A new partnership between Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG), Catlin Insurance and the U.S. government aims to expand our knowledge of the seas using some familiar technology. Although you can get a 360 degree view of almost any street in the world, the oceans are still relatively unknown to us. Google plans to change this. Scientists…
Google Inc(NASDAQ GOOG) has strengthened its home automation offerings by buying surveillance camera maker Dropcam for $555 million. The purchase, made by the Google’s Nest brand, shows the search giant’s executives remain convinced that home automation- which has so far been a relatively small market- will greatly expand in the future. The addition of Dropcam…
The Google Classroom project has completed its pilot phase and is now open for all Google Apps for Education users. Unveiled in May, Google Classroom is an online tool which integrates Google Drive, Docs, and Gmail in order to encourage teachers to use the services for assigning and collecting work online, as well as boosting…
Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) released an earnings report that impressed the market on Thursday afternoon, but not all of the company’s numbers were positive. The firm’s Cost Per Click, or CPC, is a key measure of the quality of its advertising, but the metric contracted in the second quarter. Though analysts were expecting the declines,…
A Hong Kong court ruled that Albert Yeung Sau-shing, the founder and chairman of Hong Kong-based conglomerate Emperor Group, could sue Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) for defamation. Hong Kong High Court rules Google can be sued for defamation over autocomplete suggestions. The suit was filed because searches for the Chinese billionaire’s name on Google suggest…
The $324 million settlement proposed by Google(NASDAQ GOOG) to resolve the anti-poaching class action lawsuit filed by Silicon Valley employees was rejected by the court. Some tech workers objected the anti-poaching settlement and recommended to renegotiate the amount. The technology companies involved in the lawsuit include Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL), Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ ADBE),…
