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Tuesday, 22nd May 2012

Motorola Will Be Google’s Most Interesting Project Yet

Motorola Will Be Google’s Most Interesting Project Yet

Google’s $12+ billion Motorola deal is closed, and Google veteran Dennis Woodside is taking over as Motorola CEO. Now the fun begins. For a variety of reasons, this has the potential to be Google’s most interesting project yet.

Dan Frommer comments

What Google's Acquisition of Motorola Means for Android

What Google's Acquisition of Motorola Means for Android

Google now owns Motorola. Chinese regulators followed the U.S. and Europe in clearing the deal earlier this week, removing the last barrier. Although the acquisition opens new territory for the search giant, its most immediate effect could be remaking the existing Android landscape. Will Google use its new arm to pound all competitors, or just…

Mobile Dan Rowinski comments

What to Expect From the 1,000 New Facebook Millionaires

Facebook’s initial public offering is believed to have created as many as 1,000 new millionaires Friday, many of them employees who helped build the world’s largest social network. Now that the company is public, Facebook’s biggest challenge may be making sure it doesn’t have an exodus of talent.

Social Dave Copeland comments

SpaceX Launches the Era of Private Spaceflight

SpaceX Launches the Era of Private Spaceflight

Last night, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It's carrying a reusable spacecraft called Dragon, which can dock with the International Space Station. It's unmanned this time, but it's capable of carrying cargo or crew. This will be the first time a spacecraft built and launched by a private company docks…

Science Jon Mitchell comments

Read/Write Daily: The Facebook IPO Hangover

The Facebook IPO was a euphoric moment for tech. For the first time, a social Web company had resisted acquisition, dominated the world and gone public without compromising itself. But now that the frenzy has subsided, where does the tech industry stand? What does the Facebook news say about our economy in general?

Jon Mitchell comments

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