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Google chief resigns from Apple board over conflict of interests

The growing conflict of interests between software giants Google and Apple has been acknowledged by both companies with the resignation of Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt from the Apple board. Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a statement asserting that Schmidt’s resignation was a mutual decision by the board, and Schmidt concurs that both companies “agreed it makes sense for me to step down now.” This resignation comes in the midst of an antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into the potential conflict of interest between digital powerhouses Google and Apple. Schmidt’s resignation is seen by the New York Times as an admission by both companies that they are now directly competing in software produced for personal computers and mobile phones

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Google chief resigns from Apple board over conflict of interests

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Affiliate Window bought by partnership that owns Zanox

Digital Window Ltd (the holding company for Affiliate Window, one of the UK’s leading affiliate networks) today announced that European media companies Axel Springer and PubliGroupe have bought a 50.1% stake in its business. Interestingly, these two companies already own Zanox, another affiliate network which has extensive reach into European markets.

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