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Google Buys Motorola For $12.5 B: Top 10 Reasons Why

Internet search engine giant Google Inc.'s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility has shocked market watchers because the handset maker is struggling to keep pace with bigger Android rivals like Samsung and HTC but the deal could actually turn out to be Google's best move ever.

Google-Motorola Deal: Implications on Smartphone Sector

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Google Inc. has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash to defend its Android ecosystem. Rising IP threats to Android from Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. were the primary driver of the acquisition, RBC Capital Markets said.

Google Motorola Bites Back with Patents, Apple Not Worried

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After losing out in the titanic $4.5 billion bid for Nortel Networks against Apple and the gang of five, Google has resurged with its latest acquisition of Motorola. The search giant lost out in obtaining 6,000 patents from the Nortel deal, but the $12.5 billion Motorola purchase will make up for the loss with over 17,000 patents packaged in the deal.
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How Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Cheated Apple's Ban?

Samsung in the Netherlands is rolling out Galaxy Tab 10.1, which is otherwise banned in Europe after Apple won an injunction against Samsung for violating its intellectual rights to its iPad.
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Google's Bold Motorola Mobility Buyout

The acquisition of one of the mobile telecommunications industry's most storied names is Google co-founder Larry Page's boldest move since taking over as CEO in April, launching the Internet giant into a lower-margin manufacturing business and pitting it against many of the 38 other handset companies that now use its Android software.
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Dell Drops Streak 5 Tablet

Dell's confusion over tablet format has ended, as it retired its part-tablet and part-smartphone, the 5-inch Dell Streak, in favor of bigger tablets.

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