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Xoom Soars in Trading Debut
Investors banking on the latest advances in international money transfers bid up shares in the IPO of Xoom Corp., which lets customers wire cash across borders using the Web. The stock jumped 45 percent.Xoom Files for $50 Million IPO
You’ll never guess the ticker …News Byte
Apple Loses Patent Claim Against Motorola Xoom in Germany
Apple’s efforts to have Motorola’s Xoom tablet banned across Europe have ended in a rout in Germany. On Tuesday the Düsseldorf court ruled that the Xoom does not infringe on Apple’s industrial design rights for the iPad, and dismissed the company’s request for a ban on the Xoom in Germany. At the same time, the court also rejected a counterclaim brought by Motorola alleging that the design claims Apple asserted against it were invalid.Motorola: Act Now and We’ll Include the Previous Owner’s Personal Data on Your Refurbished Xoom Free!
Motorola sells a bunch of refurbished Xoom tablets without wiping them of their previous owners’ data.News Byte
Xoom Gloom: Motorola Shipped Just 100,000 Tablets in Q3
Remember those early forecasts claiming Motorola Mobility would sell between three million and five million Xooms this year? Best forget them. Reporting third-quarter earnings Thursday afternoon, the company revealed that it had shipped — not sold — just 100,000 Xooms into the channel during the quarter. That’s significantly worse than the 440,000 units shipped in the June period, and even lousier considering Apple’s iPad sales of 11.1 million in its third quarter.Voices