General Discussion Off-Topic Discussion and Enlightenment

Google To Acquire Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Aug 15, 2011 | 08:30 AM
  #1  
HMT-Roger's Avatar
Thread Starter
1.0 BAR
 
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 577
Default Google To Acquire Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion

Google announced early Monday morning that it will acquire smartphone maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash.

According to a Google press release, published in full at TechCrunch, "The acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a dedicated Android partner, will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem and will enhance competition in mobile computing."

In a post on the http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/...CEO Larry Page offered a few more details about how this buy would affect the company's Android platform.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_926923.html
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Turbo News
Auto News
1
May 22, 2009 12:42 PM
Turbo News
Auto News
8
May 13, 2009 02:18 PM
TwoLoudnproud
Forced Induction
15
Feb 27, 2008 09:54 PM
jinxy
General Discussion
13
Jan 7, 2007 08:04 PM
crxtuner
General Discussion
12
Jan 16, 2006 09:20 PM




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:11 AM.