news.cnet.com - 8/7/2009
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Even though Apple prevented it from listing Google Voice on the iPhone App Store, Google is planning on retooling the application as a Web-based app, according to The New York Times.
In David Pogue's Friday column regarding the ongoing saga of Apple and Google Voice, he reveals that Google ...
techcrunch.com - 8/8/2009
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techcrunch.com —
While Google CEO Eric Schmidt was on Apple’s
board of directors, the two companies had an agreement...
not to hire away each other’s workers, a former Google employee with knowledge of such matters has told us. We have since confirmed this ...
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Source: Apple And Google Agreed Not To Poach Workers
pogue.blogs.nytimes.com - 8/7/2009
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pogue.blogs.nytimes.com —
Why would AT&T care? Because of those free
text messages and cheap international calls, of course. If...
these apps became popular, AT&T's revenue could take a serious hit.
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Is Google Voice a Threat to AT&T?
businessweek.com - 8/7/2009
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Google Voice to be retooled as Web app for iPhone
iPhone Atlas —
... mind, but there is precedent. Apple also rejected Google's Latitude for the iPhone until it was remade as Web app.
A Google spokesperson did not say how close to completion the project might be, but reiterated a previous statement. "We will continue to work to bring our services to iPhone users, for example by taking advantage of advances in mobile browsers."
This story was updated at 3:58 p.m. PDT with comment from Google.
Originally posted at News - Apple
The Case Against Apple Is Just As Much A Case For Apple
TechCrunch —
... I completely agree that this is ridiculous. And the fact that Google is now implementing a work-around by making Google Voice a web app for the iPhone, shows that banning the native app is also pointless. But I believe this rejection had more to do with AT&T — and certainly ...
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