New Rising Media: "In the last week of 2011, Google bought 217 patents from IBM in a deal that was officially recorded at the patent office on December 30, 2011.
The patent transaction was discovered by a reader who wishes to remain anonymous, via the United States Patent Trade Office (USPTO) database. It was for 188 granted patents and 29 printed patent pendings, across quite a large range of technological areas being covered by what's been bought. Things like network performance, email administration and instant messaging client functionality are all in place; but there also seems to be a significant lean towards covering phone and mobile technologies."
Google is reportedly going to release its upcoming Pixel 8 Pro smartphone with a free Pixel Watch 2.
Garmin's infrastructure to the rescue?
Fitbit users will soon be able to sign into Fitbit using a Google account instead of a Fitbit account starting on June 6.
