“If you go down the list now where they compete, the list is pretty extensive,” said Peter Farago, vice president of marketing at Flurry Inc., a San Francisco mobile analytics firm. In addition to smartphones, Apple and Google both develop Internet browser software (Safari and Chrome), mobile operating systems (iPhone OS and Android), and both are buying mobile advertising companies (Quattro and AdMob).
via Apple and Google: Frenemies forever? Therese Poletti’s Tech Tales – MarketWatch.