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Google Posts Q4 2013 Earnings – Revenues at $16.86 Billion, Losses at Motorola Continue to Pile up

Kellen January 30, 2014 91

Google posted their Q4 earnings info this afternoon, showing consolidated revenues at $16.86 billion, which is up 17% compared to Q4 of 2012. Motorola, on the other hand, took in $1.24 billion in revenue for the company, which turned into a loss of $384...

GRAIN OF SALT: Rumors Suggest Nexus Program is Dying in 2015, Lenovo Gets to Make One of the Last

Kellen January 30, 2014 293

If you read tech sites outside of this one, there is a chance you read the rumor from earlier in the week from industry player Eldar Murtazin, which suggested that Google is going to kill off its Nexus program some time in 2015 and replace it with its Google...

Facebook Announces “Paper” as a New Way to Consume Its Content, Forgets Android Exists

Kellen January 30, 2014 105

Facebook is about to release a barrage of stand-alone apps for its services to get you to pick and choose which you'd like to use. Facebook as an ecosystem is potentially too large to bring all of it into one app, so Zuckerberg and the crew will lean (not the...

Motorola’s Project Ara and Advanced Technology Group Moving to Google’s Android Team

Kellen January 29, 2014 133

As noted thanks to a brief conference call held by Lenovo following the announcement that it would acquire Motorola from Google, the acquisition will not include Moto's Advanced Technology and Projects group. The team, lead by former DARPA director Regina...

What We Know About the Motorola-Lenovo Deal (Updated)

Kellen January 29, 2014 396

With the Lenovo-Motorola deal now official from all parties, we thought a quick recap of everything was in store. Since this move has clearly brought out plenty of your emotions, especially when it comes to thinking about your next smartphone purchase, we are...

Official: Motorola is Joining Lenovo to “Create a Truly Global Smartphone Company”

Kellen January 29, 2014 361

Well, folks, it is now official. Lenovo is acquiring Motorola from Google for $2.91 billion. We are still thumbing through all of the statements now and will update this post shortly. In the mean time, feel free to read along with us. Update: We did a...

Report: Lenovo is Buying Motorola From Google for $3 Billion (Updated)

Kellen January 29, 2014 333

According to a report out of Reuters, Lenovo is about to buy Motorola from Google for $3 billion. Yes, that Motorola, the one that just made a phone we considered to be our phone of the year. The report claims that an announcement could come as early as today,...

HTC One Kit Kat Updates for U.S. Variants: Still “One to Two Weeks” Away

Kellen January 29, 2014 18

According to a statement posted by Jason Mackenzie, president of HTC Americas, the carrier-tied U.S. HTC One variants will not see their Android 4.4 "Kit Kat" updates within the 90 day deadline HTC was hoping to meet. The update is in the hands of carriers at...