Filed under: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Search
I suppose you'd call this the tech equivalent of a steamy three-way love affair, but it's markedly less exciting.Things haven't exactly been cozy between Apple and Google ever since Eric Schmidt walked away from the board of directors. Then there was the whole "yes-you-did-no-we-didn't" kerfuffle over Google Voice being bumped from the App Store.
Add in Google Android powering half a zillion new smartphones unveiled at CES, top it with the Nexus One, and you've got plenty of reasons for Apple to think about finding a new buddy for the default search option on the iPhone.
But Microsoft? Eh, why not...It's not as though WinMo and the Zune offer any serious competition for Apple devices right now.
In a post at Business Week an undisclosed source stated "Apple and Google know the other is their primary enemy. Microsoft is now a pawn in that battle." Talks have been under way for weeks, but official sources on both sides remain tight-lipped.
As an added kick-in-the-nuts to Google, Apple is reportedly working on a way to "manage ad placement on its mobile devices."
Strange bedfellows: Apple to shun Google, snuggle up to Microsoft for iPhone search? originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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