The tie-in with Apple's mobile devices could be a boon for Facebook Inc., based on the usage of Twitter since that online messaging service became part of the current mobile system, iOS 5. 'I don't think Apple is ever going to be able to bury Android, but this is making it clear that they aren't going to send any more ad revenue Google's way, if at all possible.'Īmong other things, users of Apple's new software will be able to update their Facebook status by talking to their phones and declare that they 'like' movies and apps in Apple's iTunes store. 'This is a slap in Google's face,' said Tim Bajarin, a Creative Strategies analyst who got to know Jobs well during his 32 years following the company. Before he died last October, Jobs told his biographer, Walter Isaacson, that he viewed Android as a form of 'grand theft' from Apple and declared 'thermonuclear war' against his former ally. At that time, the companies were so close that Eric Schmidt, then Google's CEO, appeared on stage with Jobs to hail their kinship.Īndroid destroyed the relationship. Google's Maps application has resided on the iPhone since the device's 2007 debut. Apple has sued those manufacturers, accusing them of ripping off the iPhone's ground-breaking features. and Google's own Motorola division are the chief alternatives to the iPhone. Android smartphones from companies such as Samsung Electronics Co.

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