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Larry Page / The Official Google Blog:
Supercharging Android: Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility — Since its launch in November 2007, Android has not only dramatically increased consumer choice but also improved the entire mobile experience for users. Today, more than 150 million Android devices have been activated worldwide …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Exclusive: Guess who else wanted to buy Motorola? — Google may not have had much of a choice when it came to buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. If it didn't, someone else would have and that would have put the company in an even bigger patent hole.
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Henry Blodget / The Business Insider:
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GOOGLE-MOTOROLA DEAL: It Could End Up Being A Disaster — A very interesting move by Google this morning, buying handset hardware maker Motorola for $12.5 billion. — Google deserves credit for a big, bold move. — But let's be real: This deal could end up being a disaster.
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Dan Lyons / Real Dan Lyons Web Site:
Suck on it, AppleSoft — Google pulls a rope-a-dope — Everyone was baffled when Google made those crazy bids for the Nortel patents last month. Remember? They bid things like the distance from the earth to the sun, the number pi, and some other wacky numbers from mathematics.
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Jeff Jarvis, Android and Me and The Business Insider
MG Siegler / parislemon:
Rope-A-Dope, Indeed — Sometimes you want so badly to say “I told you so!” after months of getting kicked in the ass, that you do so without really looking into what you're writing about. Or even thinking, really. — Such is the predicament Dan Lyons finds himself in today.
Bloomberg:
Google Deal Said to Have $2.5 Billion Reverse Breakup Fee — Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc.'s acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. includes a reverse breakup fee of $2.5 billion, according to a person close to the situation. — Google would pay Motorola Mobility that sum upon failing …
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FOSS Patents, Engadget, Neowin.net, AllThingsD and Edible Apple
Chris Ziegler / This is my next:
Google buying Motorola: Nokia, Samsung, and other industry players react
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GigaOM:
With Motorola, Google TV just got a huge shot in the arm
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Google's $12.5 billion Motorola Mobility bet: 6 reasons why it makes sense
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News:
Google just bought itself patent protection
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The Next Web, The Register, This is my next and Tactical IP
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Google's Motorola Deal Will Spur Antitrust Regulators to Action
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Reuters, Deal Journal, CNET News and Computerworld
Eve Batey / SF Appeal:
#MuBARTek #OPBart Watch: Muni Not Stopping At Embarcadero Or Powell — FCC, Mayor Lee, Train Operators Union All Scrutinizing BART As Cell Shutdown Remains Possible For Tonight's Protest — #OPBart And #MuBARTek Coverage Roundup: BART's Cell Phone Shutdown, Site Hack, And Protest Tonight
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Ed Bott / The Ed Bott Report Blog:
Microsoft declares victory over Linux, names Apple and Google main rivals — Summary: Normally, reading a company's annual report is better than Ambien for lulling oneself to sleep. But this year Microsoft's lawyers allowed some actual competitive insight to sneak into the normally dull 10-K reports …
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Open Source Blog and GeekWire
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Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
Microsoft rewrites 10K filing to depict Apple as significant competitor
Michael Kan / PC World:
Nokia to Bring Windows Phone 7 Devices to China Mobile
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Andreas Udo de Haes / Computerworld:
Apple's evidence may be flawed in European Samsung case — Pictures of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 submitted into evidence look more like the iPad than the actual Samsung device does — (COMPUTERWORLD NETHERLANDS) — Apple and its lawyers have, perhaps inadvertently, misled the judge …
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AppleInsider, PC World, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, SlashGear, GottaBeMobile, PhoneDog.com, Sammy Hub and Android Phone Fans
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Daniel Cooper / Engadget:
Did Apple alter photos of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in its injunction filing?
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Electronista:
Microsoft drops Reader after Amazon, Apple take over — Microsoft Reader to shutter August 30 2012 — Microsoft on Monday quietly said it would end its Reader app within a year. Stores carrying the LIT format will pull the format on November 8 of this year, while the app would no longer …
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ReadWriteWeb and TechCrunch
Ben Parr / Mashable!:
President Obama Joins Foursquare — Foursquare has just gained its highest-profile user yet: President Barack Obama. — “The White House is now on Foursquare, a location-based social networking website, which is the latest way for you to engage with the administration,” The White House said on its blog.
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Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Exclusive: 4G LTE iPhone currently in carrier testing — Apple's iPhone 5 is set to be unveiled in the next month or so, though no one quite knows what the device will feature thanks to the ongoing flood of rumors. Sure, we have a pretty good idea of what it will look like …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Official Steve Jobs biography set for November 21 release, based on forty interviews — According to Barnes and Noble's website, the official Steve Jobs biography - titled Steve Jobs: A Biography - is becoming available on November 21, 2011. This is a big leap from the previously announced March 6 …
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
iOS devs pay $50,000 for collecting children's info in apps — The parent company of Broken Thumbs Apps—a prominent iOS app maker responsible for games like Zombie Duck Hunt, Truth or Dare, and Emily's Dress Up—has today settled with the Federal Trade Commission over its apparent collection …
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paidContent, 9to5Mac, GamePolitics blogs and Electronista
AppleInsider:
Construction begins at site of Apple's Grand Central Terminal store — Construction is now underway at New York's Grand Central Terminal, where Apple is hard at work on a new retail store that may open this year. — Temporary scaffolding can now be seen on the second floor at the world-famous terminal.
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MacRumors, TUAW and iDownloadBlog.com
Laura Hazard Owen / mocoNews:
New Amazon Student App Also Offers 6 Free Months Of Amazon Prime — It's not as good a deal as Amazon's offer last year that gave anyone with a .edu e-mail address a free year of Amazon Prime, but the new Amazon Student iOS app does come with six months of free two-day shipping.
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TUAW, Amazon.com, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, ReadWriteWeb, PC Magazine, PhoneArena, GeekWire, MacStories, @lbraun2000, Pulse2 and GigaOM
Miles Weiss / Bloomberg:
Thiel's Clarium Hedge Fund Invests in Tech — Peter Thiel, whose Clarium Capital Management LLC lost 90 percent of assets from its peak until the end of last year, plans to invest the global macro hedge fund in what made him a billionaire: private technology ventures.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter Opens Photo Service To Third-Parties — API Hints At Other Media Down The Line — It's been two and a half months since Twitter first unveiled their own photo sharing service, in partnership with Photobucket. Just last week, they finished rolling it out to all users.
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Twitter Developers, ProgrammableWeb and Gizmodo
Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:
Airbnb Pumps Up Security With New Hires and Guarantees — Airbnb continues to roll out new security features at a breakneck pace to thwart mounting concerns over whether the site is a safe way to rent out your primary residence to travelers. — The heavily backed San Francisco start …
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