Google hangouts are taking on a whole new meaning. Sergey Brin, Google’s CEO who recently split with 23andMe cofounder and CEO Anne Wojcicki, has reportedly been seen (aka dating) with a younger Google employee, 26-year-old Glass marketing manager Amanda Rosenberg. She in turn is said to have previously been linked to another Google executive, Hugo…
Pro-Palestinian hackers on Monday successfully hijacked the Google Palestine domain (google.ps), redirecting Web users to a hacked version of the page that called for removing Israel from Google Maps and renaming it Palestine. Google officials said their servers were not hacked. Instead it appears the hackers managed to break into the domain name registry for…
Antitrust regulators are conducting a preliminary inquiry into Google’s recent acquisition of online mapping service Waze, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The inquiry by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has not reached the level of an investigation and Google is complying voluntarily, the source said. Google paid just over $1 billion…
A Google representative from the company’s global headquarters has discussed the decision to use “Palestine,” not “Palestinian Territories,” across the tech giant’s products. At the Knesset committee meeting Wednesday, the Israelis didn’t get very far in their attempts to change the American’s mind. Last month, Google changed the way it refers to the territories, and…
The 100 employees of the Israeli navigation app developer Waze stand to receive a total of $120 million, as a result of Google’s acquisition of the company, making this the most lucrative exit ever for employees of an Israeli startup. The global search giant confirmed on Tuesday that it had agreed to purchase Waze for…
Google Inc bought Israeli mapping startup Waze on Tuesday for an undisclosed sum, acquiring an online real-time mapping service to safeguard its own lead in one of the most crucial aspects of smartphone usage. A source close to the matter told Reuters on Monday that the Internet search leader was putting the finishing touches on…
Children’s author Maurice Sendak, who died May 8, 2012, would have been 85 today. In his honor, Google has produced a complete animated sequence on its homepage, celebrating Sendak books such as “Where the Wild Things Are,” “In the Night Kitchen” and “Bumble-Ardy.” Head over to Google or watch the whole thing below.
Google is set to acquire Israeli startup Waze, after the two firms recently agreed on most of their terms and are close to sealing the deal. The total purchase price exceeds $1 billion. Sources said the agreement calls for the U.S. Internet search engine giant to pay the full amount in cash. In addition, Waze’s…
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