Arthur, Charles, 1961-

Digital wars : Apple, Google, Microsoft and the battle for the Internet / Charles Arthur. - London ; Philadelphia : Kogan Page, 2012. - vii, 264 p. ; 24 cm.

1998 -- Microsoft antitrust -- Search : Google versus Microsoft -- Digital music : Apple versus Microsoft -- Smartphones -- Tablets -- 2011.

Arthur, a technology editor at the Guardian newspaper, tells the story of how three major companies competed for shares of the burgeoning technology marketplace and pre-eminence in cyberspace, beginning in 1998. He looks at areas such as Microsoft anti-trust issues, Google's and Microsoft's competition over search engines, and Apple's and Microsoft's battles over digital music, mobile phones, and tablets. The last chapter surveys the situation in 2011.

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Internet industry--United States.

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