Battle of the titans
Subtitle: how a fight to the death between Apple and Google is transforming our lives and making Silicon Valley the new media capital of the world
By: by Fred Vogelstein
Publisher: William Collins
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780007518845
Subjects: Computer industry; Inc Apple Computer; Google (Firm)
Description: The story behind the bitter rivalry between Apple and Google - and how an an epic battle is reshaping the way we think about technology. The deathmatch between Apple and Google is not just a story of corporate competition - it's a dramatic saga of a friendship gone sour, of trust and agreements betrayed, of visionaries Steve Jobs and his successor Tim Cook versus Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmidt. This is a story of bickering, backstabbing, poaching and paranoia, of hardware versus software and patents versus products. After more than a decade of reporting on this rivalry, Fred Vogelstein has incredible access to the boardroom conversations, unofficial reactions, outbursts, personalities, deals, lawsuits and allegations that have shaped how we use these products.
Table of contents: title: The moon mission; title: The iPhone is good. Android will be better; title: Twenty-four weeks, three days, and three hours until launch; title: I thought we were friends; title: The consequences of betrayal; title: Android everywhere; title: The iPad changes everything; title: again; title: "Mr. Quinn, please, don't make me sanction you"; title: Remember convergence? It's happening; title: Changing the world, one screen at a time.