Apple Won't Include YouTube App in New Mobile Software

Originally published on Fox Business Apple Inc's (AAPL: 621.47, -1.08, -0.17%) new version of its iPhone and iPad software will not include a pre-loaded app for Google Inc's popular video website, YouTube, Apple said on Monday. It was the latest sign of the growing rivalry between the technology companies the once were closely aligned but now are vying for supremacy in the fast-growing mobile computing market. Earlier this year, Apple said it would dump Google's mapping software from its mobile devices. "Apple and Google are the mobile operating systems for the future and this is where the battleground is going to lie," said Needham & Co analyst Kerry Rice. "If it's going to be a two-horse race, you certainly don't want to give the other horse any kind of lead," he said. Continue reading this article here.