Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) specializes in a variety of products related to search and the Internet. In the wireless industry Google is most known for its open-source mobile OS, Android, which it acquired in 2005. Android is the largest mobile operating system with over a 50 percent market share in the U.S, according to comScore. Google also operates Google Play (its app store), Google Chrome (its browser for the Web and mobile), Google+ (its social networking service) and a variety of other services.

In 2011, Google acquired handset manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. In 2013, Google announced it would be acquiring location-services company Waze for an undisclosed amount.

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Cisco, mtvU team to foster MoCo incubator

FierceMobileContent | April 20, 2006
Cisco has teamed up with mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, for an annual contest called Digital Incubator that funds 10 student groups' content projects. The companies seed each group with

QUICKLINKS: Google patents voice search; Rumor Mill: Scott McNealy preparing to step down; Much more...

FierceDeveloper | April 17, 2006
Maine outlaws sale of phone records. Article Google patents voice search technology.

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FierceMobileContent | April 13, 2006
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Google seeks software engineers for IPTV

FierceIPTV | April 12, 2006
Last Friday Google posted an ad seeking software engineers with experience in content management systems, user interface development for content-rich applications, cable and IPTV headend systems

The dark side of muni-WiFi, continued

FierceBroadbandWireless | April 11, 2006
Do we hear the sound of another shoe falling? A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the worries of privacy advocates that the "free" muni-WiFi which large companies now offer municipalities is

Google, EarthLink win WiFi bid in SF

April 5, 2006
The city of San Francisco selected a joint bid from EarthLink and Google to provide a WiFi network. Under the proposal, free and paid wireless services would be available throughout the city using

QUICKLINKS: The case for .mobi; Mapquest goes mobile; Much more...;

FierceDeveloper | April 3, 2006
Six Nokia smartphones missed first-quarter ship date. Article Congress debates raising

The dark side of muni-WiFi

FierceBroadbandWireless | March 28, 2006
At times we should look a gift horse in the mouth. There is a rush of municipalities across the U.S. and Europe looking to develop free or low-cost WiFi zones. The goal is to provide the residents

QUICKLINKS: T-Mobile brings Opera Mini to Europe; Origami's future: doorstop; Much more...

FierceDeveloper | March 13, 2006
T-Mobile to offer Opera Mini in Europe. Article Origami's future: Doorstop.

Vodafone: Industry young, MoCo the future

FierceMobileContent | March 9, 2006
At the CeBIT conference in Germany yesterday, Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin said that the wireless industry is still young, despite industry-wide speculation that falling call prices in highly
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