Google CEO Larry Page announces that the search giant has concluded a $12.5 billion deal to buy Motorola Mobility, a key manufacturer of smartphones and other devices Google completed its $12.5 billion acquisition of phone maker Motorola - and immediately appointed a senior Google exec as CEO. Google is widely expected to use the acquisition to produce further phones and tablets running its Android software - including Google-branded rivals to Apple's iPad. Dennis Woodside, previously president of Google's Americas region, is Motorola's new CEO. It is Google's largest acquisition ever, and pushes it deeper into the phone market. Google CEO Larry Page said, 'Many users coming online today may never use a desktop machine, and the impact of that transition will be profound.'
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Analyst expects Google-branded tablet to fight iPad
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Buys phone maker and installs Google exec as CEO
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Google CEO Larry Page says, 'Many users coming online today may never use a desktop machine'
Google executive @placeholder was appointed as the new CEO of Motorola.