Google raised Motorola bid by $3B to get deal done
Google prized Motorola Mobility's patent portfolio so much that it threw in an extra $3 billion to get its takeover offer accepted last month.
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Sep 14, 2011
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S&P says sell Google's shares after Motorola deal
(AP) -- Standard & Poor's is saying investors should sell Google's stock because it believes the search leader's decision to buy Motorola Mobility increases the risk to the company and its shares.
Business
Aug 16, 2011
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Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion (Update 2)
Google Inc.'s $12.5 billion deal to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. is aimed at giving the Internet search leader more legal firepower as it battles Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to gain the upper hand ...
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Aug 15, 2011
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Icahn pushes Motorola to turn patents into cash
(AP) -- Shares of cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings jumped to a four-month high Thursday after activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed that he's pushing the company to squeeze profits from its vast patent portfolio.
Business
Jul 21, 2011
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iPhone passes Blackberry in US: comScore
Apple's iPhone has leapfrogged Research In Motion's Blackberry to grab fourth-place among handset manufacturers in the United States, tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.
Business
Jul 5, 2011
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Trade forum weighs Kodak patent dispute with Apple
(AP) -- Embattled photography pioneer Eastman Kodak Co. is nearing the end of a high-stakes patent-infringement fight with smartphone giants Apple Inc. and Research in Motion Ltd.
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Jun 30, 2011
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Acer's Iconia tablet rivals iPad in price, but not much else
If you're shopping for a tablet - but don't want an iPad - your options are growing daily. Among the latest is Acer's Android-powered Iconia Tab A500.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 29, 2011
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Rumor: Microsoft to possibly release a Windows 8 tablet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rumors are circulating around that Microsoft may be bringing a Windows 8 tablet to consumers in 2012. Reporters over at Digitimes have been theorizing, based on information from a chip-supplier, that the ...
Samsung's new Galaxy Tab has much to like
When it comes to tablets, Apple's iPad so dominates the market that some analysts have wondered whether consumers will have an appetite for any other device.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 26, 2011
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Verizon's Droid X officially gets Gingerbread May 27
(PhysOrg.com) -- The long waited Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) has been officially announced by Verizon Wireless today. Version 4.5.596.MB810.Verizon.en.US will start getting pushed out to users this Friday.
