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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Steve Jobs was hesitant to build a phone, opting to focus on the iPod and iTunes instead.
Chapter 3: Apple aimed to build a phone with innovations users had never ever encountered anywhere before.
Chapter 4: Steve Jobs took extreme measures to keep the iPhone’s ongoing development utterly under wraps from everyone.
Chapter 5: Two star Apple executives, Tony Fadell and Scott Forstall, vied for control of the iPhone project.
Chapter 6: While working with Apple on the iPhone, Google launched its own clandestine smartphone project.
Chapter 7: Pre-launch issues left iPhone engineers sweating bullets, yet the company still met its deadline on time anyway.
Chapter 8: Jobs felt betrayed as Google revealed how far Android had progressed and its combative stance publicly.
Chapter 9: As new Android phones started offering multi-touch features, Apple commenced an epic legal battle immediately.
Chapter 10: Legal fights with Google tarnished Apple’s image, but Apple never abandoned its competitive drive in the least.
Description
Dogfight (2013) recounts the tale of how a once amicable business partnership between tech giants Apple and Google turned into a bitter rivalry as the companies fought for control of the mobile internet device market.
Who Should Listen
- Business students and technology aficionados
- Prospective smartphone buyers trying to decide between Apple and Google
- People curious about the rivalry between Apple and Google