Microsoft halts smartphone marketshare decline with Windows Phone 7Inquirer - Lawrence Latif - 23 Aug, 2011SMARTPHONE DEVELOPER Microsoft has managed to stem the slide of Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphone operating system market share in the US, according to analyst outfit NPD Group. NPD Group's figures for US smartphone sales in the second ... |
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Morning Tech Wrap: HP, Microsoft, AppleForbes - 23 Aug, 2011I've covered European business and technology news for Forbes since 2006, and as London bureau chief since 2008. I'm using this blog to explore some of the disruptive technology and ideas coming out of this region. Before all this I tracked the highs ... |
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Microsoft has issues with Google's Motorola Android patentsInquirer - Dave Neal - 23 Aug, 2011PATENTS BOUGHT BY Google along with Motorola to beat off lawsuits might be vulnerable to challenges by Microsoft. The life of a patent lawyer must be a good one. Not since we wore shorts and argued in playgrounds over who owned what ... |
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Google's Motorola haul has 18 anti-Apple patentsInquirer - Dave Neal - 23 Aug, 2011In recent months Google has spoken of its need to find a way to fight back against those firms that rely on patents to stifle innovation. Part of this battle is its purchase of Motorola, which, according to Bloomberg, has given it 18 key ... |
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Today in Tech: How much is HP losing on the TouchPad?CNNMoney - Jp Mangalindan - 23 Aug, 2011Fortune's curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web. Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to you every day. "There are a lot of sweet patents in ... |
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Motorola, Syngenta, Amazon, Rapidshare: Intellectual PropertyBloomberg - Victoria Slind-Flor - 23 Aug, 2011Among Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.'s more than 17000 patents, a group of 18 may prove most useful in Google Inc. (GOOG)'s effort to fend off litigation targeting the Android mobile platform. ... |
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S&P backtracks on Google downgradeCNET - Steven Musil - 23 Aug, 2011A week after downgrading Google's stock, Standard & Poor's reversed course, saying the stock price had fallen so much that it was now a more attractive buy. Scott Kessler, head of technology sector equity research at S&P, wrote in a research note ... |
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How Motorola Mobility could save Google from looming 'threat'Christian Science Monitor - Matthew Shaer - 23 Aug, 2011Google has acquired Motorola Mobility, a company with a whole lot of valuable patents. But of the 17000 patents, Google especially prizes 18, according to a new report. Motorola Mobility, Google's latest acquisition, brings with it plenty of patents, ... |
Korea to Develop Own Web-Based OSThe Chosun Ilbo - 23 Aug, 2011The government has decided to develop an operating system capable of rivaling Google's Chrome OS in collaboration with Korean companies such as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, a move to gain ground in the emerging cloud computing service ... |
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Microsoft vs. Motorola patent case goes before International Trade CommissionThe Seattle Times - Janet I. Tu - 23 Aug, 2011One of the many battles in the smartphone patent war went before the International Trade Commission (ITC) today as Microsoft began arguing its case that Android-based smartphones made by Motorola Mobility infringed on seven of Microsoft's patents. to ... |
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Mobile phone battle turns to KodakThe Australian - Murad Ahmed - 23 Aug, 2011Google Android apps are shown off at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Source: The Courier-Mail THE battle among the world's technology giants for dominance of the mobile phone market has turned to Kodak. As Apple, Microsoft, Google and ... |
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Motorola's Influence Wanes as Android's Share StrengthensPC Magazine - Mark Hachman - 23 Aug, 2011Google's Android OS continues to dominate the US smartphone market, but Motorola's influence as an Android customer has decreased, according to a Monday study. Overall, Android has a commanding share of the market: sales rose to 52 ... |
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S&P Backtracks on Google DowngradeABC News - 23 Aug, 2011A week after downgrading Google Inc.'s stock, Standard and Poor's has reversed course and has upgraded it, saying the Internet search leader's shares have fallen so much they've now become a good deal. Analyst Scott Kessler wrote in a research note ... |
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This Is What Google REALLY Meant By "Don't Be Evil" (GOOG)San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 23 Aug, 2011It allegedly leaned on Motorola not to use a competing location-detecting service from Skyhook. Then it turned around and dropped $12.5 billion on Motorola to get into the phone market, competing directly against partners like Samsung and LG. ... |
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Google Plus Week Episode 4 (Video)Huffington Post (blog) - 23 Aug, 2011This week marked a move to our new rural Virginia TV studio which was visited by a 300-400 lb. black bear about 30 minutes before taping. (We didn't ask if he was sent from Wall Street to opine on the Google-Motorola Mobility purchase. ... |
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Android dominates iOS in 2nd quarter, study findsCNET (blog) - Don Reisinger - 23 Aug, 2011Google's Android mobile operating system dominated the US smartphone market last quarter, research firm NPD announced today. According to NPD, Android was running on 52 percent of all the smartphones sold in the US last quarter, overshadowing iOS, ... |
Motorola wireless share declines: reportChicago Sun-Times - Sandra Guy - 23 Aug, 2011Motorola Mobility's mobile-phone and smartphone market shares each dropped 3 percentage points in the second quarter from a year earlier, while its share of Android ... |
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S&P upgrades Google stock days after "sell" viewReuters Canada - Alexei Oreskovic - 23 Aug, 2011SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Recommendations to unload Google Inc stock are extremely rare on Wall Street. But the latest "sell" rating for the Internet company was so fleeting it existed for just three trading days. ... |
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Motorola might only be worthy to Google for 18 patentsZDNet (blog) - Rachel King - 23 Aug, 2011Summary: Google's proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility would entitle the Android OS maker to thousands of patents. But only 18 of them might be worth anything. ... |
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Microsoft Says Motorola's Android Phones Infringe Its PatentsBloomberg - Susan Decker - 23 Aug, 2011Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world's largest software maker, began arguing its US trade case that Android- based smartphones made by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. use technology derived from Microsoft ... |
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Google Gets Patents, What Does Motorola Get?PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 23 Aug, 2011While most industry watchers appear to believe that Google's Motorola purchase will be most beneficial to Google and its weak patent portfolio, NPD said Monday that the deal will also help bolster a struggling Motorola. ... |
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Google deal: is Motorola actually gaining?Hindustan Times - 23 Aug, 2011Motorola Mobility is in an unusual position. Acquisitions are aimed at creating some well-articulated synergy between two firms, but Motorola's future role in its $12.5-billion deal with Google is unclear. Motorola's rich trove of 17000 patents will ... |
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NPD Group: Android momentum will boost flailing MotorolaZDNet (blog) - Rachel King - 23 Aug, 2011Summary: As Android continues to dominate US smartphone market share month after month, a new report argues that this momentum will be the key to saving Motorola. It is that rapid growth and popularity ... |
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Android, Apple's iOS Gain Share On BlackBerry: NPD GroupWall Street Journal - Dan Gallagher - 23 Aug, 2011SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Mobile operating systems from Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) gained market share in the US during the second quarter while Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) slipped, according to data from NPD Group ... |
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Analysis: Google/Motorola could be peak of patent price spikeReuters - Brendan McDermid, Bill Rigby - 23 Aug, 2011A posed picture shows a Motorola Droid phone displaying the Google search page in New York August 15, 2011. By Poornima Gupta and Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - The bubble in mobile phone technology patent values may just have popped. ... |
Windows Phone Could be Cheaper Than Google's AndroidForbes - 23 Aug, 2011I'm a Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute in London, a writer here and there on this and that and strangely, one of the global experts on the metal scandium, one of the rare earths. An odd thing to be but someone does have to be such and in this flavour ... |
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Why RIM Would Be A Lousy AcquisitionForbes - 23 Aug, 2011After Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion last week, speculation has gone into overdrive that either Research in Motion or Nokia could be the next takeover target, and that Apple or Microsoft might be the ones interested in such a deal. ... |
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After Google, now Motorola faces identity crisisNDTV.com - 23 Aug, 2011Hundreds of framed patents hang on two separate walls at the headquarters of Motorola Mobility in Libertyville, Illinois. They testify to the pride in innovation at Motorola, a luminary of American business that has survived corporate crises and ... |
Apple, Google See Slight Gain In Q2 US Smartphone ShareBarron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 23 Aug, 2011Research firm NPD this morning reports slight gains in Q2 smartphone sales in the US for both Google's (GOOG) “Android” operating system and for Apple's (AAPL) “iOS,” with the former rising to 52% of all smartphone sales compared to 50% ... |
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Tech Today: Patent War Heats UpWall Street Journal (blog) - Jennifer Valentino-DeVries - 23 Aug, 2011Patent War Heats Up: As if the tech patent situation wasn't confusing enough, we can expect more maneuvers this week, writes Don Clark in today's WSJ Marketplace section. The International Trade Commission is set to review ... |
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