Apple & Google: They share more directors than you think August 4, 2009
Posted by Vincent in : Mac, Technology , trackbackThe FTC is “exploring” some legal aspect of Apple’s business. No joke, they are following a few matters since early 2009 if not earlier.
In May, The New York Times reported that the Federal Trade Commission has begun an inquiry into the close ties between the boards of directors at Apple and Google.
Last Monday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple’s Board of Directors due to increasing competition between the two companies and its impact on his effectiveness as an Apple Board member.
Today, we realize that more directors have close ties between both companies. Arthur Levinson, former CEO of Genentech, serves on the boards of both Apple and Google. And the FTC may ask Levinson to resign to satisfy the FTC.
Is someone trying to destroy the board of directors at Apple?
I always thought that Apple had one of the best Board of Directors in Corporate America. It is diversified although sometimes we can questionized the links between the members. M. Schmidt integrated Apple’s board in 2006 but his role was put on the spot a few times since the introduction of the iPhone.
Similar products
Apple’s MobileMe and Google’s App, Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android, their respective browser Safari and Chrome, and albeit different, could become much more similar in the coming years: iPhoto and Picasa, iTunes and YouTube.
Tension between Google and Apple developed last week, when Apple rejected the Google-developed Voice application from the iPhone App Store. Apple also began pulling third-party Voice applications. As a result, Apple and Google, along with AT&T, are currently the subjects of an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission.
I am sure Steve Jobs is happy to be back to work.
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