Dogfight by Fred Vogelstein Summary
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"Dogfight" reveals the explosive Apple-Google rivalry that revolutionized mobile technology. Vogelstein's insider account exposes how Steve Jobs' iPhone presentation secretly terrified Google executives, sparking a corporate war that transformed how billions of people interact with technology today.
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When Two Tech Giants Collided and Changed Everything
January 9, 2007. Steve Jobs stands on stage holding what looks like an ordinary phone. Behind him, Andy Grignon-senior engineer for the iPhone's radio systems-is sweating bullets. The prototype in Jobs's hand is a disaster waiting to happen. It drops calls randomly, freezes without warning, and shuts down unexpectedly. Apple engineers have spent weeks creating elaborate workarounds: soldering antenna wires to demo phones that run offstage, programming devices to always show five bars regardless of actual signal strength, setting up multiple backup units for when memory inevitably runs low. "It was like the first moon mission," one creator recalled. Yet Jobs delivers a flawless demo, and the world changes forever. What nobody realizes is that this sleek device will trigger one of the most consequential business battles of our time-a fierce war between former allies Apple and Google that would reshape not just technology, but media, entertainment, and how billions of people experience daily life.
The Impossible Phone Nobody Wanted to Build
Google's Hidden Weapon Emerges
The Friendship Shatters
The War Explodes Into Courts
The Revolution Nobody Expected
What We Carry Forward
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