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Mobile News Headlines Google To Sell Motorola to Lenovo Microsoft’s New CEO: SatyaNadella
Google To Sell Motorola to Lenovo • Lenovo acquiring Motorola Mobility for $2.91B • Google originally purchased Motorola Mobility in 2011 for $12.5B • Google keeps patents • Lenovo bought IBM’s PC business in 2005, and now buying IBM’s low end server business for $2.3B
Google To Sell Motorola to Lenovo • Google • 12.5B->$2.91B: loss? • $3.2B cash • $2.4B deferred assets • $2.3B sale of set top box business • $750M sales of factories • $5.5B in patents… • Lenovo • Gets presence in western countries • Smartphone ranking from 5th to 3rd • Comprehensive hardware solutions for enterprise
Google To Sell Motorola to Lenovo • Discussion starters: • Who came out on top in this deal? Win-win? • Does this prove that Google bought Motorola just for patents? • Can Lenovo just buy its way into smartphone market leadership (remember Palm, HP, Dell)? • Other observations
Microsoft’s New CEO: SatyaNadella • Head of enterprise and cloud operations at Microsoft • 22 years • EE/CS background • Worked in Online Services, Office, Bing • Credibility with MS engineers
Microsoft’s New CEO: SatyaNadella • Discussion starters • What does Satya need to do to right the mobile ship at Microsoft? • Can it be done by an ‘insider’? • Other observations