Google launches app to locate flood survivors
21 Jun 2013
Google introduces product listing ads in India
17 Jun 2013
Google reveals plan to beam internet from balloons in stratosphere
15 Jun 2013
Google hopes to hook the entire plant onto the internet by launching internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons.
Google buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze
12 Jun 2013
Though the Internet giant did not disclose the purchase price, several reports suggested that the deal was struck at $1.03 billion
Google readying device to attack Apple’s iPhone
30 May 2013
Google is readying to launch an attack on Apple’s iPhone with a device that is said to be more aware of its surroundings and smart enough to anticipate how it is on the verge of being used
Google to face fresh anti-trust investigation
24 May 2013
Google may get into bidding war with Facebook for Waze
24 May 2013
Google Inc is weighing plans of buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, a move that may trigger a bidding war with Facebook, which has offered $1 billion
After Google, Amazon under fire for ‘pathetic’ UK tax contribution
20 May 2013
Amazon’s UK subsidiary paid just £2.4 million in corporate taxes last year, on sales of as much as £4.3 billion, but recieved 2.5 million in government grants
Under fire for evading UK taxes, Google's Schmidt seeks to blame system
20 May 2013
Savaged by MPs for avoiding billions in British taxes, Google has sought to deflect the blame by shifting the focus to the tax system and criticising "lobbying" by legislaltors
Google denies ‘minimising’ tax bills in the UK
17 May 2013
Google vice-president Matt Brittin told a select committee of the British parliament that the company has never tried to disguise the way its business operated to minimise its tax bill in the UK
Google launches music streaming service
16 May 2013
Microsoft adds Google Chat to Outlook.com
15 May 2013
Both Outlook.com and Google Chat would be available free as a way for Microsoft and Google to attract more online traffic to their advertising-supported services
Google to triple storage space across services like Gmail, Drive
14 May 2013
The new amount of storage space will give people who use Google services the most generous storage capacity of any player in the free online-storage game
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