Category Archives: Google
Does Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility imply that the vertical integration of software and hardware works better than hardware or software by itself? – Quora
Does Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility imply that the vertical integration of software and hardware works better than hardware or software by itself? – QuoraSimply put, no. The deal itself does not directly imply that, and is wishful thinking or fantasizing on many people’s parts. First off, let’s take a look at the context of […]
I Pronounce You, Googorola, Until Death Do You Part
Some thoughts, inspired by Topolsky’s article and the millions of others from TC, AllThingsD, Economist, Bloomberg, Giz, etc. The most striking things to me about this acquisition: 1) Microsoft seemingly forced Google’s hand into outright purchasing Motorola Mobility. Additionally, it doesn’t help that Motorola was contemplating pursuing litigation against other manufacturers of Android, which would […]
It’s All About the Patents, Baby – News & Views
Update: And this story just got loads more interesting thanks to the major development that Google just acquired Motorola Mobility (for $40/share, $12.5 billion in cash total, a 63% increased valuation of their closing price Friday).Edit: So this turned into a flown blown news overview (with some views). Originally I was just going to bring […]
Google Me The Next Google pHail?
So here’s hoping that Google doesn’t have a huge disaster like Google Buzz (they even admitted it?!). Google has confirmed the existence of Google Me, and hopefully will turn this into a service that is extremely integrated with their family of services (Docs, Picasa, Gmail – but only if the default is not share everything […]
