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Google to Apple: Thanks for Playing Nicely!

Now that Apple has formally let Google’s AdMob into its iPhone/iPod/iPad platform, Google has posted a thank-you note, via a blog post from AdMob chief Omar Hamoui. The truth is, Apple (AAPL) has been more or less ignoring its AdMob ban throughout the summer. But Hamoui and the rest of the Google (GOOG) gang will be happy to see the formal change, anyway. Presumably the same goes for antitrust regulators.


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  • Anonymous

    I’m not sure why anti-trust regulators would be happy to see that there is no longer anything standing in the way of Google extending its ad monopoly from the desktop onto mobile.

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