Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) has acquired Polar, a mobile and desktop polling company in a bid to enhance the publishers’ and brands’ user engagement. The employees of the start-up will now work for Google and assist in increasing the user engagement on Google+, or help brands that use social network to market themselves. Google seeks to enhance it’s not so popular Google+ service, which holds … Continue reading Google GOOG Stock Update: Google Buys Poll Startup

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOGL) just updated Hangouts by integrating Google Voice. This means users will be able to send messages, video chat, and call others all from one central app which is available on iOS, Android, and desktop. Google updates Hangouts with Google Voice feature that enables users to make VoIP phone calls. The best thing about this means users can call their friends and … Continue reading Google Updates Hangout with New Features (NASDAQ GOOG)

Dubai-based entrepreneurship platform AstroLabs has announced that it has launched a new tech hub in partnership with digital giant Google (NASDAQ GOOG) in Dubai. The tech hub is called AstroLabs Dubai. Astro Labs Dubai will be situated in Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Free Zone, is scheduled to open in Y 2015, and will help tech entrepreneurs from across the globe access high growth markets. The … Continue reading Google GOOG Stock News: Google Set to Sponsor Tech Hub in Dubai

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) CEO Larry Page sold 33,332 Google shares in a transaction on Monday, September 8th. Page sold his stock at an average price of $595.14, for a total value of $19,837,206.48. After the transaction, Page owns 23,153,578 shares in the company valued at approximately $13,779,620,411, according to a filing with SEC. Google shares are up almost 1300% since the firm went public, … Continue reading NASDAQ GOOG Insider Trading : Google CEO Offloads Stocks

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) appointed a panel that will carry its first meeting on Tuesday discussing over the fine tuning between privacy and the free flow of information following the May court ruling that ordered the search engine giant to abide by “Right to be forgotten” rule. Google would host its first meeting session, where the panel would discuss about balancing between individual privacy and … Continue reading Stock Update: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) To Step Up Privacy

Google Inc agreed to settle the complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on allegations that the company unfairly allowed children to make in-app purchases using mobile apps downloaded from Google Play store and incurred millions of dollars in charges. Google agreed to refund consumers whose children made unauthorized in-app purchases. The minimum total amount of the refund required by the FTC is $19 … Continue reading Stocks Making Headlines: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Settles FTC Complaints