In a compelling video, the Atlas robot can be seen balancing on one foot and partially performing the crane kick popularized by the film Karate Kid. The 330lbs, 6ft 2in robot is in fact built by Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG)-owned Boston Dynamics, and controlled by an algorithm written by the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC). “Atlas is a high mobility, humanoid robot … Continue reading Active Stock: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Develops Cool Karate Kid Robot

The Internet briefly looked a little different on Wednesday as ads across a number of websites vanished. A failure at a Google (NASDAQ GOOG) ad server caused loading problems for many websites Wednesday morning, possibly costing publishers millions in missed ad revenue. The problem appears to have begun around 9 a.m. ET, but was resolved around 11:30 a.m. ET, according to Reuters report. Websites including … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Double Click Ad Server Goes Down

According to a NASA statement, Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) will use the site for research, development, assembly and testing related to “space exploration, aviation, rover/robotics and other emerging technologies.” Plans include the renovation of the historic Hangar One, which was used to store airships, as well as two other hangars at the airfield. The space agency stands to save around $6.3 million per year in … Continue reading Active Stock : NASA Agrees To Lease Major Airfield To Google (NASDAQ GOOG)

It’s worth examining Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG)’s plans from the prism of core competence. Legion are the tales of companies that have lost focus and become extinct. Think of Apple and its sorry state in the ‘90s when Steve Jobs made a comeback to the company and brought it back to life from the brink of death. Mr. Jobs famously drew four squares on a … Continue reading Stock in News: What Does Diversification Mean For Google (NASDAQ GOOG)

Axel Springer SE (FRA SPR), Germany’s biggest news publisher, has backed off its plan to block Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) from running snippets of articles from its newspapers, saying that the experiment had caused traffic to its web sites to decline dramatically. Google has won a major battle as European publishers give up on trying to levy licensing fees for the news snippets provided by … Continue reading Active Stock: German News Firm Ends Fight With Google (NASDAQ GOOG)