
We DON’T DESERVE THIS”
I feel sorry for you lukeskymac, I really do. Everyone else is congratulating Rio and feeling “happy” for them but none of
these people seem to realize how the Olympics hardly ever turns out well for the city it’s hosted in. Unfortunately you’ll be paying for it long before it starts and long after it finishes with only temporary, minimal economic benefit. All I can hope is that Rio’s authorities don’t let it go TOO over budget…
* NOBAMA *
@ Big Al–
I think you dropped something… <I>the point.<>
I am aware of the history between Toyota and GM, but the history lesson was not part of the point I was making.
But hey, perhaps you want another example… Shall ee continue with the car theme?
Well, there was Chrysler and Mitsubishi, Honda and Isuzu… Etc.
The point being that although they are competitors, they may still collaborate on mutually beneficial projects.