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Google started out as a search engine, founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, that was ridiculed by many because it wasn't the cluttered mess that was Yahoo. Instead it was simple and had a really great algorithm that worked. Now it's a multi-billion dollar company that has its hands in the pockets of governments all over the world, completely dominates search, has its own browser, sprawling headquarters with armed guards, mobile phone platform and profitably advertising product.
It owns YouTube and a bunch of other companies. Its engineers are constantly releasing and working on new, innovative products while the Indiana Jones-villain esque former CEO Eric Schmidt sits back and cackles as every small business in the world must adapt to the whims of change in its algorithms. Google is the primary reason for the dark art of Search Engine Optimisation. In 2010 it was found to be harvesting data from its Street View mapping service which resulted in a lot of furrowed eyebrows, particularly the people who didn't content to having their houses snapped by Googlecars anyway. It blamed the fiasco on a rogue engineer. Google is not very popular in China, but it's working on it.
Latest stock prices
| Symbol | Name | Time | Trade | Change | % Chg | Volume | P/E Ratio | EPS | Mkt Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOG | 21:00 GMT | 596.33 | +11.22 | +1.92% | 3169260 | 19.66 | 29.76 | 193.9B |
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Latest Google news
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Anonymous leaves FBI, Scotland Yard utterly red-faced
The remarkable ongoing story of Anonymous took an almost unbelievable twist after the group revealed details of a joint FBI and Scotland Yard conference call – which claimed to have Anonymous on the back foot. -
Apple takes double beating from Motorola in Germany
Although the latest Apple handset, the 4S was not affected, the iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G have all been removed from sale. The handsets will still be available from stores, but it is likely that Motorola, and the company in the process of buying it – Google – will be rubbing its hands with glee anyway. -
RIAA opposes more reasonable anti-piracy bill
The process envisioned by OPEN would allow for "endless submissions by parties such as Google" to slow down the process. -
France fines Google for free maps
A French map maker which charges companies to use its maps has won its case against Google Maps for offering them for free. -
AMD ponders picking up ARM
AMD is allegedly thinking about using ARM CPU cores as part of a move which new CEO Rory Read calls being "ambidextrous" when it comes to architectures. -
Apple's patent trolling foiled in Germany
More evidencehas appeared to suggest ex-Apple CEO Steve Jobs' plan to conduct "thermonuclear war" on Android isn't working, as the German courts have thrown out Cupertino's plot to ban Samsung devices from the market. -
Microsoft readies its Azure push
Redmond.mag claims that Microsoft has been quietly working behind the scenes to come up with a Cloud platform that can knock the socks off IBM, Amazon and Google. -
Scientists decode thoughts with mind-reading computer
Peering into the future has its drawbacks. We can only imagine Google rubbing its hand with glee at the thought of the ultimate method to permeate our personal lives, mining our thoughts and having adverts popping up inside our craniums. -
Parliament grills Google on privacy
Google has faced a grilling from British MPs on a joint committee over their own privacy concerns, proving evasive over its powers to protect personal information. -
Megaupload case marks death of the cloud
CommentThe business model is already under threat because of America's insistence that all data from US companies can be sniffed by its spooks. This means that a European company would have to be insane to allow their data to be placed in cloud based computing from Microsoft, Google or IBM. -
Facebook IPO tipped for next week
The IPO will raise $10 billion with a valuation of at least $75 billion. To put this into perspective, Google raised $1.9 billion in an IPO with a valuation of $23 billion back in 2004. -
MPAA admits it doesn't get the internet
Suits at the Motion Picture Association of America have had to admit that this internet thing is too fly for them and they have to negotiate with its owner Google or shut it down. -
RIM's new CEO has a cunning plan
Research in Motion's new CEO, Thorsten Heins, says he has a cunning plan for the Blackberry. -
Steam comes to Android and iOS
Valve, developer of the Steam gaming distribution platform, announced today it is starting a closed Beta of its Steam Mobile App and is targeting Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. -
Tech's big names have to fight poaching suit
The lawsuit claims that Google, Apple, Intel, Adobe, Pixar, Intuit and Lucasfilm have violated antitrust laws by entering into agreements not to recruit each other's employees. -
Apple can't make it work in India and in China
While Jobs' Mob is finding itself dominating the US market for its iPad and iPhone shiny toys, it is finding that the lucrative Chinese and Indian markets are harder to crack. -
Vendors rush to patch Linux flaw
Linux vendors are rushing to patch a flaw which gives hackers root access to a machine and esclate any privileges the user might have. -
Google spends more than Microsoft on lobbying
Search outfit Google appears to be working out new ways to give Washington politicians lots of dosh.
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