Obama and the Smartphone WarsWall Street Journal - Holman W. Jenkins, Jr - 24 Aug, 2011Unless the president intervenes, the International Trade Commission could send the wireless industry into a tailspin. By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. Patent litigation is a game created by government, and constructively so. But the game appears to be getting ... |
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Tired of Patent Wars? Use Open Source InsteadPCWorld (blog) - Katherine Noyes - 24 Aug, 2011As a geek and longtime tech reporter, there are few things I love writing about more than cool new technological innovations. It never ceases to amaze me what we humans can come up with, particularly when some good ... |
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Googorola One Week Later: What's it Really About?Huffington Post - 24 Aug, 2011We're about a week into the news and opinion cycle following Google's bid to acquire Motorola's Mobility group for $12.5 billion in cash. But lots of coverage has missed the point. Moto's patent portfolio has been one area of focus, and rightly so. ... |
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Google + Motorola: Three Reasons It May Help EnterprisesForbes - 24 Aug, 2011SAP is the world's leading provider of business software - enterprise resource planning, business intelligence, and related applications and services that help companies of all sizes and in more than 25 industries run better. ... |
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The Evidence That Google Is Plotting to Take Over Your TVThe Atlantic - Rebecca J. Rosen - 24 Aug, 2011In recent weeks, clues have been popping up all over the news: The search-engine giant wants a piece of the television action. Over the past two weeks, a series of tantalizing clues about Google's interest in conquering TV have ... |
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Morning Tech Wrap: HP, Microsoft, AppleForbes - 24 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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How to Survive the Semester With the Right Tech ToolsMarketWatch (press release) - 24 Aug, 2011LIBERTYVILLE, IL, Aug 23, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- As you head to campus this fall, having the right tech tools can make or break school year success. Smartphones and tablets will keep you connected throughout the school day -- from catching up ... |
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Microsoft has issues with Google's Motorola Android patentsInquirer - Dave Neal - 24 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 - 24 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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Motorola, Syngenta, Amazon, Rapidshare: Intellectual PropertyBloomberg - Victoria Slind-Flor - Aug 22, 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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Microblog insightsChina Daily - Aug 22, 2011Topic 1: After Google Inc announced its plan to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc with $12.5 billion, Peter Chou, chief executive officer of HTC Corp, Asia's second-biggest maker of smartphones, said that it will stick with Google Inc's mobile ... |
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S&P backtracks on Google downgradeCNET - Steven Musil - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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) - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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, ... |
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Tech wrap: HP's TouchPad sell-offReuters Blogs (blog) - Aug 22, 2011Hewlett-Packard has finally discovered the magic price point for its TouchPad tablet: $99. The tech giant announced the new low price for the 16 GB model of the recently discontinued device over the weekend, also dropping the price for its 32 GB ... |
Motorola wireless share declines: reportChicago Sun-Times - Sandra Guy - Aug 22, 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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Next wave of patent rulings could ease tech warsReuters Blogs (blog) - Aug 22, 2011By Reynolds Holding Today's costly technology patent wars in many ways can be pinned on the courts. Google, Apple, Microsoft and others are spending billions of dollars for the rights to ideas and inventions powering devices like smartphones. ... |
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S&P upgrades Google stock days after "sell" viewReuters Canada - Alexei Oreskovic - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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 - Aug 22, 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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