Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is headed towards bracing its own wallet to be able to compete with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Pay by acquiring Softcard, a mobile payments company. Similar to Apple Pay, Softcard uses NFC technology that allow users of Android and Windows phones to make mobile payments for purchases through its app, and the company claims…
Google Inc (GOOGL)’s Price Target Cut By Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR) (CS), Analysts Bullish Before Quarterly Earnings
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) did not had an excellent financial year with lower than expected growth in all four previous quarters. Just ahead of its fourth quarter earnings release, Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR) (NYSE:CS) has cut the price target for search engine company to $700 from previous $722. Despite of the lowly financial year, some…
Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc (GOOGL) to Pay $415 Million for Anti-Poaching Suit Settlement
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), along with other Silicon Valley tech giants, will be paying about $415 million in settlement of an anti-poaching class action suit filed against it in 2011 by tech employees, accusing the companies of collusion that violated their rightful interests as workers. In a court filing, the plaintiffs noted…
Google Inc (GOOGL) Facing Legal Dispute From Max Mosley, Mosley Accused Search Engine of Listing Sex Party Images
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has attracted dozens of privacy lawsuits in the last few years and this time, the search engine giant is under a legal dispute with former motor racing chief Max Mosley. Mosley filed a case in London High Court accusing the search engine giant of showing images of him in a sex party.…
Google Inc (GOOGL) Working With Automakers for Self-Driving Car
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is working towards releasing its autonomous self-driving cars within five years time, and is seeking to work with leading automakers on this goal. Google’s self-driving car project director Chris Urmson, speaking before an audience at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, said that Google wants people to ride its self-driving cars…
Apple Inc. (AAPL) And Google Inc (GOOGL) Along With Top Tech Firms Might End Up Paying More In Employee Poaching Conspiracy
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE), and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) are the four latest tech giants that are being accused of conspiring in proximity to control job mobility and control employee salaries. According to the plaintiffs, these tech firms worked together to avoid poaching one another’s employees and it helped the…
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Furious About Google Inc (GOOGL) Revealing Windows Security Flaw
It is quite common to hear about rivalries in the technology industry and the latest tech grudge involves Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL). The Windows maker is not happy with the search engine giant for revealing a security flaw in Windows 8.1. According to the latest dispute, Microsoft was planning a security release…
Google Inc (GOOGL) Follows Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) In Language Translation, Ready to Launch Real-Time Translation App
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is the next tech giant to touch the language translation industry after Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) rolled out its real-time language translation feature for Skype last month. Language translation is not a new niche for the search engine company as it already provides language translation services for websites. The shares of the search…
Google Inc. (GOOGL) Overtaken by Yahoo! Inc (YHOO) in U.S. Search Market
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s dominance as the default search engine of choice in the U.S. search market is now in danger, in a report released by StatCounter, an analytics company. The report, cited by Bloomberg, indicates that Yahoo’s share of the U.S. search market climbed from 7.4 percent to 10.4 percent, while that of Google fell…
Apple Inc. (AAPL) All Set to Shake Mobile Market Share, Mounts Against Google Inc (GOOGL)’s Android
When Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) registered the best smartphone launch weekend in all of its devices by selling 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices, it was not just making profits but also rising in ranks in terms of market share. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Android has shrunk in terms of market share for the first…