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Google lost the battle with Apple, Microsoft and other in the bid for Nortel Network's 6,000 patents in the extravagant $4.5 billion transaction. The search giant regained some traction with it $12.5 billion dollar acquisition of Motorola in its push for dominance in the mobile market. The buy includes 17,000 patents that Google can utilize in combating legal affairs with rivals such as Apple.

Google rolled out its Photovine app on iTunes Wednesday, spreading its wings in the social networking market through this free photo sharing app.

If wireless patents are more valuable than ever, what other companies might be acquired?

Google Inc. has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash, valuing each essential patent at about $20 million, to defend its Android ecosystem. RBC Capital Markets said the deal value of $12.5 billion equates to 0.7 times trailing twelve months (TTM) of equity value-to-sales.

Pierre de Fermat and his Last Theorem were featured on Google Doodle Wednesday, in honor of his 410th birthday.

S&P also reduced Google?s 12-month price target to $500 from $700.

Internet search engine giant Google Inc.'s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility has shocked market watchers because the handset maker is struggling to keep pace with bigger Android rivals like Samsung and HTC but the deal could actually turn out to be Google's best move ever.

Search giant Google Inc.'s acquisition of Motorola Mobility prima facie looks to shut out Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) and Nokia, which are struggling in the smartphone race, but instead the deal could make the companies attractive acquisition targets.

Google Inc. has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash to defend its Android ecosystem. Rising IP threats to Android from Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. were the primary driver of the acquisition, RBC Capital Markets said.

Wednesday, Google Doogle celebrates Pierre de Fermat's 410th birthday, with his Last Theorem represented by:xn + yn ? znThe formula is written on a blackboard on the Google main page, over a barely readable "Google" overwritten by this "remarkable" proof by the French mathematician and lawyer.

Apple is said to launch its next-generation iPhone 5 in early October, and the device could come as a widely compatible "world phone."

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE:MMI) for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash, valuing each essential at about $20 million, to defend its Android ecosystem. The acquisition may also benefit Google TV, Jefferies said in a note.

Following Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, with one of the largest patent libraries in the industry, speculation is rife that Apple will respond in kind.

After losing out in the titanic $4.5 billion bid for Nortel Networks against Apple and the gang of five, Google has resurged with its latest acquisition of Motorola. The search giant lost out in obtaining 6,000 patents from the Nortel deal, but the $12.5 billion Motorola purchase will make up for the loss with over 17,000 patents packaged in the deal.

Google's monster purchase of Motorola Mobility has made it clear: The digital future is all about portability.

Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, widely considered a mobile phone also-run, took the technology world by surprise on Monday.

by Michelle SierraNEW YORK, Aug 16 - Google Inc's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc suggests that cash-rich companies may not need to access the syndicated loan markets to pay for multi-billion purchases, sources told Thomson Reuters LPC Tuesday.

PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel recently detailed his support for Seasteading Institute, an organization that promises floating libertarian nations on oil rig-type platforms.

While some lauded Google's move to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion on Monday, others, such as Standard & Poor's, view it as a mistake

by Michelle SierraNEW YORK, Aug 16 - Google Inc's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc suggests that cash-rich companies may not need to access the syndicated loan markets to pay for multi-billion purchases, sources told Thomson Reuters LPC Tuesday.

Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility dominated the headlines on Monday, but is it possible another company could come in and swipe Motorola away?

Google paid less per patent than Apple's syndicate did in recent smartphone wars

Google's response to Apple in the smartphone patent wars ran counter to practice: rather than settling, it bought an Apple rival

Google's move to buy Motorola Mobility was all about patents and defending the growing success of Android analysts say.

Google Inc's biggest deal ever, acquiring Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc for $12.5 billion, is an attempt to buy insurance against increasingly aggressive legal attacks from rivals such as Apple Inc.

Google buying Motorola might be big technology news, but it?s not nearly as fun as a pair of sunglasses that can open a beer bottle.

Former employees of elite Wall Street firms are triumphing over their previous investment banks in Google Inc's blockbuster $12.5 billion deal to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.

The timing of the acquisition suggests that Google's move was more an act of desperation rather than a planned strategic move

Currently, investors are speculating that the Google-Motorola deal will spur other handset deals and Nokia and RIM could be potential acquisition targets.