![]() ![]() Google had bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in May 2012 and they have sold it for $2.9 billion to Lenovo. Selling Motorola at a loss may also indicate that Google was keen to dispose this part of their business myriad. According to the breaking article in the Wall Street Journal, Google was struggling to command a strong position in the smartphone business with just 1% of the market share. Internationally, Lenovo’s purchase Motorola from Google was the biggest headline because it signals an end to Googles short lived experiment (22 months) as a smartphone maker and also signals Lenovo’s ambition in the smartphone space. Locally, Telecel’s long awaited mobile money service Telecash was finally launched but the launch may have been overshadowed by the short lived EcoCash Droid app created by the Gedion Moyo’s – at least here on Techzim. The Tech scene has been on the brim over this past week both locally and regionally. ![]()
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