- Google buy's Apple - Alien Technolgy is safe -

I think Steve needs to have a way to extend the innovation of Apple without him. Just like he did with Pixar. While I hate the fact that they are a part of Disney, the team he put together with John Lasseter is awesome. He needs to do the same thing for Apple. Goog has the falva to support the Apple culture.

I think Google buying Apple is not that far fetched in an alternative universe. Steve doesn't have a right hand that I can see.

Unless....he has a regeneration tonic from the crashed spaceship he gets all the other ideas he comes out with from

kiratoy

@yoshi: How are they *direct* competitors? Apple sells computers, devices, and media. Google sells advertising space. There are buttons on the iPhone that go directly to Google services. YouTube is on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Apple TV. Their offerings seem more complementary than competing.

sumocat

Sounds like Google is taking over Apple. :)

I am still waiting for the day Steve Jobs realizes that Eric Schmidt, an Apple board member, is a direct competitor. Do you honestly believe Eric sits in the board meeting saying "do no evil, do no evil, do no evil." :)

Anyone else see this!?!

yoshi

Are there any Google Gadgets worth using?

satan gave me a taco

I pretty much consider them the same company these days with all the leg humping that goes on back and forth between them. Not to mention they seem to have similarly rabid fanboys.

Ron-Mexico

If anything, Apple working closely with Google is a big plus. Itll bring better business in the future as Google bashes down microsoft notch by notch.

ImTheKing

This is AWESOME
not only 'cause I want it, but this is one less advantage that apple has
I'm not kidding, I know people who want Macs just for "those cool widget thingies". Now keep in mind these same people are idiots who needed help installing AIM.
But, still for people out there (I'm not one of them!) who are computer-challenged this is one less reason to switch to those idiot box, simplistic Apple products
P.S. I'm not a PC fanboy (I know that Microsoft is pure evil) but they are the best choice out there.

mferrari

@sumocat:

The first thing that comes to mind is the iPhone (OS X) and Google with Android?

I dunno, what do you think?

The second thing is Google's initiative of being "the web." This translates to Google working very hard to show the world the "web" is the next operating system.

Again, I dunno. What do you think Apple will do if this comes true?

You honestly think Google doesn't think of Apple as a direct competitor?

yoshi

@mferrari: I've read your comment three times and I still can't see why giving people who want Macs just for "those cool widget thingies" an additional source of widgets would be a disadvantage to Apple.

II would imagine that any worthwhile Google gadgets done with this API (which is just a chromeless web view) already have Dashboard-native (also just a chromeless web view) equivalents.

someToast

Meh.

I hardly use the regular widgets. I have the stock ticker, the weather, Fandango, battery monitor, iStat, post-it notes, and the postage stamp Gmail notifier. Everything after that is either useless clutter or a crippled program that should be run on the desktop.

Bottom line, if I want to search for something, then I'm not in the Dashboard.

omg-ponies

Is it just me, or is "Widget" a funny word? Yea I don't use them, I would rather have that extra CPU power for WoW

PaleRider