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When Google co-founders Larry Paige and Sergey Brin asked Steve Jobs to be CEO
Bloomberg’s ongoing Game Changersseries, which previously profiled Apple CEO Steve Jobs, recently covered Google founders Larry Paige and Sergey Brin on their path from Stanford to the kings of search. Interestingly, the program recounts how Paige and Brin both visited Apple’s campus in Cupertino to meet with Jobs to discuss if the Apple co-founder would be […]
Continue reading...Google’s Eric Schmidt says Google is activating 200,000 handsets a day
Thursday, August 5, 2010
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently said that the company is activating 200,000 Android handsets a day. TechCrunch has more on the story over here.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs plays coy about Google/Eric Schmidt betrayal, avoids the topic with amusing “sex life” retort
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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It’s no secret that Apple and Google, once the best of Silicon Valley friends, are now competing against each other on a number of fronts: Apple has the iPhone, Google has Android. Google is the king of search, and Apple is planning to roll out its own advertising platform very soon. Then there’s Chrome, and […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs and Google CEO Eric Schmidt enjoy a cup of Joe
Friday, March 26, 2010
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Despite reports that Apple CEO Steve Jobs “simply hates” Google CEO Eric Schmdit because of Google’s efforts to take on the iPhone with its Android mobile OS, the two tech luminaries were spotted chatting and enjoying some afternoon coffee at Calafia, a Palo Alto cafe. Now if only the person who took these photos had […]
Continue reading...When Steve Jobs “broke up” with Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Monday, March 22, 2010
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Valleywag has a gossip-laden article detailing the origins of Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt’s rocky working relationship. Now you might think that that we here at Edible Apple are above such reporting, but you’d be wrong. So here goes. According to one of Schmidt’s former mistress’s (apparently dude gets around), the seeds of Jobs’ hatred […]
Continue reading...“Steve Jobs simply hates Eric Schmidt”
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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Check out this interesting video clip via CNBC where Jim Goldman (who has a solid track record of Apple inside info) says that Steve Jobs just flat out hates Eric Schmidt, presumably not just because of Android, but because Jobs views Schmidt as having stabbed him in the back – what with him being on […]
Continue reading...Behind Google and Apple’s growing and heated rivalry
Monday, March 15, 2010
Apple and Google have been on the outs for a few months now, and with Apple taking a jab at Google’s Android OS via their lawsuit against HTC, it doesn’t seem like the 2 tech heavyweights will be best buds again anytime soon. In a fascinating article from this past weekend, the New York Time […]
Continue reading...Despite growing rivalry, Google CEO Eric Schmidt still has a special place for Apple in his heart
Saturday, January 23, 2010
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Following a report that Apple is considering making Microsoft’s Bing the default search engine on the iPhone, Jim Goldman, citing a source familiar with the situation, said that Steve Jobs hates Google CEO, and former Apple board member, Eric Schmidt. And given Apple and Google’s growing rivalry over the past few months, this shouldn’t come […]
Continue reading...FTC applauds Schmidt resignation from Apple board, but will continue on with its investigation
Monday, August 3, 2009
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Apple announced today that Google CEO Eric Schmidt voluntarily resigned from his position on Apple’s Board of Directors. Now you might think that this would quell the FTC’s investigation into the close ties shared between Apple and Google, but you’d be wrong. In response to Schmidt’s resignation, the FTC, which has been investigating the Apple/Google […]
Continue reading...Google CEO Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple’s Board of Directors
Monday, August 3, 2009
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In a press release issued today, Apple announced that Google CEO Eric Schmidt voluntarily resigned from his position on Apple’s Board of Directors. CUPERTINO, California—August 3, 2009—Apple® today announced that Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, is resigning from Apple’s Board of Directors, a position he has held since August 2006. “Eric has […]
Continue reading...Google’s Schmidt sees nothing wrong with serving on Apple’s board
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Last week, the FTC began “discussing” whether or not the close ties between Apple and Google might run afoul of anti-trust laws contained in Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act. The reason for the concern was rooted in the fact that two of Apple’s board members, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former Genentech CEO […]
Continue reading...Report: FTC investigating corporate ties between Apple and Google
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The New York Times is reporting that the FTC is investigating whether or not the close ties between Apple and Google might run afoul of anti-trust laws contained in Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act. The reason for concern lies in the fact that two of Apple’s board members, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and […]
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Monday, November 1, 2010
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