Apple’s Steve Jobs Disciple and Google Defector to Get Spotlight at Search Trial
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The US Department of Justice's trial against Alphabet Inc.'s Google will drag two of Apple Inc.'s highest-ranking executives into the spotlight: services head Eddy Cue and artificial intelligence chief John Giannandrea.The two men rode considerably different paths to Apple's executive suite but now find themselves central to the government's case that Google abused its power in the online search market. Giannandrea has the distinction of being a former Google executive, and sat opposite Cue when the companies negotiated their search agreement — an accord that's now under scrutiny in the trial. Cue, meanwhile, is a Steve Jobs disciple and consummate dealmaker. The two executives' testimony, expected in the coming days, will help show whether Google's search dominance has ultimatel...