The end of Android as we know it?

Groupon updates IPO filing (admits it's unprofitable), the end of Android as we know it, and Android Partners 'Welcome' Google-Motorola Deal. Seriously?

• Android Partners 'Welcome' Google-Motorola Deal. Seriously?
Google stunned the tech community this morning with the news that it will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The company insisted that Motorola will continue as a separate company and that Android will remain open.
Read » [pcmag.com]

• Groupon updates IPO filing, admits it's unprofitable.
When Groupon filed in early June to go public, the daily deals company drew a barrage of criticism for its reliance on an unorthodox accounting practice that masked some of its losses. Bowing to the critics, Groupon amended its IPO filing on Wednesday to strip out the odd metric.
Read » [cnn.com]

• The end of Android as we know it.
Google just bought Motorola Mobility. This opens up the race again. It is a fantastic opportunity for Microsoft, and also someone like HP with Palm. What Google did is the harakiri of the third party OS strategy. The one that made Microsoft what it is in the PC world. They simply acknowledged that the Apple model is better, even if Android was growing like a weed. [...] One thing is sure though: this is the end of Android as we know it. The fastest growing OS in the history of mankind. Open, meant to be the OS of the connected devices world. The backbone of the Internet of Things. All gone. It is a proprietary OS. The third leg of the cloud+device+OS stool owned by a device manufacturer. Nothing more.
Read » [fabcapo.com]

Author: Asterisk, for AZ10.com ~ 15 Aug 2011

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