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Why Steve Jobs Went 'Thermonuclear' over Android (2014)

There are some questions that, to this day, I still cannot get a solid answer about regarding the origins of Android.

Apple also went after Google and Android via patents it bought through the "Rockstar" consortium, a joint venture owned by five prominent tech companies. What is significant about this patent portfolio is that it included important intellectual property surrounding Wi-Fi networking and cellular connectivity, among many other areas related to mobile technology. I am not sure what Steve Jobs would think about this "solution" to his thermonuclear threat, but Apple is under new management now and it seems Tim Cook and team is being more realistic about the Android challenge.

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