Nov 03

Google’s mysterious floating barge features dazzling showrooms and party deck

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Google San Francisco Barge

According to KPIX 5 Google’s mysterious floating barge on San Francisco Bay is personally directed by Google co-founder Sergey Brin and will have dazzling showrooms on three decks and party deck. Google will use the barge for Continue reading »

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Nov 01

Rockstar sues Google for patent infringement

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Rockstar Nortel

Rockstar is jointly owned by Apple, BlackBerry, Ericsson, Microsoft and Sony, and the consortium bought for $4.5 billion Nortel patents. Rockstar is suing Samsung, HTC, Huawei and four other companies for patent infringement in U.S. District Court in Texas. Google is accused of Continue reading »

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Oct 19

Google shares top $1,000

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Google

On Friday have Google shares topped $1,000 ($1,011.4) for the first time in history. Shares have jumped because of the better Google’s revenues than expected. Company has published 36% in net profits in third-quarter. Google was floated in August 2004 at $85 a share and its current market value is Continue reading »

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Oct 12

Google tips calculator

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Google tips calculator

No need to feel embarrassed anymore in front of your friends because of your catastrophic math skills. Google has launched very handy app that calculates how much to tip. So next time when is your turn to pay the bill (and lets take for an example that the bill is $420, because you took your close friends to the new sushi restaurant), go to the Google Search App and Continue reading »

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Oct 12

Google slammed with more antitrust charges

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According to Reuters, Google has been accused by Brazilian antitrust watchdog Cade of unfairly using rivals’ content, discouraging their advertisers and favoring its own product listings. Brazil’s Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo has already suggested that tech companies are not paying enough taxes. This regulatory pressure came after Brazilian authorities took a closer look at major US Internet companies (Google, Facebook etc.) after revelations that Continue reading »

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Oct 08

Raspberry Pi Foundation makes million Pi computers

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Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched tiny cheap computer Pi in February last year and by now they made million Pi computers. They made around 12,000 computers per day and it looks like Pi will become best-selling British computer since the 1980’s. Continue reading »

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