The FTC has begin an investigation into possible antimonopoly violations because of the often near relationship between two of our pet companies , Apple and Google . But they look so nice together !
The biggest subject here seems to be that Apple and Google share two manager , in this case Eric E. Schmidt and Arthur Levinson . Both Schmidt and Levinson sit on the display panel of the two companies , and a 1941 practice of law veto such a relationship when it could reduce natural inter - company contest . The right term for this is “ interlocking board of directors . ”
Google and Apple , of course , vie in several categories : Google ’s Chrome and Apple ’s Safari entanglement browsers , Android and Mac OS , YouTube and iTunes , Picasa and iPhoto , and many , many more . Yet the company ’ fates are intertwine , and our close authorities watchdogs want to make indisputable nothing untoward is happen in the conjugation . We ’ll keep you updated if anything interesting develops out of the investigating . [ New York Times ]
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