Google and Apple: Digital Frenemies
October 8, 2009 2:21 pm UncategorizedYesterday, I did some reading on Apple’s history with Adobe and Adobe Flash to figure out why Apple has such a standoff relationship them over putting Flash on the iPhone. After all, Flash is about to hit just about every smartphone BUT the iPhone, so what’s the big deal?
Apple’s objection is to how much resources Flash takes up and how it will effect performance on the iPhone. But in my research, I found some common ground between Apple and Google when it comes to HTML 5. Google is obviously pushing some HTML 5 features hard through its Google Chrome browser and Google Chrome OS, and Apple is also pushing hard on some HTML 5 features, especially Canvas, a 2D drawing element that could make Adobe Flash all but obsolete.
It is rather interesting what strange bedfellows the digital world makes. It wasn’t so long ago that we were reading about Apple rejecting Google Voice from the app store and the resulting FCC investigation. But as far as the evolution of the web goes, it seems like they are on similar pages.
