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Google buys Motorola and its giant patent portfolio

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Doc Searls

The official statement from Google says, Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG – News) and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:MMI – News) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a … Continue reading →

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Learnings from the Browser Wars

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Doc Searls

The question on Quora goes, What lessons can be learned from the first browser war between Microsoft and Netscape? I covered that war when it broke out, more than fifteen years ago. No magazine was interested in my writing then. … Continue reading →

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The longer view

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Doc Searls

We have two iPhones in our family. Yesterday we traded in the older one — my wife’s first-generation model, bought in 2007 — at Radio Shack. They gave us $72.94 for the phone and charger, against $199 for a new 16Gb … Continue reading →

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We’re gonna need a bigger boat

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Doc Searls

WebTV was way ahead of its time and exactly backwards. The idea was to put the Web on TV. In the prevailing media framework of the time, this made complete sense. TV had been around since the Forties, and nearly … Continue reading →

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Getting real about fixing health care

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Doc Searls

I’m listening right now to On Point*, where the topic is Pushing E-Health Records. The only case against electronic health records (EHR, aka electronic medical recordsk, or EMR) is risk of compromised privacy. Exposure goes up. The friction involved in … Continue reading →

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May the best giants adapt

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Doc Searls

I may be alone in thinking that Microsoft’s offers for Yahoo were all mistakes. All were too much to pay for a company that would be hollow on Day Two. But don’t get the idea that I care all that … Continue reading →

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