Google Faces Risk in Apple Secret Talks
Apple and Google are reportedly meeting secretly to discuss their patent war over Android and iOS, says Reuters. It should come as no surprise there’s movement between the two camps, now that Google’s ally Samsung lost its Android Galaxy patent war with Apple in a U.S. District Court recently. The reported talks between Apple and Google may be one of the biggest pieces of tech news this year and could finally bring an end to this silly patent war. Larry Page and Tim Cook reportedly had a conversation by phone, while officials from both companies have been in discussions as well. Although neither company will confirm, it appears that a meeting between the two CEOs is scheduled to take place over the next few weeks, and one topic on the agenda is said to be intellectual property (read: patents). It's not surprising that both Apple and Google want to end this patent war, despite Steve Jobs's proclamation that he'd spend every penny of Apple's fortune to destroy the Android ecosystem. (He believed Android was a stolen product.)