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04-17-2014, 12:00 PM
http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E0IOOytfHfVtCHa3zIhEWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/search-engine-ios-1.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-offers-help-apple-purge-google-iphone-default-152511751.html)Yahoo may help Apple deliver a huge blow to Google’s bottom line in the future, as Marissa Mayer wants its search engine to become the default option on iOS devices. Re/code reports that the company is focusing its search efforts around mobile, preparing to pitch Apple its own take to mobile search. Apple has so far removed certain Google applications from iOS, including Maps and YouTube, although search in iOS still has Google as default. Users, however, are free to choose two alternative options including Yahoo and Bing. Meanwhile, when it comes to Stocks and Weather iOS apps, Apple is using Yahoo’s products. “This is the aim of the whole effort here, to grab the pole position in iOS search,”



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