Motorola + Google merger approved by Justice Department  

Reuters:

Google Inc received U.S. antitrust approval to buy Motorola Mobility, a deal aimed at building up an arsenal of patents, and an Apple-led consortium also received the go-ahead to purchase a trove of patents from bankrupt Canadian company Nortel Networks, the Justice Department said.

This is good for everyone. Except, maybe, the cable providers who rely on Motorola Mobility’s dominance in the cable TV box market. But, considering how shitty those boxes are, this is a net win for humanity.