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"Google&amp;#039;s relationship with rival Apple has improved over the past year, executive chairman Eric Schmidt has said. Speaking at the annual Allen and Co media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho on Thursday, Schmidt stated that the two firms are having &amp;quot;lots and lots&amp;quot; of meetings.   While he didn&amp;#039;t provide specific details about the nature of the meetings, he noted that Google Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora was leading many of the discussions, Reuters reports. He added that the two companies are in &amp;quot;constant business discussions on a long list of issues&amp;quot;. Apple and Google have had a difficult relationship in recent years, with the iPhone maker decreasing its reliance on Google services in iOS. Google&amp;#039;s Android mobile operating system is now featured on three of every four smartphones worldwide. It bought phone manufacturer Motorola in 2011 and is close to launching its first flagship device since the acquisition. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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