Chinese regulators approve Google’s $12.5bn purchase of US phone maker Motorola Mobility, the final hurdle for the deal to go through.

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Chip maker Intel is to make a fresh attempt at breaking into the smartphone market with partnerships with Motorola Mobility and Lenovo.

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New Intel chip on Motorola phones

SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Justice Department is taking a closer look at Google’s proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of cellphone maker Motorola Mobility, raising the hurdle that must be cleared before the deal can be completed. The extended review disclosed Wednesday had been widely expected since Google Inc. announced its plans to buy Motorola Mobility Inc. last month. Read full article > >

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Justice Department digs deeper into Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility

Shares in Asian makers of Android mobile phones rise after Google decides to buy Motorola’s handset business for $12.5bn.

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Google made a $12.5 billion bet on Monday that its future lies in mobile computing, and moved aggressively to take on its arch rival Apple in the mobile market.

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As far as explosive developments in the world of technology go, Google’s $12.5 billion deal for Motorola’s Mobility business is tantamount to detonating a nuclear bomb . . . a big one. Ownership of that company will hand Google substantial businesses that it has previously flirted with but never committed to. Notably, the business of producing and selling its own hardware for smartphones and tablets, and the not-insignificant side business of manufacturing and designing TV set-top boxes used by cable providers. Read full article > >

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There was a frenzy of tech news across the Internet on Monday morning about Google’s acquisition of Motorola’s mobile phone division.

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Deal may not mean better phones

Stocks built on their morning gains in afternoon trading Monday, providing further evidence that last week’s panic selling might finally be subsiding. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average was up 143 points Monday afternoon, or about 1.3 percent. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, a broader market measure, was up 17 points, or about 1.5 percent. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was up 24 points, or about 1 percent. All three indexes had started the day slightly below these levels. The positive results, which came on the heels of a blockbuster $12.5 billion offer by Google to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility, showed the markets’ gains might finally have staying power. The Dow, S&P and Nasdaq ended last week down 1.5 percent, 1.7 percent and 1 percent, respectively, after alternating sharply between losses and gains. Read full article > >

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The Motorola Xoom, one of the most eagerly awaited iPad rivals, has arrived. It has slightly upgraded hardware, but its Google tablet software, known as Honeycomb, is the more important story.

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State of the Art: Before Rush, One Tablet Stands Out

Best Buy appears to have revealed even more details about the Motorola Xoom tablet, which is looking more and more like it’s slated for release on February 24.

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Speaking at CES, Ralph de la Vega, the president and CEO of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, laid out the company’s plans for pursuing 4G in the coming year. According to Mashable, AT&T will have nearly two dozen different devices that can utilize 4G speeds available by the end of the year. Those devices include three Android-based smartphones: the Motorola Atrix 4G, HTC Inspire 4G and Samsung Infuse 4G (which is billed as the thinnest Android smartphone to date). The company also says two 4G-enabled tablets will hit the market in 2011, as well as modems and hotspot devices. There was no explicit mention of a 4G iPhone, but de la Vega did include Apple as a manufacturer that plans to offer 4G devices on AT&T’s network. Whether that means a new iPhone, iPad or some unforeseen device, that’s good news for AT&T, as recent reports indicate a Verizon iPhone is imminent . That said, the latest indications are that such a device may not yet be 4G capable if and when it hits. Read the full story at Mashable .

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A man in Texas is claiming his Motorola Droid 2 phone exploded in his ear on Friday. And you thought brain tumors were the biggest worry. “I heard a pop,” says Aron Embry. “I didn’t feel any pain initially. I pulled the phone down. I felt something…

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Microsoft sues Motorola claiming it infringes nine patents with its Android phones in the latest legal action involving smartphones.

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