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Was FCC investigation the cause behind Eric Schmidt’s resignation from Apple Board?
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Eric Schmidt resigned from Apple’s Board yesterday and this came as a big shock to everyone in Silicon Valley. What might have been the reason behind this. TechCrunch has shared some insights on why Schmidt might have resigned. The fact that Schmidt’s resignation comes very close to the announcement of FCC’s investigation into Apple’s App Stores rejection of apps with Google Voice functionalities, throws some light on how Apple and Google relationship is getting strained. Over to TechCrunch:
What Steve Jobs said in the press release is that Google’s entry into mobile operating systems with Android and desktop operating systems with Chrome OS is increasingly becoming a “conflict of interest” for Schmidt. As a result, Schmidt had to go. It also says that both executives “mutually decided” it was time for Schmidt to resign.
Apple is not about being open. It never has been. Every app on the iPhone (all 50,000 of them) must be approved individually, for instance. This difference in approach wasn’t a problem until Google started to have mobile aspirations of its own.
[via - TechCrunch]
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