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What if Google bought Apple? Video

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What if Google bought Apple?
Created: 10/02/2007
Video description: Tom Merritt wonders what the world would look like if Google acquired Apple.

What if Google bought Apple? Video Transcript

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>> What if Google bought Apple? Would Google power the MAC search? Would Google's logo become just white and black? Would search results show up every few months after lots of rumors? Would the Apple stores suggest alternative spellings of products and then charge you more? [ Cash register bell]

>> Would every search page save the most relevant result till the very end? I mean if Google bought Apple, I'd tell them to let Steve Jobs have some time off and then he'd scream at me. [ Baby crying ]

>> Again.

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