Google Inc.
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Google to Offer Live Webcast of Google Chrome OS Update [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 5 hours 39 minutes ago
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Google to Acquire AdMob [Press Release]
Business Wire | 14 days 2 hours 25 minutes ago
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AdMob, a mobile display ad technology provider, for $750 million in stock. This acquisition will enhance Google's existing expertise and technology in mobile advertising, while also giving advertisers and publishers more choice in this growing new area.
Stay Connected with Free Airport Wi-Fi from Google this Holiday Season [Press Release]
Business Wire | 13 days 11 hours 39 minutes ago
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced that it is working with airports across the country as well as Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, Airport Marketing Income and others to provide free Wi-Fi as a holiday gift now through January 15, 2010. The gift currently includes 47 airports, including Las Vegas, San Jose, Boston, Baltimore, Burbank, Houston, Indianapolis, Seattle, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, St. Louis and Charlotte. Additionally, as a result of this project, Burbank and ...
Searching the e-store: Google Commerce Search Now Available to Power Retail Websites [Press Release]
Business Wire | 18 days 6 hours 40 minutes ago
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced a new hosted enterprise search product, Google Commerce Search™, to power online retail stores and e-commerce websites with the speed and accuracy customers expect from Google™. While e-commerce has advanced significantly in the past 15 years, search technology has been a barrier to online retail growth. The average online retailer conversion rate is just three percent1 but could potentially be five to ten times higher.2 Commerce Search will help reta...
Google to Present at the Fifth Annual Piper Jaffray Global Internet Summit [Press Release]
Business Wire | 20 days 39 minutes ago
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced today that Bradley Horowitz, Vice President, Product Management, will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Fifth Annual Piper Jaffray Global Internet Summit in Menlo Park, California. The session is scheduled for 3:45 p.m. Eastern Time / 12:45 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, November 11, 2009.
Critical Alerts for Google, Deere, Dish Network, Suntech Power, and Lincoln National Released by Seven Summits Research [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 5 days 23 hours 9 minutes ago
Critical Alerts for Google, Deere, Dish Network, Suntech Power, and Lincoln National Released...key.) Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Google Inc. , Deere & Co. , Dish Network Corp. , Suntech Power Holdings Co...
Univision Becomes a Premier Spanish-Language Content Partner with YouTube [Press Release]
Business Wire | 7 days 1 hour 40 minutes ago
Univision Interactive Media, Inc., the digital division of Univision Communications Inc., the leading Spanish-language media company in the United States, today announced that it is partnering with YouTube™ to make short-length and long-form Univision videos available on the YouTube.com website.
On2 Announces Effectiveness of Registration Statement and Mailing of Definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 18 days 16 hours 35 minutes ago
...FirstCall/ -- On2 Technologies, Inc. today announced that the Securities...and also constitutes a Prospectus of Google Inc. (the "proxy statement/prospectus...the proposed acquisition of On2 by Google. As described below, holders of...
CURRENT Group, a Leader in Providing Smart Grid Solutions to Utilities Worldwide, Has Been Selected As One of The World's Top Ten Smart Grid Innovators at GreenBeat 2009 [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 18 hours 40 minutes ago
...company founded in 2000 that is backed by leading investors including Liberty Associated Partners, EnerTech Capital, Google, Inc., and Goldman Sachs & Co. CURRENT is headquartered outside of Washington, D.C., with offices throughout the...
Google Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results [Press Release]
Business Wire | 38 days 23 hours 39 minutes ago
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.
SES Invests In O3b Networks [Press Release]
Business Wire | 7 days 11 hours 40 minutes ago
Global satellite operator SES S.A. (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) and Jersey, Channel Islands-based O3B Networks Limited (O3b), announced today that SES has made a minority investment in O3b to support the development of O3b’s satellite-based, global internet backbone designed to reach the “other three billion” people in the developing world who today do not have access to the internet. SES joins Google, Liberty Global, HSBC and North Bridge Venture Partners to become a large investor in O3b.
T-Mobile USA Launches Motorola CLIQ with MOTOBLUR in Stores Beginning Today [Press Release]
Business Wire | 21 days 2 hours 39 minutes ago
T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced the national availability of the Motorola CLIQ™ with MOTOBLUR™, the first Android™-powered device from Motorola and the only device to feature MOTOBLUR this holiday season. Beginning today, customers can now purchase the CLIQ in T-Mobile retail stores, partner locations and online at www.T-Mobile.com/CLIQ. To celebrate the CLIQ’s arrival in retail, T-Mobile also launched the T-Mobile Motorola CLIQ Challenge today, a nationwide contest to build the largest co...
ASMP Photographers React to Google Judge s Denial [Press Release]
Business Wire | 17 days 22 hours 40 minutes ago
On November 4, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling on a motion for reconsideration of the Court’s earlier decision in the case of Authors Guild et al. v. Google, Inc. The effect of the decision is to exclude photographers and other creators of visual materials from participating in the settlement of the case, despite the fact that they had been part of the plaintiff class for over two years.
CHARGE Anywhere(R) Releases the First Secure Mobile Payment Application for Google(R)'s Android(TM) [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 16 days 17 hours 2 minutes ago
...respective owners. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions. QuickBooks is a registered trademark and service mark of Intuit Inc. in the United States and other countries...
Aricent Transforms the Android(TM) Experience [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 6 days 3 hours 40 minutes ago
...aricent.com Aricent is a trademark of Aricent Inc., in the United States and other jurisdictions...respective owners. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions. CONTACT: Steven Manuel...
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Company Overview
| Company: | Google Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Internet Search & Navigation Services |
| Website: | http://www.google.com |
If you've never Googled, you probably aren't finding what you want online. Google operates the leading Internet search engine, offering targeted search results from billions of Web pages. Results are based on a proprietary algorithm -- Google's technology for ranking Web pages is called PageRank. The company generates nearly all of its revenue through ad sales. Advertisers can deliver relevant ads targeted to search queries or Web content. The Google Network is a network of third party customers that use Google's ad programs to deliver relevant ads to their own Web sites. Google subsidiaries include YouTube and DoubleClick. Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page each have nearly 30% voting control of the firm.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 21,795.6 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 31.3 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 4,226.9 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.6 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 20,222 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 20.3 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |
