Idle Thoughts

There was a beehive on the palm tree in front of my house. We peacefully coexisted for many months with homes within a distance a couple of meters of each other. We never troubled them and they never bothered us except for the occasional evening visits when a bee drunk with honey strayed in to our home. As the palm blade on which the hive was built became older, the otherwise good Samaritan neighbours panicked. What would happen when the blade and the beehive falls off? What if children are playing outside when this happens? The exterminators were called in last night. The bees were smoked out of their home and the hive was pulled down. When I stepped out today into the misty chill of a winter morning, I was greeted by the broken pieces of the beehive on the road.  Some drowsy, confused bees hung on to the white walls of my house awaiting death.

When Google bought Motorola, I wrote about the possible options that Google had. There is some news this week throwing some light on what path Google is finally taking. According to Bloomberg, Google is to sell off the Set Top Box business. At the time when Google bought Motorola, Google's TV business still held a promise. Many even speculated that this business was one of key reasons why the acquisition was done. Times have changed since then and many will not be surprised about this Bloomberg news today.