“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.'”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “James W.” for the heads up.]
… And apparently I dropped my ‘i.’
lol
Ahhh…money talks; everything else walks.
“I listen to Rush Limbaugh regulary by the way”
I see.
“”We are wasting $14 billion that could have been invested in our laughable healthcare, education, and overall infra-structure.”
Republicans taking shots at our Educational system. Please tell me you don’t think morons like Glenn Beck actually went to University.
@Capitalist
Things can and do change. Google has remained as Safari’s search engine but that’s because there isn’t an Apple
one. Could the server farm be for search? Maybe. The Maps app is an example of the concept. I believe that Apple is going to need to divide from a competitor who is a traitor to their OS.
And as nearly all iPhone OS users search with Google because of the search bar in Safari, Apple could change all of that with their own innovations and a small software update.
“We love Apple’s iPhone. We eat one for breakfast every morning.” —Eric Schmidt
@ Capitalist,
My point about Chicago losing their Olympic bid was simply about some people being happy that it fell through just because Obama wanted it. And, seeing the crestfallen looks on those supporters faces did make me feel sympathetic.
I actually agree wholeheartedly with you about the lack of logic in trying to get it in the first place. The taxpayers usually end up with the short end of the stick. I feel the same way about cities building sports stadiums for wealthy team owners utilizing tax dollars.
I don’t know if ‘Zombie Land’ will be able to top ‘Shaun of the Dead’, probably the best movie ever in that genre. I also loved that duo in ‘Hot Fuzz’. You can’t say the Brits don’t have a great sense of humor.
As for Rush, I tried to listen to him years ago when I was
more conservative in my thinking, but he was a little too overboard for me. I feel the same for the pundits on the other side of the fence also.
@Sir Gill Bates
Thanks for the compliment – us British folk love a bit of humour in such a rainy, grey, Gordon-Brownish country.
Oh damn, I slipped into politics there. Best not continue!
@ Macintosher,
The compliment is well deserved. As for politics, I was just reading about your new Supreme Court. This is the first I’ve heard about it, the American news media being the incompetents that they are. Hope it works out well for you.