It would be right to say that such well-known companies as Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Yahoo are rivaling in various business arenas. It is easy to determine the objectives of each company and their directions of exploration.
Google started as a search engine and earned billions of dollars in search-related advertising, not so long ago the company made a step into mobile software and hardware. It also moves to the desktop as the company is going to use Android operating system for tablet PCs as well as netbooks. Also Google is developing its own Chrome OS. The Nexus One is considered to be a big shift made by the company.
As for Microsoft, the company rivals with everyone. One can find this company everywhere: on the desktop, on mobile devices, in the cloud, it even navigates a user to his favorite restaurant. Also the company made investments in Facebook and provides a range of social features on its Xbox platform. The major step of the company is a mobile phone hardware.
As Apple achieved success with the iPod, the iPhone and iTunes, the company decided not mot to compete in search, news, maps and social networks. But because of the competition with Google in the market of mobiles, Apple can alter its attitude.
Yahoo did not add new services or products for the last year, but it showed its best with content-related products. It should be mentioned that Yahoo News is considered to be the No. 1 news site. Moreover, Flickr is going and is regarded as highly successful photo Web site.
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