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Facebook Home Shows Challenges for Google

Android continues to become more fragmented, highlighted by Facebook Home.

By Travis Hoium – Apr 11, 2013 at 5:30PM EST

Facebook (FB +2.41%) Home is out, and it's the latest company to take control of Google's (GOOG +1.63%) open-source Android software. This highlights a challenge for Google, which has lost control of Android in many ways. It may even provide an opportunity for Apple (AAPL 0.85%). Erin Miller sat down with Fool contributor Travis Hoium to see why he thinks Facebook Home may be good for Apple. 

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Travis Hoium
Travis Hoium is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering solar energy, technology, and growth stocks. Before The Motley Fool, Travis was a mechanical engineer at 3M and founded a virtual reality company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota.
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Erin Miller owns shares of Apple. Fool contributor Travis Hoium manages an account that owns shares of Apple and is personally short shares of Amazon.com. The Motley Fool recommends Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook, and Google. The Motley Fool owns shares of Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook, and Google. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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NASDAQ: AAPL
$271.11
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NASDAQ: GOOGL
$344.69
(+1.71%)+$5.80
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Amazon
NASDAQ: AMZN
$263.93
(+3.47%)+$8.85
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Meta Platforms
NASDAQ: META
$675.49
(+2.48%)+$16.34

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