Eagle-eyed tech reporters found the image over northern Pakistan.

The message is clear.(via Google Maps)

The rivalry between Google and Apple has been going strong for years now. It seems like neither company can introduce a product or service without the other introducing a similar one and saying it was their idea in the first place. Considering that both of them are making obscene, unprecedented amounts of money, it seems pretty childish. But nothing could be as childish as this image.

This image, depicting the Android logo peeing on the Apple one, comes from Google Maps. Specifically, it shows an area on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi. It used to be here, but Google has since taken it down. The edits were apparently made by user nitricboy, somehow slipping by Google's own moderators. A spokesman said, "We've terminated the Android figure involved in this incident, and he'll be disappearing from Google Maps shortly."

Although the image probably accurately represents how many Googlers feel, it's also a PR problem for the company. They're already having problems these days convincing the world that their "Don't be evil" motto still applies. They definitely don't need to look petty, too. And that's not even to mention the questions raised by the image. Like, what does a robot pee? Oil? That seems like an inefficient and dirty way to change its lubricating fluid. Also, why Pakistan? Is this a political thing? That would open up a whole other can of worms.

Good thing Google took this down.