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Google Asked to Yank a Million Search Results a Month PCWorld By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld May 25, 2012 8:48 AM Google received requests to purge more than a million links from its search results in March, according to the search giant's monthly "transparency report." The request-for-removal metric is a new one, ... See all stories on this topic »

Google says Microsoft leads requests to remove content links Washington Post 2 with almost 1 million, according to data released by Google that measured all requests going back to 2011. Member companies of the Recording Industry Association of America, including EMI Music North America, was No. 3 with more than 400000 requests. See all stories on this topic »

Google releases data on piracy, takes copyright infringement pretty seriously Christian Science Monitor Here, Google CEO Larry Page speaks at a news conference in New York on May 21, 2012. We've already gotten a detailed look into Google's response to government requests for personal data -- but it turns out the search-engine giant spends a lot of time ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Google report sheds light on copyright takedown requests Computerworld The report shows that Google received a total of 1255402 URL removal requests via its web form in the last one month alone. The number does not include removal requests made via other channels such as faxes and written letter. See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft Requests Takedowns From Google, But Content Remains on Bing Wired News By Alexandra Chang Google's Transparency Report shows that Microsoft has requested more than 2.5 million URLs be removed from Google Search. Image: Google Google has released a trove of insightful data via its new Transparency Report section. See all stories on this topic »

Google Opens Its Piracy Complaint Books TechNewsWorld By Erika Morphy In the interests of transparency, Google is releasing information on all requests to remove information from its search results based on allegations that they infringe on the intellectual property owners' copyrights. See all stories on this topic »

Google's Motorola buy seen boosting Android in workplace Computerworld By Matt Hamblen Computerworld - With the closing of Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility this week, talk of the possibilities for Android in the enterprise has spiked. While Android has taken the consumer market by storm -- the OS ... See all stories on this topic »

Google kills 250000 search links a week kypost.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - It may surprise you that there is a rapidly growing number of websites Google intentionally hides from you. Google doesn't want that to be a surprise anymore. The search giant said Thursday it would begin chronicling the thousands ... See all stories on this topic » kypost.com

Microsoft Hounds Google for Piracy Takedowns, but Some Bing Results Remain TIME By looking at recent takedown requests that Marketly sent to Google, Masnick found that Bing still harbors some links to pirated Xbox 360 games, even after they've vanished from Google: Now, it seems pretty reasonable to assume that if Marketly is ... See all stories on this topic »

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競爭Google makes search 'more human' , antitrust concerns over search

 

 

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2012/05/24 11:37:00

入口及搜尋網站雅虎（Yahoo!）24日發布1款全新瀏覽軟體Axis（圖），供蘋果（Apple）高人氣系列產品使用，準備從Google手中收復失去的網路搜尋市場。（圖取自Axis網頁axis.yahoo.com）

（中央社舊金山23日綜合外電報導）入口及搜尋網站雅虎公司（Yahoo!）今天發布1款全新瀏覽軟體Axis，供蘋果（Apple）高人氣系列產品使用，準備從Google手中收復失去的網路搜尋市場。

Axis可在iPhone、iPad、iPod Touch等蘋果產品上使用，使用者也可在Chrome、Internet Explorer、Firefox和其他具HTML 5圖像處理能力的瀏覽器「外掛」Axis。

Axis拿掉了10年來以藍色連結為主的網路搜尋結果頁面，以網頁預覽圖取代，提供使用者欲尋找的可能資訊。

這款應用程式讓使用者可以輕鬆「滑動」瀏覽各網頁，或重新檢視網頁預覽圖的下拉選單，如此使用者就不必點選連結就可看到網頁內容。

雅虎專案產品管理負責人巴特拉斯基（Ethan Batraski）表示，Axis使用者還可做跨裝置的網頁同步，使用者可在iPhone上開啟駕駛路線、電影時刻或其他網頁後，到iPad上可繼續瀏覽。

他說：「這麼做的目的是希望能連結所有的裝置。」

科技網站CNET編輯尼德曼（Rafe Needleman）測試過Axis後表示滿意，並稱Axis是雅虎旗下深具「野心」的產品。

CNET指出，Google Android版的Axis仍在開發階段，但Google自己現有與測試中的行動裝置瀏覽器已經有2款，所以預計不會太歡迎雅虎出品的Axis。

雅虎在網路搜尋的市占一直以來受到Google蠶食，根據網路數據調查公司ComScore，Google市占率4月時攀升到66.5%，雅虎則下滑到13.5%，微軟公司（Microsoft）的Bing有15.4%，市占排名第2。

根據巴特拉斯基，Axis今年底前會在法國、英國和其他國家推出。1010524

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Complaints have been made that Google favours its own products when serving up search results

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Google has "a matter of weeks" to allay concerns it is abusing its dominant position in the search engine market, the European Commission has said.

An investigation by Europe's antitrust head Joaquin Almunia looked at whether Google gave preferential treatment to its own services in its search results.
Mr Almunia said the company must now "offer remedies" swiftly.
A Google spokesman said the company disagreed with the conclusions, but would work to resolve the matter.
"We're happy to discuss any concerns they might have," Google spokesman Al Verney said.
"Competition on the web has increased dramatically in the last two years since the commission started looking at this and the competitive pressures Google faces are tremendous."
Formal proceedings The commission had been investigating Google since November 2010 following complaints from several rivals.
In a statement, Mr Almunia said Google had the chance to outline steps to address the claims, rather than face formal action.
"Should this process fail to deliver a satisfactory set of remedies, the ongoing formal proceedings will of course continue," he said.
The investigation outlined four areas where Google's practices "may be considered as abuses of dominance", Mr Almunia said. They are:

• The manner in which Google displays "its own vertical search services differently" from other, competing products.
• How Google "copies content" from other websites - such as restaurant reviews - to include within their own services.
• The "exclusivity" Google has to sell advertising around search terms people use.
• Restrictions surrounding portability of advertising content which prevents "seamless transfer" to other non-Google platforms.

Mr Almunia said he had outlined these concerns in a letter to Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt.

Google's Schmidt challenges: no screen time for 1 hour a day Reuters By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt challenged college graduates on Sunday to take the radical step -- at least for their generation -- of tearing their eyes away from their smartphones and computer screens. See all stories on this topic »

5 handy things you can do with Google's new Knowledge Graph search msnbc.com Earlier this week, Google introduced Knowledge Graph, the company's new search technology that understands "things not strings" and adds rich and relevant details about your query in the sidebar of your search results. Here are five great things you ... See all stories on this topic »

Google wins China clearance For Motorola deal MarketWatch By John Letzing SAN FRANCISCO -(MarketWatch)- Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) said Saturday Chinese antitrust authorities have cleared the Internet giant's purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE:MMI) , pushing the $12.5 billion deal over its last ... See all stories on this topic »

Professor Makes the Case That Google Is a Publisher New York Times IS Google search an intermediary like the phone company — simply connecting people with the information they seek? Or is Google search a publisher, like a newspaper, which provides only the information that it sees fit and is protected by the First ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

3 Reasons Facebook Isn't Google DailyFinance By Alex Dumortier, CFA, The Motley Fool Superficially, there are some similarities between Facebook (NAS: FB) and Google (NAS: GOOG) . There's no doubt that last Friday's extravaganza was the most highly anticipated IPO since the search company sold ... See all stories on this topic »

China Approves Google-Motorola Deal With Conditions Business Insider Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. The approval brings the Internet search giant closer to sealing its biggest acquisition ... See all stories on this topic »

A debate: Should you jump in on Facebook debut? The Associated Press At some point in the next few days or weeks, seize on the IPO as a rare opportunity to prosper from the ingenuity of a headstrong visionary in the mold of Apple's Steve Jobs, Microsoft's Bill Gates and Google's Larry Page and Sergey Brin. See all stories on this topic »

Google wins approval for Motorola deal China Daily Google Inc won approval from Chinese regulators for its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc, clearing a final hurdle for a deal that boosts its patents portfolio and steps up competition with Apple Inc. "We are pleased the deal has ... See all stories on this topic »

Google gets China OK to buy Motorola USA TODAY NEW YORK (AP) – Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. By Virginia Mayo, AP Google's Android software powers more than 250 million ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Google gets China OK for Motorola deal The Associated Press By AP – 1 hour ago NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. But Chinese regulators attached a big condition: That ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

China Clears Google's Motorola Mobility Deal Wall Street Journal By JOHN LETZING Google Inc. said Saturday that Chinese antitrust authorities have cleared the Internet giant's proposed purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., pushing the $12.5 billion deal over its last regulatory hurdle. See all stories on this topic »

Google says it won China's approval for Motorola deal Reuters (Reuters) - Google said on Saturday that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, the last regulatory hurdle to a deal that would allow the world's No. 1 Internet search engine to develop its own line ... See all stories on this topic »

China to Google: Android must remain open CNET In OKing the Google-Motorola merger, regulators in China stipulate that Google must make the Android OS free and open for five years. by Edward Moyer May 19, 2012 5:18 PM PDT Follow @edatnews In giving the thumbs-up to Google's acquisition of Motorola, ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook vs. Google: Who Will Win? PCWorld (blog) Google certainly is serious about social and it's no secret that Facebook wants more of Google's advertising, but who will come out on top? Yes, Facebook has a huge head start in social compared to Google, but Google+ users tend to be fiercely loyal ... See all stories on this topic »

Google purchase of Motorola Mobility OKd by China San Francisco Chronicle New York -- Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close. But Chinese regulators attached a big condition: That Google's Android operating system for ... See all stories on this topic »

China Approves Google Acquisition of Motorola Mobility PCWorld By Marc Ferranti, IDG News Chinese regulatory authorities have approved Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility, paving the way for the deal to close within the week, company officials confirmed Saturday. The companies announced last August that they ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Wins Final Needed Approval for Motorola Mobility Purchase BusinessWeek By Brian Womack and Hugo Miller on May 19, 2012 Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) won approval from Chinese regulators for its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) (MMI), clearing a final hurdle for a deal that boosts its patents ... See all stories on this topic »

Google cleared for Motorola purchase after receiving Chinese regulatory approval Apple Insider By Josh Ong Google and Motorola Mobility both revealed on Saturday that they have received Chinese regulatory approval for their proposed merger and expect to soon close on the deal. After receiving permission in February to move ahead with the merger ... See all stories on this topic »

Google clocks biggest giving month Politico Google — faced with ever-increasing governmental scrutiny of its business and privacy practices — handed out more money last month than any other since it formed six years ago. In April alone, Google's political action committee, NetPAC, spread ... See all stories on this topic » Politico

Google brings further tweaks to Gmail CNET Google announced two new tweaks to Gmail this week, including further integration with Google+. Among other things, the changes bring Google profile photos of your friends and contacts to the top of your in-box under certain circumstances, ... See all stories on this topic »

Dear Google: AT&T Locked Down the Best Android Ever, And It's Your Fault Wired News But no, the AT&T Code Scanner, the AT&T Family Map, the AT&T Navigator and AT&T Ready2Go and more are pre-installed and unremovable, thanks to, well, AT&T — with a tacit assist from Google. AT&T also shipped the phone with a locked bootloader, ... See all stories on this topic » Wired News

Google Knowledge Graph hands-on: The Web's tail is long indeed CNET Hitting entries in Google's 500-million-item database of things is still a bit of a roulette spin. by Rafe Needleman May 18, 2012 5:00 AM PDT Follow @rafe The Knowledge Graph returns great information (right of screen) on searches for popular media and ... See all stories on this topic »

Heavyweight battle pits Google's financial muscle against Facebook's social ... Washington Post Facebook is the hottest Internet company to hit the stock market since Google went public in 2004. The Silicon Valley companies, located seven miles apart, also happen to be locked in a bitter battle for Web surfers' allegiance and online advertisers' ... See all stories on this topic »

Google revamps search engine with new tool, Knowledge Graph TechSpot By Lee Kaelin Internet search giant Google announced a major overhaul for its search engine on their official blog yesterday evening, bringing Knowledge Graph as well as more "human-like" search functions to provide answers to user queries directly on ... See all stories on this topic »

Why Google Needs the Motorola Deal for Tablets BusinessWeek By Kevin C. Tofel on May 18, 2012 China is expected to rule soon on Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola (MMI), with the deal already approved in the US and Europe. When Google (GOOG) announced its intention to spend $12.5 billion on the ... See all stories on this topic »

Oracle-Google: Another juror falls as impasse looms (again) CNET Google have been mixed up as the jury looks like it might be stuck on the question of infringement once again. by Rachel King May 18, 2012 1:33 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Rather than 12 Angry Men, proceedings in Oracle v. Google are starting to play out ... See all stories on this topic »

Doodle 4 Google Winner Turns Homepage Into 'Pirate Times' PC Magazine By Chloe Albanesius Today's Google.com homepage art comes from one of the search giant's littlest doodlers - second-grader Dylan Hoffman. Earlier this week, Hoffman was selected as the winner of this year's Doodle 4 Google contest, which calls on ... See all stories on this topic »

Doodle 4 Google: Why a pirate stormed Google's homepage today Christian Science Monitor The annual Doodle 4 Google had students finish this sentence: "If I could travel in time, I'd visit..." The winning Doodle 4 Google drawing shows "Pirate times." By Chris Gaylord / May 18, 2012 Doodle 4 Google: If he could travel back in time, ... See all stories on this topic » Google Knowledge Graph: The Birth of a Siri Rival? PCWorld Google's Knowledge Graph seems like just another search feature, but connect the dots and it could become the brains behind a Siri-like virtual assistant. By Jared Newman, PCWorld On the surface, Google's Knowledge Graph seems like just another search ... See all stories on this topic » Google Knowledge Graph: How It Changes Search InformationWeek What does Google's new search technique mean for you? Augmenting search results with sets of associated facts could please users but decrease traffic to other sites. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Google has enhanced its search service to augment ... See all stories on this topic » Oracle v. Google jury grapples with tech terms, illness CNET Google trial is facing a few problems right now. At first, it looked like they were just being tripped up by technical terminology with different interpretations. Now, it looks like the trial could lose another juror too. The first note from the jury ... See all stories on this topic » Google revamps US search Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google is revamping the way it handles searches in the United States to give users quick access to answers without leaving the page, the company said. The new search process is based on what Google calls the "knowledge graph" ... See all stories on this topic » Why Google's Nexus Plan Makes Sense InformationWeek Google is preparing to revamp how "pure Android" smartphones are sold in a move that will surely appeal to diehard Android users. Google plans to give five hardware makers early access to Android 5.0 Jelly Bean and will sell the resulting handsets ... See all stories on this topic » Iran threatens to sue Google for not labeling Persian Gulf CNN (blog) By Josh Levs, CNN Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast, shown in a file photo, says Google has been "treated as a plaything." (CNN) -- Iran is taking on one of the world's biggest Internet giants, threatening to sue over something that ... See all stories on this topic » Google calls Knowledge Graph first baby step towards 'Star Trek computer' Washington Post Google has just launched Knowledge Graph, the latest refinement to its search engine product that seeks to provide users with more relevant and in-depth responses to search queries. The company actually started testing this new interface last week, ... See all stories on this topic » Google Knowledge Graph attempts 'next generation of search' Christian Science Monitor Google has introduced a new search feature called Knowledge Graph – a kind of companion to the recently-launched Search Plus Your World. By Matthew Shaer / May 17, 2012 Google today took the wraps off a new search functionality called the Knowledge ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor Facebook No Bargain Compared To Google At IPO Forbes Both Facebook and Google have become iconic enough institutions on the Internet that they have succeeded at becoming verbs, as in, “Hey, I Googled you and found your mug shot,” or, “Yeah, last night I was just Facebooking and stumbled on your profile ... See all stories on this topic » Iran threatens legal action against Google for not labeling Persian Gulf CNN International By Josh Levs, CNN (CNN) -- Iran has threatened legal action against Google for not labeling the Persian Gulf on its maps. "Toying with modern technologies in political issues is among the new measures by the enemies against Iran, (and) in this regard, ... See all stories on this topic » Google to sell Nexus smartphones, tablets direct, report says Computerworld By Matt Hamblen Computerworld - Google is reportedly moving to more direct sales of its Android smartphones and tablets in an apparent move to wrest control away from wireless carriers that install their own services on Android gear or block Google ... See all stories on this topic » Google adds Knowledge Graph to search results San Francisco Chronicle Google unveiled significant changes to its core search engine Wednesday that could make it easier one day to search using natural language. The Mountain View company began to roll out the Knowledge Graph, a structured database of information that maps ... See all stories on this topic » Google revamps search, tries to think more like a person CNN By Doug Gross, CNN (CNN) -- So, let's say you're doing a Google search for "Kings." Did you mean the LA hockey team or the Sacramento basketball team? Maybe the TV show? Or maybe you actually wanted to know something about monarchs. See all stories on this topic » Google Revamps Search, Creates Knowledge Graph eWeek Google on May 16 began rolling out the latest generation of its dominant search engine, introducing what officials are calling the Knowledge Graph. The Knowledge Graph is designed to offer users an improved search experience by not only doing a better ... See all stories on this topic » Google Fires Back at Bing With 'Knowledge Graph' PC Magazine By Mark Hachman Google unveiled what it called its "Knowledge Graph" on Wednesday, combining a Bing-like "snapshot" panel with results that appear closer to Wolfram Alpha's own knowledge engine. Google said that, now, when a user searches for an ... See all stories on this topic » Google Broadens Its Search Vision New York Times (blog) By NICOLE PERLROTH | May 16, 2012, 5:58 pm Comment When a user searches for an ambiguous term, Google's Knowledge Graph spotlights possibilities to the right of the search results. 9:49 pm | Updated Google announced a change to its search engine on ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog) Google adds factoids to search results CNET Verizon cuts off unlimited data plan stragglers, the next iPhone could have a larger screen, and Google adds fact boxes for smarter search results. by Bridget Carey May 16, 2012 1:20 PM PDT Follow @BridgetCarey In today's show, Google search gets ... See all stories on this topic » Google aims to provide more intelligent search results by pulling info from ... Washington Post SAN FRANCISCO — Google is introducing a new tool, designed to make its search engine smarter. The new feature debuting Wednesday draws from a Google-built database of more than 500 million people, places and commonly requested things to provide a ... See all stories on this topic » Google revamps search, adds encyclopedia-like entries with awareness of the ... Washington Post Google is working on its search pages again in its quest to provide users with more relevant results. This time, the search engine is adding short fact boxes to the right column of its results that are supposed to tailor results and give users more ... See all stories on this topic »

Google gets nods to buy Motorola Mobility

谷歌完成了以125億美元收購摩托羅拉移動公司的交易﹐並為後者指派了新首席執行長。谷歌高管Dennis Woodside將接替Sanjay Jha出任摩托羅拉CEO。

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Google gets U.S., EU nod to buy Motorola Mobility

(Reuters) - U.S. and European regulators approved Google Inc's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc and said they would keep a sharp eye on the web search giant to ensure patents critical to the telecommunications industry would be licensed at fair prices.
It was one of a series of approvals on Monday that underscored the scramble by technology companies to acquire big pools of patents.
The U.S. Justice Department also approved an Apple Inc-led consortium's purchase of a trove of patents from bankrupt Canadian company Nortel Networks Corp and signed off on Apple's purchase of patents formerly owned by Novell Inc.
Google, whose Android software is the top operating system for Internet-enabled smart phones, said in August it would buy phone-maker Motorola for its 17,000 patents and 7,500 patent applications, as it looks to compete with rivals such as Apple and defend itself and Android phone manufacturers in patent litigation.
The acquisition, the largest in Google's history, will also mark the Internet search company's most significant foray into the hardware business - a market in which it has little experience. Some investors have worried that Google's profit margins may suffer as it becomes a hardware maker, although Google has said it intends to run Motorola as a separate business unit.
Regulators in China, Taiwan and Israel have still not signed off on the Google purchase of Motorola.
Google shares finished Monday's regular trading session up 1 percent at $612.20.
Antitrust enforcers on both sides of the Atlantic want to prevent companies from gouging rivals when they license patents essential to ensuring different communications devices work together.
"This merger decision should not and will not mean that we are not concerned by the possibility that, once Google is the owner of this portfolio, Google can abuse these patents, linking some patents with its Android devices. This is our worry," EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told reporters in Brussels.
The U.S. Justice Department said it was reassured by Apple's and Microsoft's public statements that they would not seek injunctions in filing infringement lawsuits based on the Nortel patents.
"Google's commitments have been less clear," the Justice Department added in a statement. "The division determined that the acquisition of the patents by Google did not substantially lessen competition, but how Google may exercise its patents in the future remains a significant concern."
Almunia said the EU might be obliged to open some cases in the future.
"This is not enough to block the merger, but we will be vigilant," he said.
Regulators in China have until March 20 to decide whether to approve the deal or start a third phase of review, according to a source close to the situation.
The purchase would give Google one of the mobile phone industry's largest patent libraries, as well as hardware manufacturing operations that will allow Google to develop its own line of smart phones.
Google, the newest major entrant to the mobile market, is already being sued for patent infringement by Oracle Corp, which is seeking up to $6 billion.
The legal battles over patents between technology and smartphone companies has prompted the European Commission to open an investigation into legal tactics used by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd against Apple and whether these breach EU antitrust rules.
Some regulatory experts said the DOJ's comments in approving Google's acquisition of Motorola appeared to be more than mere boilerplate.
"They have to proceed with caution and tread lightly," said Shubha Ghosh, a professor at University of Wisconsin Law School who specializes in antitrust law and intellectual property, with regards to Google.
Regulators will be on the lookout for practices that might limit the entry of new smartphones or new technologies.
"If Google makes it more difficult for new technologies to emerge, by locking-in existing licensees of the patents so that it becomes not profitable for them to adopt other technologies, that's the kind of thing that might give rise to antitrust scrutiny down the road," said Ghosh.
Google's move to buy Motorola Mobility came shortly after it tried and failed to buy Nortel's patents. The winner was an Apple-led consortium, which includes Research in Motion Ltd, Microsoft Corp, EMC Corp, Ericsson and Sony Corp, which agreed in July to pay $4.5 billion for 6,000 patents and patent applications.
Google, which runs world's No. 1 Internet search engine, has been under increasing regulatory scrutiny. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the European Union are both investigating Google following accusations it uses its clout in the search market to beat rivals as it moves into related businesses.
(Reporting By Diane Bartz and Foo Yun Chee with additional reporting by Alexei Oreskovic; editing by Tim Dobbyn and Andre Grenon)

Google officially acquires Motorola Mobility for US$12.5 billion CNET by Don Reisinger | 23 May 2012 8:30am SGT Google announced plans to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in August. Upon doing so, the companies had to clear regulatory hurdles to get the deal done. Regulators in both the US and the European ... See all stories on this topic » CNET

Google closes $12.9 billion deal for Motorola Mobility Chicago Tribune Now, one of the Chicago area's most well-established technology players is a wholly owned subsidiary of Google, a Silicon Valley company that has built its empire not on gadgets but on Web-based services, including a mobile operating system. See all stories on this topic » Chicago Tribune

Google officially closes $12.5 billion Motorola Mobility deal CNET Google CEO Larry Page says Dennis Woodside, a "long-time Googler," will take over atop Motorola Mobility. by Don Reisinger May 22, 2012 6:20 AM PDT Google announced plans to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in August. See all stories on this topic »

What Google can do with Motorola CNET by Roger Cheng May 22, 2012 10:53 AM PDT Follow @RogerWCheng All eyes will be on Google, as it takes a sudden plunge into the hardware business, courtesy of Motorola. The $12.5 billion deal, which closed today, netted Google a healthy stockpile of ... See all stories on this topic »

Google closes on Motorola Mobility acquisition USA TODAY NEW YORK – Google Inc. on Tuesday completed its $12.5 billion acquisition of phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and said it has appointed a Google executive as the new CEO of the business. Paul Sakuma, AP Google workers walk by a Google sign ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Google turns logo into playable synthesizer USA TODAY By Brett Molina, USA TODAY We've seen Google transform the logo on its search homepage into a variety of complex homages, from a game of Pac-Man to the playable Les Paul guitar. But its latest tribute to synthesizer inventor Robert Moog might have been ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Google Seals the Deal on $12.5B Motorola Acquisition PCWorld By Jared Newman, PCWorld May 22, 2012 7:45 AM Google has officially closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, putting the search giant in charge of a major smartphone, tablet and set-top box maker. “Motorola is a great American ... See all stories on this topic »

Google completes Motorola deal, heralding new era The Associated Press By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer – 2 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has completed its $12.5 billion purchase of device maker Motorola Mobility in a deal that poses new challenges for the Internet's most powerful company as it tries to ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

Google reshuffles Motorola Mobility management after completing $12.5 billion ... Washington Post Google promptly reshuffled Motorola Mobility's management Tuesday after completing its $12.5 billion acquisition of the device maker. Longtime Google Inc. executive Dennis Woodside is replacing Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha as the company's leader. See all stories on this topic »

Google Now Owns Motorola Mobility: 10 Things It Should Do With It eWeek NEWS ANALYSIS: Google has officially purchased Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion after a prolonged government antitrust review. But now that Google has the mobile firm, what should it do with it to get the most out its massive investment? See all stories on this topic »