Vodacom’s Congo fixer row reaches diplomatic pitch
Vodacom accused of calling in political muscle to sway a Congolese lawsuit with their South African fixer
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Google growth plans revealed
Google Inc projected in 2010 it would get more than 35 percent of its 2013 revenue from outside its flagship search operation, anticipating three non-search businesses, including commerce, would generate more than $5 billion each
Nokia, HTC avoid European smartphone sales ban
Finland’s Nokia and Taiwan’s HTC won a key European ruling that a patent of German firm IPCom, which was threatening sales of their phones in Germany, was invalid in its current form
Broadband Infraco gets new CEO
Puleng Sejanamane has been appointed CEO of the state-owned Broadband Infraco by Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba
Apple infringes on Motorola patent says ITC
Apple Inc infringed on a Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc patent in making its popular iPhones, iPads and other products, a judge for the International Trade Commission ruled on Tuesday
Google chairman defends “legally developed” Android
Google’s former CEO told jurors that he was confident that the Android smartphone platform was developed legally, and that top executives at Sun Microsystems did not object to the project now at the center of a high-stakes court battle
Microsoft Xbox infringes on Motorola Mobility patents
Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility’s patents in making its popular Xbox gaming consoles, a judge for the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled on Monday
Facebook buys Microsoft patents worth R4.3 billion
Facebook will pay Microsoft Corp $550 million for hundreds of patents that originated with AOL, beefing up its intellectual property arsenal
MTN CEO earned R22.5m pay
MTN’s group chief executive officer, Sifiso Dabengwa received R22.528 million in compensation this past year.
Motorola head paid compensation four times his pay
Sanjay Jha, the chief executive to Motorola Mobility, was awarded a total compensation package of about $47 million in 2011, almost four times his 2010 pay
AMD’s results show PC market is improving
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Apple, Google, Intel won’t avoid staff-poaching lawsuit
Apple Inc, Google Inc, Intel Corp and four other technology companies were ordered by a judge to face an antitrust lawsuit claiming they illegally conspired not to poach each other’s employees
Android important, not critical says Google CEO
The Android smartphone operating system is a very important asset for Google Inc, but it is not critical, the company’s chief executive officer said in courtroom testimony