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Amazon: No Thank You, Google Maps
Friday, August 31, 2012 - 8:54am | 451Read More...Reuters announced that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has partnered with Nokia (NYSE: NOK) instead of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) for its mapping function on the new Kindle Fire. Details include integrated mapping on the device, aversion to Google Maps and new location capabilities. The partnership rose from a...
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Google's Apple Store Clone Will Sell iPad Clones
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 9:12am | 895Read More...Everyone loves a copycat. Soon you're going to get one from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). According to the Wall Street Journal (via TechCrunch), the search engine giant is planning to sell co-branded tablets from an online store that's similar to those offered by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon (NASDAQ:...
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Is Your Smartphone Carrier or Manufacturer Spying on You?
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 1:26pm | 241Read More...They could be and you wouldn't even know it. Business Insider has the full details. In short, there's a company called Carrier IQ that makes smartphone analytics software that is used by a number of companies, including HTC and Samsung. Cellular service providers like Sprint (NYSE: S), AT&T (...
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Will Google Use Indoor Maps to Stalk You?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 1:09pm | 686Read More...Google's ad business may get a lot stronger, and it's all thanks to you, the willful consumer. Earlier this year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) got into trouble for recording users' location data in their iOS devices. A few months later, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) was accused of doing the same thing. Why...
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Google Takes Maps Indoors and They Are AWESOME!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 3:41pm | 325Read More...It may not be able to tell you where to hide a body in a sexy Siri voice, but Google's latest innovation is still pretty freaking cool. Have you ever been in an airport and wondered where you were, or where you should go next? Maybe you wanted to find a particular store in a mall, or wanted to...
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Google Finally Finds a Storm it can Weather
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 3:49pm | 306Read More...Apple, Microsoft? No way. Rain and hail? Bring it on! To most people in the tech industry, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is currently known as the kooky search engine giant that shocked the world when it announced its plans to acquire Motorola (NYSE: MMI). The acquisition wasn't unprecedented (this is...
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Global Equities Research Reiterates OW Rating, $18 PT on Yahoo!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 2:39pm | 129Read More...Global Equities Research is reiterating its Overweight rating and $18 price target on shares of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). This report follows expectations that Yahoo! will replace its current Geo-Platform (which is mainly Navteq) with Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Geo-Platform. “Navteq has been relatively...
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Could Google Hit $1,000? (GOOG, YHOO, AAPL)
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 5:42pm | 855Read More...The idea that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) stock could someday trade for over $1,000 per share has been speculated about before, but what are some of the factors that make this a likely scenario? The first and most important variable to take into consideration is Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) growth rates. In...
