For several years the Boards of Directors of Google and Apple were a few members in common. As soon as the activities of Google and Apple are increasingly overlap, the companies were under pressure from U.S. antitrust authorities. They were forced to abandon the friendship.

Arthur Levinson, recently left the board of directors of Google, was the last manager, who was the head of both companies. Earlier, from his post at Apple declined to Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

Under American law is the same person can not enter the leadership of competing companies. In the last two years of Google and Apple are increasingly overlap. Continue reading →