Google’s first employee after Larry and Sergey is named Craig Silverstein. Now Silverstein is leaving Google to join Khan Academy. Silverstein worked with Larry and Sergey from their dorm rooms as Ph.D. students at Stanford University.

In the home of about 252 employees, Google is testing out home entertainment devices. According to sources with the WSJ, the device will wirelessly stream music throughout people’s homes. Apparently this device would most likely compete directly against Sonos.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility is expected to close next week. This deal is just pending approval from the Justice Department. Google will gain access to 17,000 additional patents through the acquisition, which is already being used to sue Apple for 2.25% of sales royalties.

Google has now created the Google Chrome browser for Android. The app that Android has been using up until now was simply called “Browser,” an open-source based browser that was decent. For a certain number of people, the Google Chrome browser is now available on Android devices.

Google has hired Apple senior director of product integrity Simon Prakash from Apple according to VentureBeat. Prakash is most likely working with Sergey Brin on a secret research project.

In August 2011, Pulse2 intern Riley Kennysmith wrote about how Google acquired Motorola Mobility as part of a strategic move in their patent war. Google added about 17,000 patents to their war-chest as part of the acquisition. It appears that Google is now putting their new patent portfolio to good use as they are now demanding 2.25% of Apple’s sales for licensing the use of a specific wireless-related patent. Since an agreement was not made yet, Motorola was able to successfully block the sales of the iPhone 4 and the 3G-enabled iPad in Germany through an injunction.

Keith Woolcock wrote a piece on Time today about how Google being blocked out of Facebook’s walled garden and inability to index Twitter’s tweets is an indication of Google being in danger of “being shut out of the changing Internet.” John Battelle responded to that article by saying that the Facebook’s upcoming IPO and Twitter blocking their tweets should not question whether Google is being threatened, but we should define what kind of commons should be created to keep the Internet “open.”

European regulators have written to Google asking them to halt the introduction of their new privacy policy. The European regulators said that they need to investigate whether the proposals are sufficiently protecting the personal data of their users.