San Francisco: Google shareholders gave CEO Larry Page what he wanted Thursday by approving an unconventional stock split meant to cement his authority, but he wasn't around to hail the victory. Page missed the Internet search leader's annual shareholders meeting because he has lost his voice, a previously undisclosed problem. Google didn't provide any other details about co-founder Page's condition except that whatever is ailing him isn't serious enough to...
11:37 AM, Jun 22, 2012
San Francisco: Google has completed its $12.5 billion acquisition of cell phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings, Google said in a press statement. Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $40 per share in cash. This is the biggest deal in Google's 14-year history. The two companies announced the deal nine months ago. Google Inc. prizes Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for its portfolio of more than 17,000 patents. Owning the rights to those...
07:03 PM, May 22, 2012
San Francisco: Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and billionaire co-founder Larry Page have teamed up with Avatar director James Cameron and other investors to back an ambitious space exploration and natural resources venture, details of which will be unveiled next week. The fledgling company, called Planetary Resources, will be unveiled at a Tuesday news conference at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, according to a press release issued this week....
01:03 PM, Apr 21, 2012
San Francisco: Now that he has been Google's CEO for a year, Larry Page may be ready to tackle some of the public-relations duties that typically accompany the job. Page opened up in a way that he hasn't previously with a Thursday dispatch that shared some of his thoughts about Google's past accomplishments and future possibilities. The post appeared on the company's website for investors and Page's personal profile on...
01:11 PM, Apr 06, 2012
San Francisco: The most powerful group at Google Inc used to be known simply as "The OC," short for operating committee. Now, it goes by a more telling name: "L Team," short for Larry's Team. The change is more than a mere rebranding after Google co-founder Larry Page became chief executive nine months ago, reclaiming a title he last held in 2001. Page has moved quickly to remake the company...
03:04 PM, Dec 17, 2011
New York: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates joined an outpouring of tributes to Steve Jobs, calling the Apple co-founder a competitor and friend. "Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives. The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many...
08:14 AM, Oct 06, 2011
New Delhi: It's been 13 years since 1998 when two Stanford university students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, got together to form a company that would change the face of the Internet, for ever. As Google enters its teenage years the company is well entrenched as the leader in the search engine market with more than 90 per cent of the search share, according to Internet statistics firm StatCounter. Its...
07:56 AM, Sep 27, 2011
San Francisco: Google Inc will shut down a website that offered public access to experimental products, the latest step by the company to refocus resources under Chief Executive Larry Page. Google said it will "wind down" Google Labs, ending many of the projects offered on the site, in a move to "prioritise its product efforts," the company said on its corporate blog on Wednesday. Google said that many of the...
07:24 AM, Jul 21, 2011
San Francisco: Google Inc's Larry Page is back in charge of the company he founded a decade ago and, while some investors are uneasy about his credentials, they hope he will breathe new life into the Internet search giant. Page takes over on Monday after a decade of "adult supervision" for Google under Eric Schmidt, as the outgoing CEO called it. The switch comes as mobile gadgets redefine the way...
12:23 PM, Apr 05, 2011
San Francisco: Google Inc co-founder Larry Page will take over as CEO from Eric Schmidt, a surprise that signaled Silicon Valley's most powerful Internet company was taking the offensive against fast-moving rivals like Facebook. Schmidt will step aside on April 4 and make way for Page - who created the company with fellow Stanford University alumnus Sergey Brin in 1998 - to take the reins of a company that has...
07:49 AM, Jan 21, 2011
San Francisco: In its self-proclaimed drive to make the world a better place, Google has immersed itself in far more than Internet search and online ads. But driverless cars and a wind energy farm in the Atlantic Ocean? It may not always be immediately apparent to frustrated investors - they wish management would be more frugal and focus more on the stock price - but there's usually some calculated logic...
11:40 AM, Oct 13, 2010
This, we take you on a journey to the past, present and future of internet search engine giant - Google. ...
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