Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) appears to have found an easy solution for a complicated issue with its new crowd-funding tool known as Contributor. The new service charges users a nominal fee, and in return, promises them an ad-free experience. The web gets its funding from advertisements, but people generally don’t like them. This has led to clashes, causing trouble for news websites and other publishers. … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Introduces Tool to Block Ads

Google (NASDAQ GOOG) is not the default search engine of firefox any more. For the past decade Google had been the default search engine but now it is Yahoo. This is a great news for Yahoo which should help them recover as a search engine. Firefox is a widely used browser and this is a huge step for Yahoo and a setback for Google. According … Continue reading Stock in News: Yahoo Replaces Google (NASDAQ GOOG) As Firefox Default Search Engine

Google Play now allows Chinese developers to offer paid apps. This move is big as it now allows developers from this country to sell their apps to over 130 other countries around the world. Unfortunately, China won’t be able to sell apps in its own country as Google Play isn’t available in China. Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) has a rather troubled relationship with China as … Continue reading Stock News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Play Users Can be Offered Paid Apps from Chinese Devs

It is almost the busiest time of year for traveling and Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) wants to simplify the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday for everyone. The Google Maps team decided to look at Thanksgiving traffic conditions from the last two years in major U.S. cities to find useful information which will help travelers on their journey. The cities in the list include Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, … Continue reading Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Stock News: Google Gives Thanksgiving Travel Tips

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) is testing out balloons with transmit the internet in Australia. The tech giant is working on the project (which is dubbed with telecommunications company Telstra to test out 20 balloons next month in Queensland. Google previously ran a similar project in New Zealand last year. Google eventually wants to have a ring of balloons that circle the earth to bring internet … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) To Test Internet-Transmitting Balloons