Showing posts with label Motorola Mobility. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motorola Mobility. Show all posts

Monday, August 13, 2012

Could More iPhone Models Beat Back Samsung, Android? - along with my own links overview

Just what has been happening in the world of tech? Who are we checking out?

One hot conversation starter has been Facebook and Barack Obama. Let's see shall we?
- Facebook: A Fate More Similar To Yahoo! Or Google? from techcrunch.com
- Who is Paul Ryan? Let's Check His Facebook Page from www.webpronews.com





iPhone and Apple Inc. seemed to come up quite a bit too:
- Could More iPhone Models Beat Back Samsung Group Android? from www.eweek.com
- iPhones Are On Sale Everywhere, But It's A Horrible Time To Buy from techcrunch.com

Did you notice all the talk about Barack Obama and U.S.? Here are the best bits:
- Obama Hosts Fundraiser At His Chicago Home - "said President Barack Obama, greeting donors at his South Side home" - said www.huffingtonpost.com
- Mars Rover Team Congratulated by President Obama - www.webpronews.com
- Romney or Obama? Predict the Election With Fox News' iPad App - mashable.com

The rest? Well, Google and Facebook were in the press a fair amount:
- Goodbye Moto: Google Will Send Out 4,000 Motorola Pink Slips Starting Today, Part Of Bigger Overhaul - "With Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility closing in May, Google is now moving ahead on getting its new property in order" - said techcrunch.com
- Google Algorithm Update: Search Engine to Penalize Sites Accused of Copyright Infringement - www.searchenginejournal.com
- Geolocation Changes Google Keyword Rankings 69% of Time [Report] - searchenginewatch.com



















Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Breaking: EU Approves The Big G To Buy Motorola - plus my selection of links for the day

So, it's time for another links roundup. I've dug up stuff on Google, Xerox and Facebook.

Google
Google: also known as The Big G

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To kick it off, let's see who's been discussing Google? It was www.webpronews.com with their post entitled Breaking: EU Approves Google To Buy Motorola.

What did they say about Google? They said:
After five months, European Union regulators have approved of the purchase of Motorola Mobility by Internet search giant Google, Inc. The main reason Google wants to purchase Motorola is to increase its stable of patents
and went on to say
The main reason Google wants to purchase Motorola is to increase its stable of patents. The EU was mainly concerned about the stifling of competition of the deal were to go through. At this point, the commissioners charged with making the decision of whether to approve the buy or not have determined that there is no current cause for concern. But, they have said that they will keep an eye on Google to see how they behave in the future


Next we have a site that's been writing about Xerox - ACS CEO Blodgett on Competition, Xerox Acquisition.

They said:
With its $6.4 billion acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services in 2009, Xerox made a bold play in the business-process outsourcing market
... OK ...
And according to Lynn Blodgett, former CEO of ACS and now Xeroxs president of Services Business, the acquisition wasnt just good for Xerox: The latters considerable resources (including the famed Xerox PARC research unit) fast-tracked the pre-existing ACS roadmap


To finish we have Today's Top Stories: 8-Inch iPad Rumors, Angry Birds Now on Facebook from mashable.com, focussing on Facebook. The wrote good quality stuff, particularly
Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world
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Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories