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What’s Behind Apple’s Patent Suit?

Declining market share, that’s what! Take a look at these numbers, courtesy of the Web analytics company Quantcast.

For the month of February 2010, Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone controlled 63.7 percent of the mobile Web consumption market. Android phones accounted for 15.2 percent, and the BlackBerry had a 9.2 percent share. Obviously, Apple’s still the big dog in the yard. But when you look at it over time, it becomes a tad more troubling for the iPhone. Ever since the Android phone debuted in September 2008, the iPhone’s market share has steadily dropped from the low 70s to where it is today. The BlackBerry has more or less stayed flat at 10 percent. But after plateauing for a short spell, the Android operating system began a steady rise starting last fall, as more and more phones came onto the market. The trend seems pretty clear: The more companies offer to sell Android phones, the more people will buy them.

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Google buys app, shuts down iPhone version

Google Inc. has acquired reMail, which develops e-mail search applications for smart phones, and promptly shut it down for Apple Inc.’s popular iPhone.

The move likely marks another skirmish in the escalating war between the two Silicon Valley giants.

Google of Mountain View hasn’t discussed the purchase publicly — and no one’s disclosed the price — but ReMail revealed the purchase and decision to discontinue the iPhone app on its blog.

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