Google-Motorola Acquisition Approved in United States EU - and my other links of the day

Foxconn: http://foxconn.com

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It's the perfect time for a look at most intriguing links of the day. We'll be talking about Google, Zynga and Foxconn.

Google: also known as The Big G

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So, let's see who's been talking about Google? It was searchenginewatch.com with their write-up entitled Google-Motorola Acquisition Approved in U.S., EU.

What did they point out about Google? Well...:

U.S. and EU antitrust authorities have approvedGoogle's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility.In a pair of announcements made just hours apart, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the European Commission (EC) each announced that the deal had been cleared by their respective antitrust authorities and could proceed. "This is an important milestone in the approval process and it moves us closer to closing the deal," Google said of the decisions."We are now just waiting for decisions from a few other jurisdictions before we can close this transaction."

and went on to say

The rulings put Google on the brink of completing its landmark acquisition. In addition to providing the company with a mobile hardware branch, the deal will also allow Google to take control of key patents in the mobile hardware space

Next we have a site that's also been writing about Google - Want More From Google Maps? Make Sure You Are Logged In.

They wrote:

I like Google

... interesting ...

For the most part I tend to side with them on most issues like free market concerns and so on. I usually don't have any issue with the privacy stuff either mainly because it's my choice whether I want to be "tracked" by Google or not. As you may have noticed I said usually

Zynga: Zynga (English pronunciation: /ˈzɪŋɡə/) is a social network game developer located in San Francisco, United States. The company develops browser-based games that work both stand-alone and as application widgets on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace.

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To finish it's Zynga Mobile Grew Five-Fold To More Than 15 Million Daily Users In 2011 from techcrunch.com, focussing on Zynga. They made several good points, particularly

As we mentioned in our coverage of Zynga's fourth quarter earnings, mobile has been one of the fast-growing parts of Zynga's business

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On the company's earnings call, CEO and founder Marc Pincus revealed that mobile users have grown five-fold to 15 million daily active users in 2011. That's up from 13 million in December