Apple Could Become Google's Biggest Cloud Customer

Motley Fool2021-07-02

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google compete against each other in mobile operating systems, smartphones, smart speakers, streaming media services, digital payments, ...

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TiggerK
2021-07-05
TiggerK
I guess Apple is just choosing the cheapest option now.
Jemsen
2021-07-04
Jemsen
This is interesting…
- JFK23:
  Buy before it run up to 148
CLT224
2021-07-04
CLT224
In the clouds
- Peskythumbs:
  ok
keaty
2021-07-04
keaty
Look who is winning the cloud's market??
sylarspock
2021-07-03
sylarspock
$Apple(AAPL)$makes more sense to outsource this honestly

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