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Google Lays Off 1,200 More Employees At Motorola

Google Lays Off 1,200 More Employees At Motorola

By Zach Walton March 8, 2013

Google has the unenviable position turning around Motorola Mobility and making it profitable again. That means the company has to make some tough decisions that will affect its employees around the world. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google has …

Motorola Atrix 4G No Longer Getting ICS Motorola Atrix 4G No Longer Getting ICS
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Sony caught a lot of flak earlier this year when they failed on their promise to upgrade the Xperia Play to Android 4.0. They cited technical difficulties as the cause, but the comments on our original story showed that consumers …

Apple Loses Patent Lawsuit In Gemany Apple Loses Patent Lawsuit In Gemany

The German court system has been busy this week. Just yesterday, a judge ruled that Motorola had infringed upon Microsoft’s patent. Motorola now faces a sales ban in the country. They can at least be thankful that a German court …

Microsoft Wins Patent Lawsuit Against Motorola Microsoft Wins Patent Lawsuit Against Motorola

Apple and Samsung may be getting all the headlines these days, but there’s another patent war brewing in Germany. Microsoft has been going after Google through Motorola in Germany over what they feel is an infringement of their parent. The …

Motorola Announces Another RAZR Smartphone Motorola Announces Another RAZR Smartphone

Last month Motorola announced its new Droid-branded smartphone lineup. The phones appear to be modern smartphones, but weren’t mind-blowing, except possibly for their long battery life. Today, Motorola has announced yet another addition to its smartphone products, the RAZR i. …

Motorola Announces Three New Razr Models Motorola Announces Three New Razr Models
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They haven’t met with the same success as Samsung, but Motorola has created some of the best Android phones on the market. They’re poised to take on the market in an entirely new way thanks to their new owners at …

Google Announces 4,000 Motorola Mobility Layoffs Google Announces 4,000 Motorola Mobility Layoffs

Late summer’s layoffs in the mobile sector are set to continue. Google has announced that it intends to layoff 4,000 Motorola Mobility employees – about 20% of its entire workforce. According to a form 8-K filed earlier this month with …

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Google Reports Strong Earnings For Q2 Google Reports Strong Earnings For Q2
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It’s the end of Quarter Two and now it’s time for all the major companies to release their earnings. Google had a particularly strong Q2 that was propelled by their acquisition of Motorola Mobility and an increase in ad revenue. …

Android Just Loves To Infringe Patents Android Just Loves To Infringe Patents
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It was good news for Google last month when the company’s Android operating system was found to be non-infringing on multiple Oracle patents in regards to Java. One win doesn’t mean that Google is in the clear though. Android and …

Google Inherits Demands with Motorola Acquisition Google Inherits Demands with Motorola Acquisition

With their recent acquisition of Motorola and their essential technology patents, Google Inc. has also received a civil investigative demand from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. If you remember, Motorola was locked in a battle with Microsoft and Apple regarding …

Motorola DROID RAZR Getting ICS Soon Motorola DROID RAZR Getting ICS Soon
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As I sit here in my dark corner of the fragmented Android empire, I weep over my lack of Android 4.0. My agony is made even worse by the fact that the HTC Inspire will never get ICS. I used …

Apple, Motorola Given One More Day In Court Apple, Motorola Given One More Day In Court

Last week we brought you news that Judge Richard Posner had tossed out the patent infringement case between Apple and Motorola that was scheduled to begin trial soon. Judge Posner declared that neither company had managed to demonstrate that the …

Get Your First Look At The DROID RAZR HD Get Your First Look At The DROID RAZR HD
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Now that Google owns Motorola, we can expect the next line of Android phones to be some of the best on the market. The latest leak seems to confirm those expectations in terms of aesthetics. Droid Life scored some images …

Chicago Judge Tosses Apple-Motorola Suit Chicago Judge Tosses Apple-Motorola Suit

Just days before one of Apple’s patent disputes with Google-owned Motorola Mobility was set for trial in Chicago, an exasperated judge issued a temporary order dismissing the case with prejudice (meaning it can’t be re-filed). Reports came in early yesterday …

Motorola Mobility Treats Dubai International Motorola Mobility Treats Dubai International

If you’re traveling through Dubai’s International Airport, you’ll be treated to Motorola’s newest advertising effort that takes the form of an awe inspiring visual museum. More than anything else, the visual masterpiece is a chronology of Motorola’s past, present, and …

Motorola's New Mega-Tough DEFY 535  Smartphone Motorola's New Mega-Tough DEFY 535 Smartphone

Hong Kong is being treated to Motorola’s latest innovation in Smartphones with the introduction of the newly designed XT 535 DEFY smartphone. Possibly the greatest thing about it is the Gorilla Glass brand impact and scratch resistant, touch-screen from Corning. …

Google Bought $10 Million Worth of TeraHop Patents Google Bought $10 Million Worth of TeraHop Patents

Google Inc., noted patent hawker, which finally acquired Motorola for $12.5 billion today, also paid about $10 million for another set of patents owned by a now-bankrupt portable network device company called TeraHop. For a bit of backstory, TeraHop, based …