TS2R Wireless News: Google Patents Patterns, Samsung Focus Updated and Motorola Approves

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  • Google has patented its pattern unlock for Android smartphones.
  • The Samsung Focus v1.4 is getting an update to Windows Phone 7.5.
  • Windows Phone buyers will get a free $25  worth of apps.
  • Motorola stockholders approved the Google purchase of the company.
  • InMobi reports that Black Friday and Cyber Monday will see an estimated 60 million consumers using their mobile devices to shop, research purchases or seek retail information.
  • The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced  that Xerox Chairman and CEO Ursula Burns, Verizon President and CEO Lowell McAdam and Ford Motor Company President and CEO Alan Mulally will join the 2012 International CES® keynote lineup as participants in the CES Innovation Power Panel. Owned and produced by CEA, the 2012 International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow, will be held January 10-13, in Las Vegas, Nevada.