Google Phone: A Sly Motive?

Authors :: Manjoo, Farhad
Source :: Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition. 10/21/2013, Vol. 262 Issue 95, pB1-B4. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: The author discusses the business strategies of the Internet services company Google Inc. as of October 2013, arguing that Google's acquisition of the smartphone manufacturer Motorola Inc. and release of the Moto X phone may have been part of an attempt to draw profits away from the competing companies Apple Inc. and Samsung. Business planning and commodity devices are mentioned.