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FCC proposes rules for the Internet - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 32 days 5 hours 51 minutes ago
"Given the potentially huge consequences of having the open Internet diminished through inaction, the time is now to move forward with consideration of fair and reasonable rules of the road," Chairman Julius Genachowski said.
Microsoft profit falls 18%, but tops expectations - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 9 hours 29 minutes ago
In the quarter ended Sept. 30, Microsoft said net income slipped to $3.57 billion, or 40 cents a share, from $4.37 billion, or 48 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue fell 14% to $12.92 billion.
YouTube Launches Virtual Assignment Desk, Connects News Organizations and Citizen Reporters With "YouTube Direct" [Press Release]
MarketWire | 6 days 2 hours 44 minutes ago
SAN BRUNO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/17/09 -- Today YouTube(TM), the world's largest online video community, announced the launch of YouTube Direct, a new tool that allows news and media organizations to request, review, and rebroadcast YouTube clips directly from YouTube users. Built from YouTube's APIs, YouTube Direct is an open-source application that lets media organizations enable customized versions of YouTube's upload platform on their own websites. The tool creates a virtual assignmen...
Yahoo's real estate plans show large ambitions - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 25 days 4 hours 57 minutes ago
But the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Internet pioneer is betraying considerable expectations for future growth with its proposal to build a massive, new campus in nearby Santa Clara. The sprawling set of 13 buildings on 3 million square feet of space would rank among the largest corporate headquarters in Silicon Valley.
Adobe Debuts Photoshop.com Mobile for Android [Press Release]
Business Wire | 17 days 6 hours 45 minutes ago
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android™ software, extending Adobe® industry-leading digital imaging technology to users of the Google Mobile™ operating system. The release comes less than a month after the launch of Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone, which quickly established itself as one of the “Top Free” applications on the Apple mobile platform. The Android application equips consumers with quick and easy image-editing tools, color adj...
Technology Review: Google scoops up display ad specialist Teracent
MIT Technology Review | 2 hours ago
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Motorola may break even, but all eyes on forecast - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 27 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
Motorola /quotes/comstock/13*!mot/quotes/nls/mot (MOT 7.83, -0.21, -2.61%) is scheduled to report third-quarter results on Thursday before the market open.
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Google Inc., Bank of America Corporation, American International Group, Citigroup and GMAC Inc. [Press Release]
Business Wire | 35 days 1 hour 44 minutes ago
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG), Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC), American International Group (NYSE: AIG), Citigroup (NYSE: C) and GMAC Inc. (NYSE: GJM).
What if friends won't follow you on Twitter? Therese Poletti's Tech Tales - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 5 hours 5 minutes ago
This is appalling on so many levels. It was an OK idea to send your weight and body fat information to your iPhone, to give yourself a reminder not to eat that piece of chocolate. But tweeting your fat information as a way to continually motivate yourself to lose weight is surely in the TMI category.
Clearwire said getting $1.5 billion from investors - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 14 days 7 hours 44 minutes ago
The Wall Street Journal, a sister publication of MarketWatch, reported that Sprint Nextel and a handful of cable companies will kick in the new funding, with an announcement coming as early as this week.
Google Buys Display-Ad Start-Up
Wall Street Journal, The | 1 hour 26 minutes ago
Google Inc. said Monday it agreed to acquire start-up Teracent Corp., which has developed computer algorithms designed to deliver customized display ads on Web sites.
Orange Signs Strategic Pan-European Mobile Partnership With Google [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 26 days 5 hours 44 minutes ago
LONDON, October 28 /PRNewswire/ --
Clearwire to get $1.5 billion in financing: WSJ - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 14 days 10 hours 9 minutes ago
Ensco to relocate headquarters to U.K.
Coming around again - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 21 days 17 hours 13 minutes ago
It would have been hard to imagine in March equity indexes would climb over 50% by the end of October. In March, the economy was facing the nationalization of the banking industry, collapse of the U.S. auto industry, mounting job losses and a deepening recession.
Google buys display advertising company Teracent
Investor's Business Daily | 2 hours 2 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 23, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Google Inc. on Monday announced that it has agreed to buy Teracent, a startup company whose technology can create display advertising customized to specific consumer and website.
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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 |