Google provides a free service for billions of people around the world, but gains billions of dollars from online advertising within their easy-to-use online system. To perpetuate this system of income, Google has to upgrade and acquire companies. In this list, the most expensive acquisitions by Google are expounded with details.
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Google Finally Takes Down Scandalous Celebrity Nude Pictures Leaked Amidst $100 Million Lawsuit and Critcisms
Google takes down celebrity nude pictures amidst $100 M lawsuit. The largest celebrity hacking has been going on for months already but the tides have finally changed its course last week.
Silicon Valley takes benefits 'arms race' to health care
High salaries and free food aren't enough any more in Silicon Valley, where maturing companies are competing for talent with creative health care and "wellness" programs that use gadgets to promote good behavior.
Microsoft says Samsung owes $6.9 million in unpaid interest
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is demanding $6.9 million interest from Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) in a dispute over smartphone patent royalties, according to a lawsuit unsealed by a New York federal court on Friday.
Ex-Googler leads Softbank invasion of Hollywood
Softbank Corp’s investment in a Hollywood movie studio represents the coming out party for two new players in the U.S. entertainment industry -- the Japanese telecommunications company and Nikesh Arora, the former Google Inc executive running a new media and internet company.
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Several tutorials tell users how to check out upcoming Chrome OS features by enabling beta and developer modes on the OS itself, but for some users, this isn't enough.
Application updates are meant to fix bugs and make apps run smoother on Android, but some updates cause more problems to users. This requires downgrading programs to avoid problems.
A proposed merger of Internet pioneers AOL Inc and Yahoo Inc could create a nimbler player in Web video, but strong growth, the measure of success in Silicon Valley, would remain elusive.
Courts in Berlin and Hamburg upheld bans on online transportation service Uber on Friday, saying the company did not comply with German laws on the carriage of passengers.
Activist investor Starboard Value LP said on Friday it has acquired a "significant" stake in Yahoo Inc YHOO.O and urged the Internet company to explore a merger with AOL Inc AOL.N.
U.S. companies are increasingly less optimistic about the business outlook in China, and see growing competition from local rivals who get preferential treatment as a key challenge, a survey showed on Friday.
Hackers have begun exploiting the newly identified "Shellshock" computer bug, using fast-moving worm viruses to scan for vulnerable systems and then infect them, researchers warned on Thursday.
PushBullet, a mobile application and Google Chrome extension that lets users receive SMS and call notifications and reply to text messages through the desktop, released yet an update that will be very useful for its users and for multi-device users.
The Apple Watch may not have found its way yet into the market (and won't until early next year), but the competition is already stepping up with Android Wear 2.0 coming this October 15.
