Facebook

Think google know that the future of search is kinda dead, they are looking for second play ie their Mobile platform, their OS and chrome browser..
Facebook are doing the same but with cloud services, now they have the creators of Gmail & googleMaps just watch facebook do new things.

Both companys know the future is in the browser & FB are the Apple to Google's big M$ness

The future of search is dead. Why?

"second play"? It's called expansion.

The creators of Google Maps still work for Google and have just created Google Wave.

No idea about the Google Apps but they will get stronger as more users get on Google browsers, mobile google, etc.. all designed to work really well with Google Apps.

Facebook are the Apple to what the hell are you talking about? Google is an MS competitor now.