Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has agreed to make clear delineations with users in the U.K. about how it handles personal information in a “formal undertaking” with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after the said agency found the search giant’s privacy policy to be too vague. The regulatory agency announced in a statement that it is requiring…
Google Inc (GOOGL) Fourth Quarter Revenue Not Up To Wall Street
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) reported its fourth quarter results on Thursday, posting a growth slowdown of 10 percent as against comparable period of the previous year, trailing behind results from other tech giants including Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB). The report raised concerns that the search giant is into many businesses all at once,…
Google Inc (GOOGL) X Labs Inks Accord with Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB) for Multiple Sclerosis Initiative
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is teaming up with global biotech firm Biogen Idec Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) for an extensive research initiative in the field of multiple sclerosis. Biogen is popular for its array of various drugs for multiple sclerosis, and has announced early this year about a revolutionary drug that can repair nerve damage in patients suffering…
Google Inc (GOOGL) To Compete with AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) in Wireless Service through Sprint Corp (NYSE:S), T-Mobile US Inc (NYSE:TMUS)
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is reportedly up on plans to compete with mobile carriers AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) by offering a wireless service of its own through the network capacity of other mobile service providers. An anonymous source told Bloomberg that Google’s planned wireless service, to become known as Mobile Virtual Network…
Google Inc (GOOGL)’s Shares Soar As Search Engine Giant Prepares to Offer Wireless Services With Sprint Corp (S)
The world’s most popular search engine company, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), is getting into the wireless service sector as the company joined hands with Sprint Corp (NYSE:S) to offer wireless services. The search engine giant would use Sprint’s network while maintaining its own customers support and billing services. The shares of Google soared in excess of…
Google Inc (GOGL) and Viacom, Inc (VIA) Can’t Be Sued for Children’s Privacy Violations: Ruling
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIA) have won the dismissal of a multidistrict lawsuit filed against the two companies on charges of violating privacy of children under the age of 13. In dismissing the complaints in favor of Google and Viacom, U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler of the District of New Jersey stated in…
Google Inc (GOOGL)’s Answer to Facebook Inc (FB)’s Oculus Virtual Reality: Cardboard
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) will not let itself be left out in the field of virtual reality, as the search giant has shown that there is a readily available answer to Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s $2 billion dollar bet in Oculus VR platform. While Facebook’s Oculus has yet to officially release any gaming device, which is expected…
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)’s Email Service, Outlook, Becomes The Next Victim of Hackers After Google Inc (GOOGL)’s Gmail
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the next victim of hackers in Chinese mainland as its email service, Outlook, was compromised over the weekend. This is the second incident in as many months after China blocked Gmail service from Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL). According to a Chinese censor watchdog, GreatFire.org, a “Man-In-The-Middle” (MITM) attack affected several email clients…
Google Inc (GOOGL) Sneaks Out A Different Route for ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Ruling
After a ruling from the European privacy watchdog to remove results from search engines following individual requests, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has worked around a way out of the ruling. The search engine giant is removing search results from its European websites only unlike the EU ruling. Google has always argued against the ruling stating that…
Google Inc (GOOGL) Investing $1 Billion in SpaceX for Satellite Internet
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is poised to invest as much as $1 billion in rocket maker Space Exploration Technologies Corp. in its bid to provide low cost internet connection to billions of people around the world who don’t have access to the web yet. The investment from the search giant would value SpaceX, which is backed…