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Microsoft beats Google in closely watched patent royalty fight

2015-07-31 02:11:43| Wireless - Topix.net

Microsoft won an appeals court ruling that may lower the rates many electronics makers pay to license technology considered standard in smartphones and computers. An appeals court in San Francisco Thursday upheld a $14.5 million jury verdict against Google as punishment for unfairly demanding what Microsoft said amounted to billions of dollars for use of patents covering Wi-Fi and video downloads.

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Google, Microsoft, Apple execs among those topping the wireless industry's pay scale

2015-07-07 21:44:35| Wireless - Topix.net

While executives at AT&T and Verizon Wireless were traditionally the highest paid in the wireless industry, a new report from FierceWireless reveals that the compensation trend in 2014 shifted toward Google , Microsoft , Apple and Qualcomm . Phil Goldstein, editor of FierceWireless , said that the reason for the shift was stock awards, which made up much of the compensation for the executives from Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Apple.

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Microsoft tries to thwart Google by investing in Cyanogen

2015-01-30 14:01:35| Extremetech

Reports suggest that Microsoft will participate in a round of funding for Cyanogen, Inc. -- the commercial enterprise that formed out of the CyanogenMod community. This will only give Microsoft a minority stake in the company, but could hint at large changes for one of the largest tech companies in the world.

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