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Posted By } Olga Kharif Like many users of mobile devices, Arvind Jain is annoyed by how long it takes Web pages to load over cellular connections. The Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) engineering director is continually monitoring Internet-access rates — from hotels, offices and airport lounges around the world — looking for ways to speed things up. Jain’s [...]
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Google Seeks Billions by Boosting Mobile Internet Speeds
Posted: April 19, 2012 in Industry News, Information communications technology, Internet, M-Commerce, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Mobile Technology, Retail, TelecommunicationsTags: google inc, Microsoft, Mobile, mobile phone users, monitoring internet access, Technology, Trevor Healy
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BOMBSHELL: Google Buying Handset Maker Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion
Posted: August 15, 2011 in Handset manufacturers, Industry News, Information communications technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Phones, Mobile Technology, Smartphones, Technology, Telecommunications, Wireless TechnologiesTags: Android, Apple, Business Wire, Google, Google acquisition Motorola, Larry Page, Microsoft, Motorola, Motorola Mobility, United States Department of Justice
Huge! Google is buying handset maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash. That’s a 61% premium. Needless to say this is a gamechanger in the mobile world, as Google moves down the stack, and is no longer just an operating system provider meaning it competes directly with Apple as well as the various other handset makers who currently use Android. What’s more, one of [...]
Nokia chief dismisses Samsung bid rumours
Posted: June 9, 2011 in Handset manufacturers, Industry News, Information communications technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Technology, Smartphones, TechnologyTags: iphone, Microsoft, Nokia, Open Mobile Summit, Samsung Group, Stephen Elop, Wall Street Journal, Windows Phone 7
Stephen Elop backs Windows Phone strategy despite plunges in firm’s share price and forecasts of falling market share
Official Statement – Microsoft to Acquire Skype
Posted: May 10, 2011 in Industry News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology, VoIPTags: CPP Investment Board, Ebay, Janus Friis, Microsoft, Silver Lake Partners, Skype, Steve Ballmer, Tony Bates
Combined companies will benefit consumers, businesses and increase market opportunity.
Microsoft set to buy Skype for $8.5bn in biggest deal in history
Posted: May 10, 2011 in Industry News, Internet Phone Service, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology, VoIPTags: Blackberry, FaceTime, Google, ipad, iphone, Microsoft, Skype, Voice over IP
Posted BY ] DAILY MAIL REPORTER Microsoft is on the verge of buying Skype for $8.5 billion – despite the Internet phone service making a loss last year. The deal would be the biggest in the 36-year history of the world’s largest software company. It could indicate Microsoft’s intention to compete with Apple and Google as [...]
How new internet standards will finally deliver a mobile revolution
Posted: April 27, 2011 in Industry News, Information communications technology, Internet, Media & Entertainment, Mobile Applications, Mobile Developers, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Online, Smartphones, Tablets, Technology, TelecommunicationsTags: Android, Clients, Google, Google Chrome, HTML, HTML 5, Java (software platform), Microsoft, Zokem
As the web experience evolves, smartphones may soon live up to their name, and every business’ mobile strategy will grow in importance…
