Apple Inc./ Google Inc. / KODAK's Patents Google Nearer to Selling Motorola Set-Top Line

Siri競爭對手google Now即將支持Mac平台上的Chrome瀏覽器。在最新版的Chrome瀏覽器中，已經出現了加入Google Now功能的基本框架。

Google awards grants to boost innovation in nonprofit sector Washington Post The World Wildlife Fund, one of the largest wildlife conservation organizations in the world, is working to combat problems as diverse as the illegal poaching of animals in 100 countries and global deforestation. And yet, the Washington-based nonprofit ... See all stories on this topic »

Arris, Pace lead bidders for Google set-top box unit: Bloomberg Reuters According to the report, Google received multiple offers on December 7 for the Motorola Home unit, which it acquired as part of its $12.5 billion takeover of Motorola Mobility in May. Bloomberg previously reported that Google hopes to bring in around ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple, Google and "Smart Devices" Forbes A few days ago, I was walking my dog toward the downtown area while chatting on my phone. A boy about 12 years old, swished up to me on his skate board at the cross light and commented, “Thank Goodness you still have the iPhone 4S.” It was pretty ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Now Coming to Chrome Browser? PC Magazine Hints are afoot that Google might be removing the Android exclusivity of its Google Now predictive information service. According to a Friday posting, Google Chrome developers have started to add a, "skeleton for Google Now for Chrome implementation ... See all stories on this topic »

Google, Facebook ask court to reject patents on abstract ideas CNET Google, Facebook, Zynga and five other tech giants filed an amicus brief with the U.S. State Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday, asking the court to reject the patents central to a lawsuit between two financial institutions. CLS Bank ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple, Google said to be pooling $500+ million for Kodak patents Ars Technica Apple and Google are indeed teaming up to make a bigger offer to buy Kodak's digital imaging patents, according to sources speaking to Bloomberg. The companies reportedly joined their two independent consortiums—which had been competing against ... See all stories on this topic »

Google, Twitter Offer Voters Chance to Riff on Election Wall Street Journal (blog) Both Twitter and Google are looking to give voters a platform for expressing their views and discussing issues directly with politicians ahead of the Dec. 16 election. On Tuesday, Twitter announced on its Japanese blog that it was designating the ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Why Google and Facebook Will Fight for Pandora Forbes Can Pandora (NYSE:P) survive without being acquired has been a popular question among investors ever since rumors surfaced that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) was planning to launch a competing platform. Even investors of Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) jumped ... See all stories on this topic »

Google: An Investment For The Stodgy Value Investor Seeking Alpha Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). See all stories on this topic »

Google Communities Might Best Facebook Groups, But How Long Before We ... Forbes In fact of Facebook and Google, Facebook is by far the best designed to support relationships between people. It's just that the business model of selling those users to marketers, either via the sale of data, search or context, seems so abysmally 20th ... See all stories on this topic »

---

據

彭 博新聞(Bloomberg News)週五援引未具名知情人士的消息報導﹐蘋果公司(Apple Inc., AAPL)與谷歌(Google Inc., GOOG)聯手出價逾5億美元﹐購買已破產的攝影設備公司伊士曼-柯達公司(Eastman Kodak Co. )的數字產品專利組合。

今 年夏季﹐這兩家科技巨頭各自牽頭一個財團收購柯達專利。《華爾街日報》(Wall Street Journal)曾於週三報導﹐其中一個財團的報價超過了5億美元。《華爾街日報》報導﹐柯達與債權人達成了8.3億美元的貸款協議﹐但這要看柯達是否能 通過出售專利獲得至少5億美元。


Google Nearer to Selling Motorola Set-Top Line

Google is wrapping up an auction of Motorola's set-top box business, according to people involved in the deal, as it continues downsizing the hardware unit.

Say Goodbye to Free Google Apps Wired I kick myself for not signing up for Google Apps earlier. I wanted a custom e-mail address using my website's domain name and the easiest option is signing up for a free Google Apps for Business account. The 7-year-old service provides Gmail, Calendar, ... See all stories on this topic »

Google to Replace Head of Acquisitions Wall Street Journal (blog) Google on Friday said David Lawee, its head of corporate development for the past four years, would be replaced early next year by Don Harrison, an in-house lawyer at Google who does legal work related to the company's acquisitions. Mr. Lawee will ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Apple Joins Google in $500 Million-Plus Bid for Kodak Patents Bloomberg Apple Joins Google in $500 Million-Plus Bid for Kodak Patents. By Serena Saitto, Beth Jinks & Brian Womack - 2012-12-08T01:24:53Z. Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Google Inc. (GOOG) have joined forces to offer more than $500 million to buy Eastman Kodak Co. See all stories on this topic »

Groupon stock up over new Google rumor Chicago Sun-Times Groupon's stock skyrocketed 23 percent Friday, up 88 cents to $4.69 a share, after an analyst speculated that Internet search giant Google could once again try to take over the beleaguered Chicago-based daily deals site. Neither Groupon nor Google ... See all stories on this topic »

Dismayed at Google's Privacy Policy, European Group Is Weighing Censure New York Times ... Group Is Weighing Censure. By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN. Published: December 7, 2012. European data protection officials are drafting plans to censure Google over its online privacy policy if the company does not meet the demands of regulators to revise it. See all stories on this topic »

GOLDMAN: Here's Why Google Is 'Challenged' In Mobile (GOOG) San Francisco Chronicle Google had 70% of smartphone shipments last quarter, but Apple had 60% of mobile internet traffic. Google pays a traffic acquisition cost Goldman estimates to be over 75% to be the default search engine. Smartphone cost per click is about 30-50% of ... See all stories on this topic »

Google unveils new iOS app for Gmail and "Communities" feature for Google+ Tulsa World (blog) Google released an update to their loudly panned iOS Gmail app this week. I'm almost in tears. The first release was so badly done, that I switched to the default Mail app that comes with iOS as the better alternative. For you other nerds, that's ... See all stories on this topic » Tulsa World (blog)

Google case could turn on single vote The Hill (blog) Whether the Federal Trade Commission brings an historic antitrust lawsuit against Google could hinge on the vote of a single commissioner: Democrat Edith Ramirez. A majority of the five commissioners must vote to approve any legal action. Democratic ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Seeks Dismissal of Viacom's YouTube Copyright Case Businessweek Google Inc. (GOOG)'s YouTube unit, after an appeals court overturned a ruling in its favor, asked a judge to dismiss claims by Viacom Inc. (VIAB) that it violated copyrights by showing clips from television programs and movies without the media company ... See all stories on this topic »

Why Does Google Want to Be Amazon? Motley Fool Conflict is inevitable in growing markets, and we're seeing more of it in e-commerce, an already vast business that grew nicely during this year's Black Friday shopping spree. More than 57 million Americans accounted for some $1 billion in online sales ... See all stories on this topic »