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Motorola Mobility wants to play a stronger role in the enterprise business. Traditionally aiming the majority of its Android devices toward mainstream consumers, the company is now looking for ways to lure business folk in. It’s offering up to $200 to any person or business that trades in a smartphone — namely an iPhone or…
European antitrust regulators granted Google its blessing to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Google is now one step closer to getting complete access to Motorola Mobility’s expansive portfolio of 17,000 patents with the hope to better defend Android from frequent infringement lawsuits. This marks a major milestone in the acquisition process. Since Google would…
We keep on hearing about this looming spectrum crisis and if you ask the carriers, the answer if for the government to make more spectrum available. But what if the real solution is to reduce the amount of carriers? A study from The Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies (got all…
Canalys research firm issued a report today that makes us all think back to our very first time getting a blue screen of death on a PC. According to combined statistics from 2011, manufacturers shipped more smartphones than computers in 2011 – 488 million smartphones hit shelves last year, while only 414.6 million PCs did.…
We know that the strategy ultimately ensures success in some ways but we’re still surprised with the number of Android tablets in the world. The latest numbers for Q4 of 2011 have arrived and tablets running Google’s mobile operating system has risen to 39%. While the Android tablet market is gaining steam, it’s probably safe…
Target and Apple are partnering up to bring mini-Apple stores into Target stores. These Apple stores would be dedicated departments to shop for all Apple products without having to navigate around the store. The Apple departments would initially be in 25 Target locations, but if proven a success, it’s very likely we’ll see a nationwide rollout.…
The U.S. Justice Department is probing Verizon Wireless after it made deals with Comcast and Cox Communications that will contribute to Verizon’s cable and wireless services. The Justice Department is stepping in to determine whether these new deals put too much cable and wireless power in the hands of Verizon while preventing competition from getting…