Google's sale of Motorola, the iPod's decline, and Daft Punk helmets
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Google Sold Motorola to Lenovo
Pierce: Google sold Motorola to Lenovo for 2.9 billion, which means they made a profit. He says there's no possibility that what Google wanted to do was own Motorola for how many months? Was own Motorola for 21 months and then sell them off immediately?, he asks. Pierce: They built a factory to manufacture phones in the United States. Like they were trying to succeed as Motorola. But yeah, the motor, the Moto X has been a failure.
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