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Google, Apple plan mobile ad attack (from Corporate Dealmaker)

OK, it's not a huge revenue-generating battleground like Web search on a computer, but mobile advertising does offer some nice ancillary income and, if anything else, gives a maturing tech giant some street cred as still being the "cool kid on the block."That's part of the reason why it seems...

Posted on November 17, 2009 3:24 PM

Will Apple's Steve Jobs show at WWDC? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Forget about the possible release of a new iPhone. The big question surrounding Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Worldwide Developers Conference, underway Monday in San Francisco, is: Will Steve Jobs show? The Apple CEO announced in January he was taking six months off to recover from a hormonal imbalance. Questions about his...

Posted on June 8, 2009 12:32 PM

Sony CEO: We coulda beat Apple (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Some bold words were spoken by Sony Corp. (NYSE:SNE) chief executive Howard Stringer. He thinks that if the Japanese media conglomerate had used a different strategy with its technology, it may have beaten Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) in the music market.Speaking to Nikkei Electronics Asia, Stringer (pictured) said that "customers couldn't...

Posted on May 12, 2009 12:15 PM

Apple, Google face FTC antitrust probe (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt and former Genentech Inc. chief executive Arthur Levinson sit on the boards of both Google and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). According to The New York Times, that isn't sitting well with the Federal Trade Commission, who thinks it violates the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914,...

Posted on May 5, 2009 9:04 AM

Apple may design chips (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Apple may design its own chips to battle items such as the Hackintosh, but expect them to outsource the chipmaking to someone like world No. 2 contract chipmaker UMC.

Posted on April 30, 2009 12:58 PM

Microsoft opening up Apple-type retail stores. Risky? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Many tech-friendly consumers have basked in the seeming grandeur of Apple Inc. incarnate -- its trendy retail stores. Now Microsoft Corp. wants in on the action -- and the cash -- and has hired 25-year Wal-Mart Stores Inc. veteran David Porter to head its retail strategy.Opening stores in the...

Posted on February 13, 2009 2:39 PM

Google and Verizon in mobile search deal? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It's not the Gphone, but --- following a recent Sprint Nextel Corp.-Google Inc. mobile Web search deal - Verizon Communications Inc. is nearing an agreement with Google Inc. on a wide-ranging partnership, including making Google the default search provider on Verizon devices, giving the search giant a share of ad...

Posted on August 22, 2008 9:32 AM