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Google acquires Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
Wow. Shit just got real. In what is easily Google’s biggest acquisition in its history, Google today said it will acquire phone hardware maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash to help enhance sales of its Android mobile OS. All told, Google payed $40 a share for Motorola Mobility, representing a 63% premium for […]
Continue reading...Internal Google emails reveal brazen attitude regarding Java licensing and Android
Saturday, August 13, 2011
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If you haven’t been paying attention to every Android-related lawsuit, who can blame you? With upwards of 50 separate cases currently in play, it’s decidedly challenging, if not impossible, to keep tabs on every single case. But one of the more important cases is Oracle’s suit against Google for including copyrightable java code in Android […]
Continue reading...Apple sued over fast booting patent originally owned by LG
Monday, August 8, 2011
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Apple’s legal team are undoubtedly a gainfully employed and busy group of folks. Indeed, it seems that not a week goes by that Apple isn’t either on the receiving or offensive end of a new lawsuit. Most recently, a Florida-based company that goes by Operating Systems Solutions, LLC sued Apple claiming that OS X violates […]
Continue reading...Android and iOS usage broken down by state
Saturday, August 6, 2011
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Mobile ad network Jumptap just released data relaying smartphone preferences measured across the entire contiguous United States. According to Jumptap’s data, Google’s Android OS appears to be dominant across western United States with commanding shares in states such as California, Washington, Texas and Florida. iOS, meanwhile, appears to have the market cornered in much of […]
Continue reading...Google’s Chief Legal Officer David Drummond rails against patent attacks from Apple and co.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
David Drummond, Google’s Chief Legal Officer, wrote on Google’s official blog today that companies like Oracle, Microsoft, and Apple are fighting against Android because they prefer litigation to innovation and are attempting to throttle Android’s growth. Android is on fire. More than 550,000 Android devices are activated every day, through a network of 39 manufacturers […]
Continue reading...Samsung agrees not to sell Android tablet in Australia
Monday, August 1, 2011
Apple and Samsung are currently engaged in litigation in 9 countries and across 3 continents. Things got started this past April when Apple sued Samsung claiming that it’s line of Galaxy smartphones and tablets “slavishly” copy the look and feel of its iOS products. Here in the US, and elsewhere, Apple is pushing hard for […]
Continue reading...iOS devices comprise 2/3 of all in-flight WiFi users
Sunday, July 31, 2011
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Accessing the Internet for the first time while flying 30,000 feet up in the air is one of those “holy crap!” moments that make you marvel at the wonder of technology. While some airlines like Virgin America offer passengers free Wi-Fi service, others like Southwest offer it for a small service fee. But no matter […]
Continue reading...Apple unrelenting in its legal battle against a slew of Android-based handset manufacturers
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Upon introducing the iPhone in 2007, Steve Jobs famously stated: We’ve been pushing the state-of-the-art in every facet of design… We’ve been innovating like crazy for the last few years on this and we’ve filed for over 200 patents for all of the inventions in iPhone. And we intend to protect them. Over 4 years […]
Continue reading...Lodsys ups the ante, files suit against EA, Atari, Rovio and more
Thursday, July 21, 2011
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There’s got to be a special place in hell for patent trolls, but that is, perhaps, a discussion best relegated to the comment section. FOSS Patents is reporting that Lodsys has now amended its original complaint against iOS and Android developers to include some big name defendants. Lodsys’ new complaint alleges that the following companies […]
Continue reading...AT&T announces 3.6 million iPhone activations during Q2 of 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
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It’s earnings season, and following Apple’s stellar quarterly report from earlier this week comes new financial data from AT&T for our consumption. During Ma Bell’s second fiscal quarter of 2011, the company reported revenue of $31.5 billion, an uptick of 2.2% year over year. iPhone wise, the company activated 3.6 million devices with more than […]
Continue reading...Analyst says Apple to extract high royalty rates from HTC, but he misses the point
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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Well, you can’t expect analysts to know everything – and in some cases anything at all. Mike Abramsky from RBC Capital Markets falls somewhere in the middle I suppose. Recently, Abramsky issued a note to investors writing that Apple’s ITC victory over HTC last week regarding two patent claims may set a high bar for […]
Continue reading...Behind the scenes of the Nortell patent auction – Google bids Pi as Apple and Microsoft seek to weaken Android
Saturday, July 2, 2011
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Earlier this week, Apple was part of a consortium of tech heavyweights that won an auction for over 6,000 Nortel patents. The final and winning bid came in at $4.5 billion and came from a grouping of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM, and Sony. Left outside in the cold were both Intel and Google. Interestingly […]
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Monday, August 15, 2011
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