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Apple and Microsoft to Join Forces Against Google?
http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/2009/12/23/apple-and-microsoft-to-join-forces-against-google/
Apple and Microsoft vs. Google for Smartphone Dominance?
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| Apple and Google were once seen as best
| friends in their fight against mutual
| enemy Microsoft, but as Google has
| ventured into Appleâs turf with the Chrome
| OS and Android smartphone OS, their BFF
| status has been in jeopardy. Google CEO
| Eric Schmidt resigned from Appleâs board
| of directors, citing a conflict of
| interest, and Google Latitude and Google
| Maps Navigation have been released for
| Android but not iPhone. Meanwhile,
| Microsoftâs Bing search engine is now
| available for iPhone.
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http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple_and_microsoft_vs._google_for_smartphone_dominance/
Will Apple and Microsoft Join Forces To Fight Google?
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| Apple and Google have historically been
| very friendly. But in recent months, the
| tenor of that relationship has changed.
| Apple rejected Google Voice for the
| iPhone. And now it appears that the
| relationship may get a bit cooler with all
| the talk of a Google phone.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2009/12/will-apple-and-microsoft-join.php
Recent:
Apple Trying To Patent Anti-Tamper Tape
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| Apparently, Apple is trying to patent anti-
| tamper tape. The patent application, for a
| "tamper resistant label for detecting device
| openings," describes some adhesive tape that
| could be placed inside devices, which would
| get torn or damaged if someone opened the
| device. It seems like there's a ton of prior
| art here.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091210/2104287303.shtml
Your Rights Online: Microsoft Invents Price-Gouging the Least Influential
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| "In the world envisioned by Microsoft's just-
| published patent application for Social
| Marketing, monopolists will maximize revenue
| by charging prices inversely related to the
| perceived influence an individual has on
| others. Microsoft gives an example of a
| pricing model that charges different people
| $0, $5, $10, $20, or $25 for the identical
| item based on the influence the purchaser
| wields. A presentation describing the revenue
| optimization scheme earned one of the three
| inventors applause (MS-Research video), and
| the so-called 'influence and exploit'
| strategies were also featured at WWW 2008
| (PDF). The invention jibes nicely with Bill
| Gates's pending patents for identifying
| influencers. Welcome to the brave new world of
| analytics."
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http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/12/1942207/Microsoft-Invents-Price-Gouging-the-Least-Influential
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