iPod tops Google in battle of the brands

Apple and Google have battled it out with al-Jazeera, the controversial Arab television channel, in the branding stakes

Apple, the computer company, has toppled Google, the search engine, to be voted "the brand with the most global impact" in a poll run by Interbrand, the branding consultancy giant.

The real surprise, however, was the emergence of al-Jazeera, the controversial Arab television station in a top-five dominated by "shiny", fashion-conscious, western companies.

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