Entries in Google (158)

Monday
Oct312011

Motorola Mobility cuts 800 jobs prior to Google acquisition

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Motorola Mobility will let go of 800 people in preparation to the acquisition by Google. The job cuts will cost around $27 million in severance as well as $4 million for factory closures according to a report form Bloomberg Businessweek.  Google is purchasing Motorola Mobility for $12 billion, the acquisition was announced on August 15th.

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Wednesday
Oct192011

SourceCode: High End Androids square off for the Holidays


By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

If you are in the market for an Android super smartphone this year, boy are there some good choices. On one side there's Motorola's slick new RAZR and on the other hand there's the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which is the flagship Android device in almost every category including LTE speed in Canada. Both offer 1.2GHz dual core processors and 1GB of RAM and ship in November.

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Friday
Oct142011

Google, Samsung set to launch Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on October 19th

A sure sign that a new version of the Google Android OS is ready for release is the appearance of a new statue in the Googleplex lawn. Ice Cream Sandwich (or Android 4.0) isn't just the 4th generation of the monbile OS, it is also the unifiying system that will work on both smartphones and tablets. In other news, Samsung is slated to release the Nexus Prime or Galaxy Nexus flagship phone on the 19th. We heard Motorola (which is now owned by Google) is also gearing up to release some new device to replace the now heavily discounted  Motorola XOOM.

Monday
Sep052011

Must Watch: Google World on CBC.ca's Doc Zone

For those who missed last week's Google World documentary on CBC's Doc Zone you can watch it online. This gives an insighful and detailed look at Google, its origins and its culture as well as the extent and scope of its global reach in a number of key industries within technology.

Filmed in Google offices in China, Russia and at the Googleplex, its Silicon Valley headquarters, the documentary reveals a corporate philosophy and attitude unique among major companies today. Beyond its "Don't be evil" motto, Google has set as its goal "to organize all the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" and to do it in the next 300 years. This is a must see video for anyone who wants to know what Google is all about.