Motorola

There has been a lot of talk about Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 6 and the radio frequency (RF) radiation dangers of storing it in a pocket. Apple has been warning consumers about the risks of RF exposure for at least a few years years. One document, iPhone 5 RF Exposure Information,...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) have agreed to drop all lawsuits between the two companies in an agreement that covers patent litigation involving Google’s Motorola unit, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. For those hoping Friday’s agreement signaled the beginning of the...

Trade secrets have protected the Coke (NYSE: KO) formula for generations, but is this an appropriate path for startups? One prominent company, SpaceX, has already chosen to keep trade secrets over patents, fearing that the latter would provide Chinese competitors with too much info. "We have...

Samsung (OTC: SSNLF), the South Korean electronics giant, sells more smartphones than anyone. According to market research firm, Strategy Analytics, the company shipped 319.8 million units in 2013, most of them powered by Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system. Perhaps not for long...

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) acquisition of Nest could have played a role in the tech giant's decision to sell Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91 billion. Goodbye, Motorola. Hello, Nest. Romain Dillet of TechCrunch wrote that Google's newly-acquired unit will be asked to utilize its knowledge and...

This weekend in Barron's online: part three of the 2014 Barron's Roundtable, Ford vs. GM, as well as the prospects for Akamai Technologies, Stanley Black & Decker, Weight Watchers and more. Cover Story "Better Get a Grip" by Lauren R. Rublin. This week's cover story in Barron's is the third...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) didn't have any major products to unveil this week, but the Mac maker did make one major announcement. Once again, Apple has set a new record for quarterly iPhone sales. Meanwhile, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) got out of the smartphone manufacturing business and sold Motorola...

After purchasing Motorola for $12.5 billion in 2012, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced Wednesday it will sell the division for $2.91 billion to Lenovo (OTC: LNVGY). Despite what appears to be a $9.5 billion loss, Michael J. De La Merced of New York Time's DealBook wrote that Google “did not do so...

Lenovo Group (OTC: LNVGY) Senior Vice President and soon-to-be Chief Technology Officer Peter Hortensius appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday morning, where he highlighted the company's acquisition of Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Motorola Mobility handsets as well as the company's commitment to...

Everyone is looking for the big exit. Entrepreneurs, investors, company employees with stock options -- they all want the same thing. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has provided some very big exits for a number of startups, including YouTube, Waze and Nest Labs. The search engine giant could provide an...

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) has acquired more than 100 companies since February 2001. The search engine giant has not revealed how much it has paid for most of these firms. Among those that were reported, Google typically paid between $10 million and $100 million. There is a handful, however, that...

   In the latest quarterly comScore MobiLens survey, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), once again continued to dominate the smartphone market with 40.6 percent of all subscribers. This, however, represents just a 0.2 percent gain since July. Samsung (OTC: SSNLF), a distant number two, with 25.4 percent...

In a detailed post on Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google+ social network, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt offered step-by-step directions for his many friends who he said were switching from their Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones to one of several “more intuitive” Android smartphones. In the post,...

While not offering any specifics, investors seemed comfortable enough with Dennis Lockhart's comments to end the week on a positive note. While speaking to CNBC the Atlanta Fed chief commented that tapering will begin “when the economy is ready and when the market is ready.” Lockhart also noted...

The latest comScore data is out and it shows that the duopoly is still firmly intact and widening its lead. ComScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) found that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) hold a combined 65 percent of market share in device market. Apple holds the lead with 40.6 percent in...