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  • Cellular industry makes concession on kill switch

    Wireless carriers in the U.S., handset makers and the industry's lobbying group have made a significant concession on technology that could remotely disable stolen smartphones and tablets.

    Written by Martyn Williams16 April 14 08:17
  • Pre-installed malware turns up on new phones

    David Jevans, CTO and founder of Marble Security, recently received some bad feedback from a potential customer testing his company's product, which helps organizations manage and secure their mobile devices.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk05 March 14 06:46
  • German court invalidates Microsoft mapping patent

    The German Federal Patent Court has invalidated a Microsoft mapping patent because it lacked an inventive step, a court spokeswoman said Friday. The company had alleged that Motorola Mobility and Google infringed the patent in the Google Maps app.

    Written by Loek Essers28 Feb. 14 12:54
  • Tip of the Hat: Google's Project Ara unmasked

    Since disclosing last fall that an internal research team is developing an open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones, Google has offered few details of the effort, dubbed Project Ara.

    Written by Mike Bucken27 Feb. 14 20:22
  • How 'Lenovorola' changes the mobile world

    Google is selling Motorola to Lenovo. The deal makes Google better, Lenovo bigger and Motorola gets a new lease on life.

    Written by Mike Elgan01 Feb. 14 12:18
  • Lenovo's Motorola, IBM server buys will likely get strict U.S. security review

    Beijing-based Lenovo Group's plan to buy Google's Motorola Mobility unit and an IBM server division for a combined $5.2 billion will likely face strict and lengthy national security scrutiny by an inter-agency committee of the U.S. government, two Washington attorneys who are veterans of the review process said Thursday.

    Written by Matt Hamblen30 Jan. 14 23:01
  • Google sales rise despite Motorola slip

    Google reported a healthy 17 percent increase in revenue for the fourth quarter, even as sales by its Motorola mobile unit, which the company is selling to Lenovo, dropped again from the same period last year.

    Written by Zach Miners30 Jan. 14 21:52
  • Google selling Motorola is win-win-win for Android

    Well, that was unexpected - most of you will have heard by now that Google just sold Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for almost $US3 billion, taking Android's parent company back out of the hardware game, and, possibly, putting the whole ecosystem on solid footing for the future.

    Written by Jon Gold30 Jan. 14 18:27
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