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Skyhook says that Google has now told Android OEMs that they're required to use Google Location Services, preventing Skyhook from fulfilling its contracts and costing the company millions in expected royalties.
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As some helpful readers noted in my recent piece on Android, Apple may be trying to get away from Google with map and location services of its own.
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Google also has a chance to feature maps and location services on other apps, valuable because Google earns ad dollars from the businesses its maps feature, such as whenever a user taps on a featured phone number.
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The company already has significant interests in location services through its Google Maps and Google Street View offerings.
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Apple currently has Google as the default for search and location- based services in the iPhone, and there's built-in support for Gmail.
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Google Places, Four Square, Facebook Deals, location-based services.
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During his time as CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt developed several very talented people including Marissa Mayer who heads up location services now.
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Google, for its part, is putting out new features in Android that will make it stronger in location services, including mapping, 3D, and local advertising.
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