After closing the deal on its buy of Motorola Home just six months ago, Google sold the consumer video division to Arris Group late Wednesday evening in a $2.5 billion cash-and-stock package, making Arris one of the world's largest set-top vendors. Rumors that Google would unload this … [Read more...]
Apple Attempts to Put the Squeeze on Samsung and Gets Denied
Just in time for the holidays, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. may be reaching a truce of some sort in their global litigation over smartphone patents. A San Jose Calif. court ruled Dec. 17 that Apple had not proven its case requesting an injunction barring the … [Read more...]
Amazon $50 Discount on Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Slashes Nook Simple Touch Price
Amazon and Barnes & Noble both just announced they are cutting prices on their E-reader tablets in an effort to boost sales. Although Amazon's Kindle sales were outdone by Nook sales on Black Friday, Amazon is still selling Kindles at a rapid pace. With eBooks selling faster than … [Read more...]
