• Google.com, Monday, October 12, 2009 1:39 PM

Further severing ties between Google and Apple, Arthur Levinson on Monday resigned as a member of Google's Board of Directors, effective immediately. The chairman and former CEO of biotech firm Genentech also sits on Apple's Board.

Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission began an antitrust investigation into the ties between the two boards. As a result of that inquiry and building contentiousness between the two companies, Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt recently stepped down from Apple's Board. Increasingly, the two companies are competing against one another on a number of fronts, including mobile and e-commerce.

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