Google and Samsung have canceled an event planned for next week where the companies were supposed to announce the first smartphone based on Android “Ice Cream Sandwich,” reports “AllThingsD” (http://macte.ch/VYvxE). The move was made in response to the death of Steve Jobs.
Sources told “AllThingsD” that the companies felt it was the wrong time to hold a launch event, as the world continues mourning Jobs.
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Apple’s stock continued to rise Monday closing at an all-time high of US$411.63. The company is now worth almost as much as Microsoft and Google combined.
“Questions about [Steve] Job’s continued role at Apple clearly were creating a drag on the stock the last six to nine months,” one long-time Apple investor told “Business Insider” (http://macte.ch/DLHN2). “While in the past, Apple did not handle questions regarding Steve’s health very well, this time they did and a question that had been keeping many from investing in the stock has been cleared away.”
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Here are the latest rumors circulating in the Apple blogosphere:
“Is Apple preparing a legal assault on Google over Android? Apple says Google’s Andy Rubin got the idea for Android while employed by Apple — surely, another shoe is about to drop.” — “Infoworld” (http://macte.ch/uSNpv)
“Sprint Nextel Corp. will offer Apple’s iPhone next month with unlimited data service plans to distinguish itself from rivals AT&% and Verizon Wireless, according to people familiar with the matter.” — “Bloomberg” (http://macte.ch/waiZR)
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By Greg Mills
Google has famously chosen the mantra, “Google will do no evil.” Recently, in a number of situations that mantra has been tested where, if not evil, questionable things have been done by Google. While certainly, the executive staff at Google has been generous in giving money to worthwhile charities, the ethics of some Google business practices have recently been the subject of lawsuits.
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By Greg Mills
When Google moved to buy Motorola they proclaimed that the purchase was to counter Apple and boost the patent portfolio behind the Android OS. They also maintained their intention to keep Android OS open source and support the various handset makers that have built the hardware behind the success of Android.
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