Google Beats Out Oracle in Patent Claim, Jumio Growing Faster than Facebook

Every week, Mountain View makes news with technology developments, discoveries and sometimes controversies.

Today, Mountain View Patch brings you "Bits and Bytes," where we'll relay the past week's news highlights from our backyard giants, start-ups and small businesses alike.

San Francisco federal district court jury unanimousily found this week that Google's Android mobile platform doesn't infringe on two Oracle patents related to their Java software. This decision concludes the second-part of the case. In the first part, the jury found for . However, jurors could not reach a decision if Google had fair use of a key set of 37 codes.

In other Google news, this week the Internet giant officially acquired Libertyville-based Motorola Mobility at $40 a share. A press releases states that the acquisition will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem and will enhance competition in mobile computing. Motorola Mobility will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. Google will run Motorola Mobility as a separate business.

Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin, who with the social network's IPO became a billionaire, told Bloomberg Businessweek that his latest venture Jumio Inc. will make $100 million in sales this year and is "highly profitable." Based in Mountain View, Jumio, which helps to make a mobile phone and web-cameras into a credit-card reader, was founded nine-months ago.

Developers at NASA Ames released this week the rebuilt and redesigned NASA mobile app for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The app will be faster and have a more intuitive interface to improve the user experience, according to a press release. Users can check the weather forecasts in the spacecraft sighting opportunities section; maps, information and links to all of the NASA visitor centers; a section about NASA's programs, as well as the ability to print, save and access favorite items, and bookmark images. So far 4.7 million people have downloaded the app. The NASA App 2.0 requires iOS 5.0 or later.

SAP Vice President Thomas Langenbach has been accused of stealing Legos from the Mountain View Target. The suspect allegedly created his own bar code to that he swapped for the store bar code, giving himself a discount. Langenback would then sell the box sets on Ebay.

Mountain View-based TrialPay announced Thursday that it has opened an office in Berlin, Germany and added three additional managers, Senior Vice President of Sales and Partnerships Jim Gerber, Vice President of Brand Sales Chris Davis and Managing Director of Europe Rob Schneider. TrialPay is involved in transactional advertising and aims to boost revenue and converts more customers for online merchants by placing targeted promotions around transactions.