Reason For the Google-Motorola Deal To be More Than Mobile Phones:

With its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google has shown that it is ready to take its investment in mobile to the next level. It’s important to remember, however, that Motorola Mobility does more than just make smartphones. Ostensibly, Google’s decision to purchase Motorola has as much to do with increasing its patent portfolio as it is about getting [...]

Nokia just wrote an Ovi-tuary.

Nokia’s Ovi Store, Ovi Maps, and Ovi everything else will soon be getting a name change. The Finnish company has announced that it’s “evolving” its software brand identity by renaming its service offerings to Nokia services, starting with new devices in July and August. This transition is expected to last into 2012 and was pretty much inevitable [...]