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Google and Handsets

January 29, 2014 Filed Under: Utah Economist Blog

Have been busy finishing the Roadside MBA book… Nearly done with the copyediting!

Can’t resist posting this, however. Google is selling Motorola Mobility. Or at least, the handset-making parts (and keeping some patents).

And I’m not surprised.

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