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Google CEO Leaves Apple Board

Once-friendly companies on the brink of war

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 3, 2009 10:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – Google CEO Eric Schmidt has left Apple’s board of directors because the once-friendly companies are on a collision course, Apple announced today. “As Google enters more of Apple’s core business, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple... Read full story »

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