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 […]

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 […]