Google's Patent Issues, Outlook for Google+

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Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Steven Levy, author of "In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works and Shapes Our Lives," talks about Google Inc.'s accusation that Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. of waging a “hostile, organized campaign” against its Android mobile software, a sign of escalating tension in the technology industry’s patent war. Levy, speaking yesterday with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West," also comments on Google's new social networking service, Google+. Bloomberg's Cory Johnson discusses the performance of InterDigital Inc. and its impact on the patent market. (Source: Bloomberg)