Google vs. Apple

Apple VS. Google Preludes to a Clash of the Tech Titans 6/29/07 Apple releases the sleekly designed iPhone, showing off what it does best. Apple's wild success in the mobile market sets the stage for the upcoming duel. 11/5/07 Google unveils its mobile platform, Android, giving it away for free to any mobile phone vendor wishing to use it. This is Google's first foray into the mobile marketplace. CNDROID 9/2/08 Google releases its browser, Google Chrome. Though Google already pays to be featured in the Safari search toolbar, Chrome is its effort to compete with Apple's browser (and others). 10/22/08 Google launches The Android Market, its copycat version of Apple's.App Store, for the T-Mobile G-1 Phone 7/28/09 Apple rejects the Google Voice iPhone app from being sold in the App Store, drawing attention to the companies' competitive relationship. 9/3/09 Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, steps down from Apple's board of directors. Although the follks at Google deny the suggestion, it's seen by many as retaliation for Apple's rejection of the Google Voice app. 11/9/09 Google acquires AdMob, a mobile advertising platform particularly popular on the iPhone, just weeks after the company had been approached by Apple about a possible purchase. qoupe 1/5/10 Google releases the Nexus phone, its first-ever brand-named hardware device, targeted at the mobile market. Many see the phone as a direct attempt to take part of Apple's dominant market share. 1/5/10 On the same day that the Nexus phone is unveiled, Apple becomes involved in the Google-dominated advertising sector by acquiring Quattro wireless, a mobile advertising company. Quattro WIRELESS 1/22/10 Online video giant YouTube, acquired by Google in 2006, begins to rent movies to users. The You Tube launch is seen as a bid to compete directly with Apple's iTunes store, which also rents Broadcast Yourself movies and shows. 1/26/10 Google launches its app Google Voice via its mobile browser in an attempt to circumvent Apple's July 2009 decision to reject the native app. 1/27/10 Apple unveils the long-awaited iPad, upping the ante for the next chapter of mobile computing. Du SeuJurk Emes 1/30/10 In a meeting with Apple employees, Steve Jobs says Google's "Don't be evil" motto was a "bunch of crap," adding, "We did not enter the search business. They entered the phone business. Make no mistake, they want to kill the iPhone. We won't let them." * GIGAOM