Apple-Google battle heats up with key hires on both sides
March 15th, 2010 admin

Apple recently nabbed a former Google product manager for a secretive “pretty neat role” with the company, while a new Google employee has shared harsh words about Apple’s “Disney-fied” approach to the mobile Internet.
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