Google Agrees to Acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion

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面白いニュースが飛び込んできた。Googleがついに端末事業に乗り出す。Motorola Mobilityを125億円で買収するという。
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- Google Inc., the biggest maker of smartphone software, agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion in its largest acquisition, gaining mobile patents and expanding in the hardware business.

- This is the next step in building their position in the mobile world so they can distribute Google products and services through mobile phones and tablets.

- In a blog posting Aug. 3, Google accused Apple, Microsoft and Oracle Corp. of using patents to wage a “hostile, organized campaign” against Android.

- The acquisition of Motorola Mobility may help Google increase adoption of its Google TV service and the use of Android and its Chrome browser on devices that connect televisions to the Internet.