By Todd Haselton |
The United States International Trade Commission recently ruled that Apple’s products are not infringing on patents owned by Google. Six patents were originally IN question and all are related to various functions on the iPhone that are also used in Android smartphones, but there was…
By Sean P. Aune |
Motorola Mobility is set to cut another 1,200 jobs, or more than 10 percent of its workforce, in an effort to cut costs. According to an email obtained by the Wall Street Journal, Motorola is set to cut 1,200 jobs in the coming weeks. ”While we’re…
By Todd Haselton |
Google recently poached Samsung’s U.S. vice president of strategic marketing, Brian Wallace, to work in its Motorola Mobility division. It’s unclear what Wallace’s exact job title will be, but he will “fill a similar post,” AllThingsD said. Wallace worked on the now famous Samsung Galaxy S…
By Todd Haselton |
ARRIS, a firm that describes itself as an “innovator in broadband media technology,” announced on Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Google’s Motorola Mobility unit to acquire the Motorola Home division for $2.35 billion in cash and stock. Motorola Mobility’s Home division includes…
By Todd Haselton |
Judge Thomas Pender recently ruled that Apple’s iPhone doesn’t infringe on a patent owned by Motorola Mobility. The patent in question helps prevent the phone from accidentally ending an active phone call, and Google-owned Motorola Mobility isn’t happy with the ruling. “We’re disappointed with this outcome…
By Todd Haselton |
Google is almost finished accepting bids for Motorola Mobility’s set top box business, The Wall Street Journal said Friday. Google purchased Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in August of last year, but sees little need in keeping the part of the business that develops set top…
By Brandon Russell |
After weeks of hearings between Motorola Mobility and Microsoft over standard essential patents, a Seattle judge has ruled that no injunction is necessary seeing as both sides have already agreed to a licensing agreement. The two have tangoed over how much a patent holder, in…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC recently settled its patent suits with Apple and now it appears that Google’s Motorola Mobility is working to do the same, at least with some patents. Bloomberg said Friday that the two firms are currently in discussions to resolve patents “related to critical smartphone…
By Todd Haselton |
Motorola won’t upgrade all of its devices to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, so as an incentive to keep customers loyal to its brand, it’s offering a $100 trade-in toward the purchase of a new, Jelly Bean ready smartphone. The company will accept any of 13…
By Todd Haselton |
A federal judge has dismissed a patent lawsuit Apple leveraged against Google’s Motorola Mobility, Reuters said on Monday. Apple originally claimed that Motorola Mobility, now owned by Google, had unfair terms for licensing its patents. This isn’t the first time the two firms have been locked…
By Todd Haselton |
Verizon Wireless just announced that it will begin offering the Motorola DROID RAZR HD and the DROID RAZR MAXX HD on Oct. 18 for $199.99 and $299.99, respectively, with a new two-year contract. The phones are both equipped with 4.7-inch displays, NFC, 8-megapixel cameras, 1.5GHz…
By Todd Haselton |
Motorola Mobility officially revealed on Thursday that it has acquired the gesture and imaging company Viewdle. Viewdle also provides augmented reality support in its application and describes itself as a “best-in class computer vision technology showcases the power of your smartphone through camera-based innovations in…
By Todd Haselton |
Job cuts aren’t free. Firms typically face high expenses as they lay off employees or force them into early retirement. As such, Google expects that it will spend $300 million this quarter as it cuts 20 percent of Motorola Mobility’s employees. That cost is 9…
By Todd Haselton |
Google’s Motorola Mobility recently pulled a patent infringement complaint against Apple from the International Trade Commission. Neither Apple nor Google explained why the complaint was pulled and while one might assume the two reached an agreement, that’s not the case. “There are no agreements between…
By Todd Haselton |
Motorola’s Atrix 2 is no longer stuck running stale old Gingerbread. As of today, owners of AT&T’s Atrix 2 can now download Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s not Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, which is far superior, but anything is better than running Gingerbread at this point.…
By Todd Haselton |
The United States International Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that it has voted to investigate Apple’s iPhone, iPod, iPad and Mac products following an official complaint filed by Motorola Mobility on Aug. 17. Motorola Mobility has accused Apple of infringing on specific patents and wants…
By Killian Bell |
Motorola Mobility has unveiled its first Android smartphone powered by an Intel processor this morning. It’s called the RAZR i, and it boasts a 4.3-inch “edge-to-edge” Super AMOLED Advance display, which Motorola promises is 40% larger than that of the iPhone 4S, and 15% larger…
By Todd Haselton |
Clearly Verizon Wireless is happy with its Motorola Mobility relations: the carrier just announced three new Motorola RAZR-branded smartphones earlier this week. Motorola is just as excited to be working with Verizon Wireless and it recently said it won’t take its RAZR brand name to…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple may want to consider making the courtroom its permanent residence. Not long after wrapping up closing arguments in its infringement case against Samsung, the Cupertino company is being taken to task by Motorola Mobility. And for what? Patent-infringement. Motorola is claiming Apple was unwilling…
By Todd Haselton |
Earlier today, we covered a report in which Google said it has plans to layoff 4,000 Motorola Mobility employees. The layoffs are just a part of Google’s bigger picture for the company, which it acquired earlier this year. In fact, it’s creating a new lab…
By Todd Haselton |
Google filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday in which it said it plans to cut 4,000 employees from its Motorola Mobility unit. The unit currently has about 20,000 employees. Google said it will “close or consolidate” 30% of Motorola’s 90…
By Mark Hearn |
Motorola Mobility took to its Facebook page to tease that it will be announcing a new 4G LTE-capable smartphone on Friday, August 10th. The company has pledged to reveal a new clue about this mystery device every day until its big unveiling. If you want…
By Mark Hearn |
Over the past few months we’ve seen the DROID RAZR HD benchmarked, spied by blurry cams and even make its way through the FCC. This time around, we’re looking at what appears to be a nice clean shot of an engineering unit. The DROID RAZR…
By Mark Hearn |
Late last year, Motorola Mobility stated plans to unlock bootloaders across its portfolio of devices. However, some may argue that this olive branch was extended with a set of thorns. Even though devices would feature an unlockable/relockable bootloader, currently the decision to offer a device with…
