Lenovo to buy Motorola division at Google for $2.91B
Lenovo Group is buying the Motorola handset division at Google for nearly $3 billion, Google confirmed late today.
Lenovo Group is buying the Motorola handset division at Google for nearly $3 billion, Google confirmed late today.
Apple's iPhone was used by 42% of all U.S. smartphone owners in the fourth quarter of 2013, up from 35% a year earlier, according to an NPD Group survey.
Google's decision to pay $3.2 billion for Nest Labs, a mostly unknown maker of smart smoke alarms and thermostats, could be the start of a radical shift in the tech industry.
With the attention given to Twitter's IPO, one might assume that the tech industry is dependent on its success. It isn't. Not even close.
Apple has won the hearts and minds of small- and mid-sized businesses, which have overwhelmingly adopted Cupertino's mobile devices over rivals powered by Android or Windows.
A Microsoft storage patent that was used to get a sales ban on products from Google-owned Motorola Mobility in Germany has been invalidated by the German Federal Patent Court.
3D Systems and Motorola have signed a multi-year deal that will provide highly customizable 3D-printed phone parts, giving owners a way to make functional and aesthetic choices about their device.
Understandably, the most-discussed phones in these Android roundups – which, I'm a bit staggered to realize, have now been going for about 16 months – have generally been the ones at the cutting edge, with the latest technology and the coolest new features.
Google-owned Motorola Mobility is setting its sights on worldwide adoption of the Moto G, which has a 4.5-inch screen and is priced from US$179 without a contract.
Google's Motorola unit unveiled the Moto G smartphone today priced at $179 unlocked, less than half the price of most high-end unlocked smartphones on the market like the iPhone 5S.
Web usage in North America by Motorola smartphone users is closing in on HTC for second place behind Samsung, according to Chitika Insights, which samples millions of online ad impressions to reach its conclusions
More Android smartphones are scheduled to hit the market in preparation for holiday sales, including the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom and the Moto G.
Smartphones officially got a little bit more like regular PCs today with Morotola's announcement of Project Ara, a modularized smartphone design that will let users pick their own components.
Despite reports that BlackBerry is up for sale, one analyst believes the company isn't dying and is actually selling more smartphones than several other manufacturers.
Two of the longest-running go-to narratives in the Android market – HTC is a shambles and Amazon wants to release a phone – have been bolted together like an airplane's wing section, thanks to a report from the Financial Times that threw Android watchers into paroxysms of raising their eyebrows when it came out this week.