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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Says Relationship with Apple 'Improving'

Friday July 12, 2013 6:16 am PDT by Husain Sumra
eric_schmidt_blueWhile at the annual Allen and Co media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said the company's relationship with Apple is "improving" and that the two companies have been conducting "lots and lots" of meetings, reports Reuters.
Schmidt did not provide details about the nature of the meetings during comments to reporters at the annual Allen and Co media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho on Thursday. He noted that Google Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora, who joined him at the press briefing, was leading many of the discussions.
Schmidt did say that the companies are in "constant business discussions on a long list of issues." Last December, the former Google CEO said that the two companies had an "on and off" relationship and that they would work through any issues in "the adult way."

Apple and Google's relationship has been strained in recent years, with constant patent disputes between Apple and Google's Android parters as well as the removal of both Google Maps and YouTube from iOS. The two companies also have taken their rivalry to apps as Google has Safari competitor Chrome in the App Store and has most recently updated its Google Search app with Siri competitor Google Now.

Schmidt had served as an Apple board member while also holding the position of Google CEO, but as the two companies became increasingly direct competitors following Google's launches of Android and Chrome OS, Schmidt stepped down from Apple's board in August 2009.

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Unggoy Murderer
80 months ago
While this is good news, I really don't think Schmidt is a good person to be involved in anything.
Rating: 25 Votes
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Rogifan
80 months ago
Do we believe anything this guy says? :D
Rating: 20 Votes
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4mat
80 months ago
Apple hates Google, Google loves Samsung, Samsung hates Apple, Google hates Microsoft, Samsung's OK with Microsoft but cant remember their name so keeps calling it ATIV, and Apple and Microsoft have a love/hate relationship
Rating: 17 Votes
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jamesnajera
80 months ago

Do we believe anything this guy says? :D


I don't trust Eric.
Rating: 16 Votes
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gotluck
80 months ago
Good, Google Services + iPhone = Best
Rating: 15 Votes
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gatearray
80 months ago



Sad to say, but the guy was an *******.


So what does that make Schmidt, then? Or yourself, even? :)
Rating: 12 Votes
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I WAS the one
80 months ago
Well... this means Steve Jobs was the one who was in war with Google not Apple. So, soon we are going to see a merge between both operative systems... wait... doesn't iOS7 looks like an android phone right now?
Rating: 12 Votes
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Chupa Chupa
80 months ago
This news is going to disappoint blood craving fans on both sides.
Rating: 10 Votes
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Gasu E.
80 months ago

While this is good news, I really don't think Schmidt is a good person to be involved in anything.


Much as I believe Steve Jobs was kind of nuts, Eric Schmidt should have resigned from the Apple board as soon as Google started serious development of a phone OS. It was unethical to continue, and perfectly predictable that it would trigger Steve's bipolar syndrome.
Rating: 10 Votes
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newyorksole
80 months ago
Tim Cook the peacemaker.
Rating: 10 Votes

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