Google and Samsung need each other more than ever

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2bWr..M2Smi.7Q8fC8rAaQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/bgr-samsung-galaxy-gear-9.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/google-samsung-other-more-ever-215101558.html)There’s a lot to digest in the shocking news that broke Wednesday that Google plans to unload Motorola onto Lenovo for $3 billion. But when you take a step back and put it within the context of several other developments that we’ve seen over the last week, then something becomes incredibly clear: Google and Samsung need one another more than ever. Let’s start off with the news from Monday that Google and Samsung have signed what amounts to a 10-year patent nonaggression pact that will see the companies cross-license one another’s technologies for the next decade. Next, let’s recall that Japan’s biggest carrier has already bailed on Tizen, the Android alternative that Samsung had been hoping would give it an



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