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SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorola Mobility's Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group is entering into a groundbreaking new collaboration agreement with eight top U.S. research universities. The Multi-University Research Agreement (MURA) will dramatically streamline the generation of new joint research projects, and pave the way for closer cooperation on the development of fundamental new technologies. The signatories include Motorola, California...
FourthWall Platform Extensions Expand Visible World Reach to All Boxes NEW YORK and DULLES, Va., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Visible World, the leading provider of targeted television advertising solutions and FourthWall Media(TM), the leading provider of cable platform technology and the largest independent source of set top box viewing data, announced today a partnership bringing together critical assets to maximize marketing effectiveness at scale. (Logo:...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The European Commission said on Monday that Google-owned Motorola Mobility may have abused its leading market position in Germany by denying Apple the right to use some of Motorola’s core mobile phone technology. Motorola Mobility had sought and obtained an injunction from a German court preventing Apple from using its standard-essential patents (SEPs), which are critical to smartphones and tablets. In a statement, the...
SINGAPORE, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX) today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of manufacturing operations in Tianjin, China, and has assumed the management and operation of the Jaguariuna, Brazil facility from Motorola Mobility LLC, owned by Google. Employees and assets at both locations have transferred to Flextronics. The previously announced agreement also included a manufacturing and services agreement for Motorola...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A US International Trade Commission (ITC) judge has ruled Microsoft’s Xbox video game console does not infringe upon a patent held by Google’s Motorola Mobility division. In a one-paragraph decision handed down Friday, Judge David Shaw said the method used to facilitate communication between the Xbox hardware and its accessories does not infringe upon the telecommunications equipment company's patents, explained Bloomberg’s...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Google has once again lowered the hatchet upon their newly acquired Motorola Mobility business. Last August, Google cut 20 percent of Motorola’s workforce. A third of their offices worldwide were closed in this round of job cuts. Today, the Wall Street Journal reported Google is now cutting ten percent of Motorola Mobility’s hardware workforce, or about 1,200 employees. Google purchased Motorola Mobility last May for $12.5...
SUWANEE, Ga. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ARRIS Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRS), a global innovator in broadband media technology, and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today jointly announced that ARRIS and Motorola Mobility, a Google subsidiary, have entered into a definitive agreement under which ARRIS will acquire the Motorola Home business from Motorola Mobility, for $2.35 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction approved by the Boards of Directors of both...
Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online On Monday Motorola Mobility announced that it will close most of its operations in South Korea in 2013 as part of ongoing restructuring. The decision to shutter the doors in the Asian nation will affect about 500 jobs. This follows a decision made last month to close down most international Motorola websites and to lay off about 4,000 workers. This comes as part of the restructuring of the company under Google ownership. Google had...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The two companies may be bitter rivals in the courtroom, but reports have surfaced Apple and Google have joined forces in an attempt to acquire Kodak's patent portfolio. Sources have told Bloomberg Businessweek the Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPad and iPhone developer and the Mountain View, California-based search engine giant are teaming up in order to secure more than $500 million worth of the photography company's patents...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It's happened. Santa has gone digital. And this year he's giving families a way to skip the handwritten letters and hit him up with a call or text to his DROID RAZR MAXX HD - the only device powerful enough to help St. Nick get through a demanding night like Christmas Eve. With up to 32 hours of performance*, Santa's new little helper lasts all day and all night. The power of Google Maps(TM) makes it easy for Santa to find...
