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Re: Google (GOOG)

Postby iam802 » Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:50 am

Google Voice Opens to US users

http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/201 ... ryone.html

I think this image says it best about what Google attempt to change. The vision can be pretty impressive and a game changer. To me, Nokia seems so lost when you put them beside AAPL and GOOG

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Re: Google (GOOG)

Postby millionairemind » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:52 am

Published July 1, 2010

Google changes tack to stay in China

By WINSTON CHAI

(SINGAPORE) The prospect of being shut out of the world's largest Internet market has prompted Google to search for middle ground in its ongoing censorship conflict with Chinese authorities.

Over the next few days, Google will stop redirecting Chinese users to its Hong Kong search site in an attempt to salvage its Internet Content Provider (ICP) licence in China.

All China-based website operators vying for a share of the mainland's massive 400 million Internet user base are required to have such a permit.

If the Internet giant does not get official sanction, its China search site will have to be shut down. Google's ICP licence, which is valid until 2012, was due for renewal yesterday.

The company started redirecting Chinese surfers to Hong Kong - a site that offers unfettered Web searches - in March to circumvent the mainland government's Internet censorship.

In January, Google threatened to pull out of China after suffering a cyber attack it said originated there.

'It's clear from conversations we have had with Chinese government officials that they find the redirect unacceptable - and that if we continue redirecting users, our Internet Content Provider licence will not be renewed,' Google's chief legal officer David Drummond said on the company's blog.

'Without an ICP licence, we can't operate a commercial website like Google.cn. So Google would effectively go dark in China.'

Instead of redirecting Chinese visitors to Hong Kong, Google has created a new so-called landing page for its Google.cn site.

The new portal will give visitors direct access to Google's China-based services such as music and text translation. To access its Hong Kong search site, however, users are now required to click on a separate link.

'This approach ensures we stay true to our commitment not to censor our results on Google.cn and gives users access to all of our services from one page,' Mr Drummond said.

Google has re-submitted its ICP licence renewal application to the Chinese government based on the new approach.

'As a company, we aspire to make information available to users everywhere, including China,' Mr Drummond said. 'It's why we have worked so hard to keep Google.cn alive, as well as to continue our research and development work in China. We are, therefore, hopeful that our licence will be renewed on this basis so we can continue to offer our Chinese users services via Google.cn.'

The Chinese government has remained silent on Google's latest attempt at forging a truce.
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Re: Google (GOOG)

Postby kennynah » Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:07 pm

wana playball in people's backyard....of cos, must follow the rules... google thinks it can impose its ways onto a gigantic nation like china....dream on...
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Re: Google (GOOG)

Postby iam802 » Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:06 pm

Google Secretly Invested $100+ Million In Zynga, Preparing To Launch Google Games

http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/10/google ... TechCrunch)

Google has quietly (secretly, one might say) invested somewhere between $100 million and $200 million in social gaming behemoth Zynga, we’ve confirmed from multiple sources. The company has raised somewhere around half a billion dollars in venture capital in the last year alone, including $150 million from Softbank Capital last month and $180 million late last year from Digital Sky Technologies, Tiger Global, Institutional Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz. The Softbank announcement was never officially confirmed by the company, however, and the Google investment was likely part of that deal as well.

The investment part of the deal closed a month ago or so. A larger strategic partnership is still in process.

The investment was made by Google itself, not Google Ventures, say our sources, and it’s a highly strategic deal. Zynga will be the cornerstone of a new Google Games to launch later this year, say multiple sources. Not only will Zynga’s games give Google Games a solid base of social games to build on, but it will also give Google the beginning of a true social graph as users log into Google to play the games. And I wouldn’t be surprised to see PayPal being replaced with Google Checkout as the primary payment option. Zynga is supposedly PayPal’s biggest single customer, and Google is always looking for ways to make Google Checkout relevant.

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Re: Google (GOOG)

Postby kennynah » Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:53 pm

"gaming" = gambling?
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Re: Google (GOOG)

Postby winston » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:23 pm

Not vested.

Google Inc. (GOOG), releases it’s earnings on Thursday after the stock market closes. GOOG is a technology company that maintains an index of Web sites and other online content for users, advertisers, Google network members, and other content providers..

Thomson Reuters has estimates of $6.54 EPS and $4.99 billion in revenues. For the next quarter, estimates are $6.85 EPS and $5.21 billion in revenues; for the fiscal year its estimates are $27.63 EPS and $21.04 billion in revenues.

Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) is a competitor of GOOG.

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Re: Google (GOOG)

Postby iam802 » Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:24 am

Google launching a Chrome OS tablet on Verizon, goes on sale November 26

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- Nov 26 is Black Friday; major shopping day in the US

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/08/18 ... r-26-2010/
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Re: Google (GOOG)

Postby iam802 » Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:54 pm

Part of Google's new offerings is integrating phone features into Gmail.

At this moment, calls are free within US and Canada, with subsidies coming from International calls (at 2cents / minute)

If they pull this off, Skype will have a tough time moving forward.

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Gmail users place 1M calls in 24 hours

http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/26/gmail ... -24-hours/

It looks like Gmail users are already taking advantage of the cheap calling that Google launched yesterday. The company announced via Twitter that there were 1 million calls placed from Gmail in 24 hours.

The feature is particularly attractive if you’re contacting someone in the US or Canada, because those calls are completely free. Google says it’s subsidizing those calls through its international rates, but those are pretty low too — you can call many countries for just two cents a minute.

The rapid adoption isn’t too surprising, since Google says there are hundreds of millions of Gmail users globally (although the feature is only available to US users for now), and a “significant percentage” of them already take advantage of the service’s video chat capabilities. So if you get a note in Gmail that you can place a free phone call, why wouldn’t you click and try it out? The only hurdle is that you have to install some software before it will work.
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Re: Google (GOOG)

Postby kennynah » Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:57 pm

highest price achieved in late 2007 at >1000

whilst AAPL has recovered from a low of ~$80 and surpassed its 2007 price....

so, as its pricing goes,...market is somewhat unconvinced that GOOG is delivery anything phenomenal...
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Re: Google (GOOG)

Postby iam802 » Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:46 pm

Online video war is heating up... (NFLX, AAPL, GOOG...maybe Amazon as well)

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YouTube courting Hollywood for pay-per-view movie service by end of 2010, says Financial Times

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/29/yout ... ce-by-end/
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