Microsoft and ASUS Expand their Patent Licensing Agreement

Right after the announcement about Microsoft and Google burying the hatchet in court, ASUS and Microsoft have come together to make an announcement of their own. It seems the two companies will expand the current licensing agreement they have together. This means we are going to see closer integration between the two companies, like Microsoft Office productivity services being pre-installed on ASUS devices.

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Unwired Planet Inc. Takes Google, Samsung and Huawei to Court

You’ve probably never heard of Unwired Planet Inc. and that is because they don’t have any products. What they do have though is 2,000+ patents that were mostly acquired from Ericsson AB. Next week, Unwired Planet takes Google, Samsung and Huawei to court for allegedly violating 6 patents that they say are “considered foundational to mobile communications.” The lawsuits are expected to last more than a year.

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ZenWatch Manager Update Brings New & Updated Watch Faces and a New UI

The  ZenWatch 2 will be in the hands of customers around the world soon and ASUS has released a major update to their smartwatch manager application to celebrate. The update brings a completely redesigned user interface, a total of 50 watch faces to choose from and updates all of the existing watch faces to support Android Wear’s interactive watch face feature.

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