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Microsoft sues Samsung in U.S. over patent royalties

Microsoft Corp sued Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Friday, claiming the South Korean smartphone maker refused to make a royalty payment last fall on patent licenses after Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Nokia's handset business. The Microsoft lawsuit, filed in a Manhattan federal court, seeks monetary recovery from Samsung but does not publicly disclose the amount in dispute

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Microsoft profit hurt by Nokia, but revenues jump

Microsoft said Tuesday profits took a hit from its newly acquired Nokia phone division but that revenues got a strong lift from cloud services. The US tech giant's new chief executive Satya Nadella said the results suggested that Microsoft's shift to services amid declining personal computer sales was starting to pay off. The earnings came just days after Microsoft announced its biggest job cuts …

Why Samsung predicts its profits will fall in the 2nd quarter

Samsung (SSNLF) announced its earnings guidance for the second quarter of 2014. It mentioned that it expects its operating profits to decline.

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Why Samsung expects mobile division operating margins to decline

A few weeks ago, Samsung (SSNLF) announced its Q1 2014 earnings. The company reported operating margins for its mobile division at 19.8%.

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Meet the man anointed to lead the new Motorola

Now that Motorola is no longer a Google company (well, almost, as the Lenovo acquisition is not yet final) and Dennis Woodside, the former Googler named to lead it under Google, is now the COO of Dropbox, Motorola on Wednesday announced its next President and COO will be Rick Osterloh. The exec will be reporting directly to the Motorola Operating Board at Google until the Lenovo acquisition is …

Moto 360: Motorola's first Android smart watch

Motorola announced its first smart watch, the Moto 360, in conjunction with Google's announcement of Android Wear, the company's new port of a modified form of Android and Google Now, which it hopes will serve as a platform for all sorts of wearable devices in the near future. .

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