{
  "id": 6241486,
  "title": "In 2006, Google VP emailed Steve Jobs seeking permission to hire former Apple exec",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/in-2006-google-vp-emailed-steve-jobs-seeking-permission-to-hire",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-08T04:48:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/in-2006-googles-senior-vp-emailed-steve-jobs-seeking-permission-to-hire-a-former-apple-executive-jobs-replied-we-would-have-a-problem-if-/articleshow/133907554.cms"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 2006 email thread surfaced by Internal Tech Emails shows Google senior VP Alan Eustace asking Steve Jobs for permission before hiring former Apple executive Jean-Marie Hullot in Paris. Jobs asked what Hullot would build, warning Google would have a problem if it involved cell phone handsets. Weeks later he objected outright, and Google scrapped the Paris engineering centre entirely. Tim Sweeney…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Tim Cook never wanted to be like Steve Jobs: ‘I've tried to be best Tim Cook I can be’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/tim-cook-never-wanted-to-be-like-steve-jobs-ive-tried-to-be-best-tim",
        "published": "2026-09-08T12:39:33.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}