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Takeover makes us paranoid, AndroidSydney Morning Herald (blog) - 25 Aug, 2011MORE than a week after Google decided to pay $US12.5 billion ($12 billion) for mobile phone pioneer Motorola Mobility, with international analysts squabbling over the precise intention and likely impact of what is an undeniably historic investment, ... |
Google-Motorola could be peak of patent price spikeEconomic Times - 25 Aug, 2011SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE: The bubble in mobile phone technology patent values may just have popped. Now that Google has agreed to a $12.5 billion deal to buy Motorola Mobility -- scooping up a trove of 17000 phonerelated patents to give itself some ground ... |
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Valuing Patents Through BattleHuffington Post (blog) - 25 Aug, 2011We need patent litigation in the mobile device and telecommunications space. Ever since Google purchased Motorola Mobility, there have been numerous articles in the press about the dangers of patent litigation. Economists, from respected universities, ... |
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The Tech Trade Just What Did Google Buy?Forbes - Eric Savitz - 25 Aug, 2011Larry Page might discover--to his horror--that he has given comfort to the enemy: Microsoft. Was Larry Page's first major move as Google's CEO a big screwup? At the very least, the search engine giant's $12.5 billion deal to buy smartphone and ... |
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Motorola tablet Xoom(s) into SAIndependent Online - 25 Aug, 2011The first device to run on Android 3.0, Honeycomb, Motorola XOOM features a dual-core processor and 1 GB of RAM. Johannesburg - Motorola Mobility has announced the availability of the award-winning Motorola XOOM tablet in South Africa. ... |
Thousands Urge Apple to Pull Censorship PatentHuffington Post - 25 Aug, 2011For the tech world, this has been the summer of patents. One reason Google wants to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion is to grab its 24000 active and pending patents. This will help Google compete with Apple, Microsoft and Oracle, ... |
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Ourview | The innovation trapLivemint - 25 Aug, 2011Google is spending $12.5 billion on the purchase. HP is looking to shrug off a $40 billion chunk of overall revenue and focus on a vertical that brought in only 3% of that in 2010 Recent announcements by Google and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have pundits ... |
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Google-Motorola Could Be Mobile's Devil In DisguiseForbes - Aug 24, 2011Google last week surprised the market with its Motorola Mobility acquisition for $12.5 billion. While Google will surely benefit from Motorola's 17000+ patent portfolio, the deal (which is the biggest ever for Google) raises some serious concerns on ... |
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Motorola, Google Deal Highlights Patent System MessInformationWeek - Craig Mathias - Aug 24, 2011The only people winning today are the attorneys; the rest of us merely see technology product delays, product doubts, and higher prices. By Craig Mathias I'd say just about everyone was surprised by the recent news that Google is buying Motorola ... |
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Weekly WindowThe Hindu - Karthik Subrmanian - Aug 24, 2011Gone too soon! HP has decided to kill off its WebOS within months of launching the Touchpad. What's more, it plans to sell off its remaining merchandise at throwaway prices. For instance, it will be $100 for a piece of hardware (for the Touchpad 16GB) ... |
Microsoft seeks ban on Motorola phones in USTimes of India - Aug 24, 2011Seems almost everyone in the smartphone industry is either facing a lawsuit or is suing someone else. The latest company to join the patent war is Microsoft. The software giant has reportedly approached International Trade Commission ( ITC) to request ... |
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Obama and the Smartphone WarsWall Street Journal - Holman W. Jenkins, Jr - Aug 23, 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 - Aug 23, 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 - Aug 23, 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 - Aug 23, 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 - Aug 23, 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 - Aug 23, 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) - Aug 23, 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 - Aug 23, 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 - Aug 23, 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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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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