Motorola Mobility
Why Google Kept Motorola’s Research Lab
March 1, 2014
Google’s $2.9 billion sale of Motorola Mobility to Chinese PC maker Lenovo might seem like lousy business, given Google’s $12.5 billion purchase in 2012 and losses in the interim. But it leaves Google with a mobile research unit and a war chest of patents arguably bought at a very good price. And it gives a boost to Android in developing countries. Google earlier sold off the Motorola Mobility Home unit for $2.35 billion (see “Why Google Wants Motorola”). With losses and other factors...
March 1, 2014
Google’s $2.9 billion sale of Motorola Mobility to Chinese PC maker Lenovo might seem like lousy business, given Google’s $12.5 billion purchase in 2012 and losses in the interim. But it leaves Google with a mobile research unit and a war chest of patents arguably bought at a very good price. And it gives a boost to Android in developing countries. Google earlier sold off the Motorola Mobility Home unit for $2.35 billion (see “Why Google Wants Motorola”). With losses and other factors...
Valuing IP Claims: Google Sells Handset Business to Lenovo at Loss
January 29, 2014
Lenovo Group Ltd. 0992.HK +4.58% agreed to buy Google Inc. GOOG -1.43% 's Motorola Mobility unit for $2.91 billion, a deal that reverses the Internet company's short-lived move into smartphone hardware. The deal will transfer the Motorola handset business to the Chinese company, a new entrant into that market that is trying to build its presence rapidly. But Google will retain the vast majority of patents it acquired in its 2012 purchase of Motorola Mobility, a key motivation of the original...
January 29, 2014
Lenovo Group Ltd. 0992.HK +4.58% agreed to buy Google Inc. GOOG -1.43% 's Motorola Mobility unit for $2.91 billion, a deal that reverses the Internet company's short-lived move into smartphone hardware. The deal will transfer the Motorola handset business to the Chinese company, a new entrant into that market that is trying to build its presence rapidly. But Google will retain the vast majority of patents it acquired in its 2012 purchase of Motorola Mobility, a key motivation of the original...
Game On: Will Gaming Technology Infiltrate Law?
January 6, 2014
OK—fess up. How many of you play Angry Birds on your iPhone? What if you could play a game that improves the productivity, collaboration, compliance, or expertise of your legal practice? Within a few years, you may be routinely doing just that. Corporations like Cisco Systems and Google's Motorola Mobility have embraced gamification, and analysts say the trend is gaining steam. Now, software vendors, law firms, and general counsel are starting to experiment to see just how gamification might play...
January 6, 2014
OK—fess up. How many of you play Angry Birds on your iPhone? What if you could play a game that improves the productivity, collaboration, compliance, or expertise of your legal practice? Within a few years, you may be routinely doing just that. Corporations like Cisco Systems and Google's Motorola Mobility have embraced gamification, and analysts say the trend is gaining steam. Now, software vendors, law firms, and general counsel are starting to experiment to see just how gamification might play...
Gamification: Coming Soon to Training, Document Review Near You
November 9, 2013
OK — fess up. How many of you play Angry Birds on your iPhone? What if you could play a game that improves the productivity, collaboration, compliance, or expertise of your legal practice? Within a few years, you may be routinely doing just that. Corporations like Cisco Systems and Google's Motorola Mobility have embraced gamification, and analysts say the trend is gaining steam. Now, software vendors, law firms, and general counsel are starting to experiment to see just how gamification might...
November 9, 2013
OK — fess up. How many of you play Angry Birds on your iPhone? What if you could play a game that improves the productivity, collaboration, compliance, or expertise of your legal practice? Within a few years, you may be routinely doing just that. Corporations like Cisco Systems and Google's Motorola Mobility have embraced gamification, and analysts say the trend is gaining steam. Now, software vendors, law firms, and general counsel are starting to experiment to see just how gamification might...
