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bbspot.com - 7/29/2009
Google Pulls Apple from Search Results
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Mountain View, CA - In response to Apple pulling the Google Voice application from the iPhone App Store, Google has removed all search results leading to Apple.com from its index. Google is also redirecting searches for "iPhone" and "app store" to the IMDb.com page for Payback.
daringfireball.net - 7/28/2009
Update: It Was AT&T
— daringfireball.net — I just posted the following correction to today’s earlier piece on the Google Voice/App Store thing: Well,... so much for my speculation. A reliable little birdie has informed me that it was indeed AT&T that objected to Google Voice apps ... (more) Update: It Was AT&T

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google.com - 7/28/2009
Google Voice
— google.com — Google Voice is currently available by invite only. Get an Invite See how Google Voice works with... your phones Watch the overview One number for all your calls and SMS Call screening - Announce and screen callers Listen in - Listen before taking a call ... (more) Google Voice

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Apple Yanks The Cord On GV Mobile. Is It Trying To Kill Google Voice On The iPhone?
techcrunch.com - 7/28/2009
Apple Yanks The Cord On GV Mobile. Is It Trying To Kill Google Voice On The iPhone?
— techcrunch.com — Google Voice is a pretty amazing service, but it comes with a number of minor annoyances, including... the way in handles outgoing calls and SMS messages. Fortunately, Google has recently come out with a number of smartphone apps for BlackBerry and ... (more) Apple Yanks The Cord On GV Mobile. Is It Trying To Kill ...

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Oops, @MarissaMayer Deletes Sensitive Tweet That Can Still Be Found
TechCrunch — Google’s Marissa Mayer has discovered the ‘delete’ button on Twitter, but much like you can find deleted web pages using Google cache search, you can also uncover removed tweets by using Twitter Search. So what did she tweet that was so bad that it needed to be removed? A link to a satirical article on BBspot about the whole Google Voice iPhone app removal brouhaha, titled “Google Pulls Apple from Search Results”. In it, an author of the comedy news site writes that Google has removed all search results ...

Apple's Chickenshit Approval Process Has Gone Too Far [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... pointing to a satire piece about Google deleting Apple from its search results, since it "duplicates a lot of the functionality of other sites." If everything was copacetic Google wouldn't tell the world Apple shut down their applications. (And if the alternative web apps were all that great, Google wouldn't make native apps to begin with.) Whatever the causes, there is now definitely a rift between Apple and Google. ...

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Google Voice iPhone app rejected, current GV apps lose connection with iTunes
engadget.com 7/28/2009 — Perhaps the big G spoke to soon when it said its new Google Voice service was coming to iPhone. First, GV Mobile developer Sean Kovacs relays a phone call he had with Apple where he was notified of his app being removed from the iTunes store for ...
Apple Rejects Removes all Google Voice Apps for iPhone from iTunes App Store
theiphoneblog.com 7/28/2009 — Apple has systematically removed and/or rejected all Google Voice apps for the iPhone (and iPod touch) from the iTunes App Store, whether by Google themselves or by third party developers. Rejection is something we’ve all become very ...
Apple rejects Google Voice iPhone app
iphonebuzz.com 7/29/2009 — Apple had removed all Google Voice-enabled applications and also rejected Google’s official Google Voice application from the App Store "due to duplicating features that the iPhone comes with", according to various bloggers and news organizations.  ...
FCC Now Looking Into Apple's Rejection of Google Voice App
businessweek.com 8/1/2009 — The Federal Communications Commission has sent letters to Apple and to AT&T; and Google seeking information about the rejection of the Google Voice Application from the iTunes store. The letters ask why the application was rejected, and whether or ...
Poll: Should the FCC be Investigating Apple and AT&T over Google Voice?
theiphoneblog.com 8/1/2009 — What do you think about the FCC investigating Apple and AT&T over Google Voice? ( trends ) Apple rejects the official Google Voice app from the App Store and removed previously approved Google Voice apps from 3rd parties. Sources tell ...
FCC Queries Apple, AT&T, and Google about Google Voice App
db.tidbits.com 8/3/2009 — It looks as if Apple won't be able to fall back on " I can't go into granular detail " as an answer for why certain applications have been rejected and removed from the App Store. On 31-Jul-09, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sent letters of inquiry to Apple, AT&T;, and Google ...
Apple removes Google Voice-based apps from the App Store — The Apple Core
TechCrunch reports that Apple has removed GV Mobile from the App Store. Developer Sean Kovacs wrote on his blog that Apple removed his application citing the fact that it “duplicates features that come with the iPhone.” And that’s only the beginning, Apple has also removed all other ...