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Google quarterly results show profits up but Motorola Mobility still losing money

The first quarter 2013 financial results for Google show consolidated revenue of $13.97 billion (£9.1 billion; up 31% year-on-year) and net income of $3.35 billion (up 16% year-on-year).

Google’s UK revenue was $1.39 billion.

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The Cell Phone Turns 40

Rick Pantaleo of voanews.com writes:

Forty years ago today the cell phone era began on the streets of New York City. The historic first cell phone call was made by Martin Cooper, director of systems operations for the communications division of the Motorola company, to his main rival at Bell Labs.

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Happy anniversary to the first mobile phone call (sort of)

Mark Bridge writes:

Today is the 40th anniversary of what’s often called the first ever mobile phone call.

It was 3rd April 1973 when Marty Cooper of Motorola stood in front of a crowd of reporters in New York and used a handheld mobile phone to call the fixed-line phone of Dr Joel Engel, one of his commercial rivals.

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Cutbacks for Motorola and no increases for Tesco Mobile... plus the rest of the week's news

Podcast - 13th March 2013

Today's podcast talks about job cuts at Motorola, a tariff promise from Tesco Mobile and a departing CEO at ST-Ericsson.

There's also news about acquisitions, application stores, European network standards and a chilly way of breaking into an encrypted smartphone.

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Last week at The Fonecast: 11th March 2013

Thrills for Tesco customers, chills for Android users

Mark Bridge writes:

As Mobile World Congress 2013 disappears behind us, so the frenzy of news releases about new products and services returns to relatively normal levels.

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