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Monday, June 14, 2010

FTC to Investigate Apple

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 06:00 AM

http://www.cultofmac.com/wall-stree...w+(Cult+of+Mac)

"From the way Apple protects its iTunes business to theirefforts to block Google from competing equally on the iOS mobile advertising marketplace, Cupertino's been provoking a lot of anti-trust talk lately."

And not that talk has appeared to turn into an investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission as well as the Department of Justice, according to the Wall Street Journal. Not only will they be focusing on iAd and the developer agreements, but they will also peer into the digital music distribution network that Apple has with the iTunes store. Success really brings the spotlight on you, in good and bad ways it seems.


Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Google CEO Schmidt Leaves Apple's Board

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 10:00 AM

http://cultofmac.com/eric-schmidt-r...ple-board/14025

"Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple's board of directors, Apple announced Monday."

In a statement from Steve Jobs via Apple "Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and wisdom to help make Apple successful,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Unfortunately, as Google enters more of Apple’s core businesses, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple Board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings due to potential conflicts of interest. Therefore, we have mutually decided that now is the right time for Eric to resign his position on Apple’s Board.”

There were many complaints about conflict of interest in the relationship, especially from shareholders, but the FTC probe had to throw some kinks into it as well. I guess this takes some of the blurriness from their relationship.


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