Google just declared that it is launching an entirely revamped contacts interface, and you can jump into a preview of the new app now. Google is a global technology leader focused on improving the ways people connect with information. Google’s innovations in web search and advertising have made its website a top internet property and its brand one of the most recognized in the world.
Millions of people may have been left vulnerable to hackers while surfing the web on Apple and Google devices, thanks to a newly discovered security flaw known as “FREAK attack.”
Google has faced increased competition from the likes of Facebook, Microsoft and Apple in mobile over the last few years, and analysts say it has played into investor concerns.
Google said Android 5, codenamed Lollipop, will encrypt the contents of smartphones and tablets by default. Now it’s had to do some backtracking.
Google proclaimed last year that all devices running the Android 5.0 “Lollipop” would encrypt data by default. But it turns out that isn’t entirely true.
Google Inc. wants to make the wireless industry less exclusive by facilitating the use of cheap airwaves to lower the barriers to entry, a top executive.
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) declined -0.50% and is now at $571.03. Google is moving down in a current trading session. Shares of Google Inc. have fallen 5% over the last 12 months, weighed down by earnings that have missed expectations in eight of the last 10 quarters and investor concerns that the company is losing the digital advertising battle with Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc. Google’s search business may be pressured this year if Apple chooses not to renew a contract that makes Google the default search engine on Apple iOS.
The comments by Google executive Milo Medin came a day after the company acknowledged it plans to launch a U.S. wireless service of its own, and underscore the Internet company’s interest in reshaping an industry long controlled by Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc.
Google is pursuing at least two separate routes to expand wireless service. One is the conventional wireless offering it is planning to detail in the coming months. Google is reacting to a wireless industry model that has pushed the price of spectrum sharply higher in the U.S., closing off the business to all but the biggest companies.
When Google first declared its aspiration to use high-altitude balloons to beam internet to the most remote parts of the world, it seemed like a pie-in-the-sky kind of idea. Google will partner with telecommunications companies, beaming their LTE services to places they don’t usually reach, via the balloons.
Google had recently struck a deal with three big U.S. wireless carriers for its own service, Google Wallet, to be preinstalled on Android phones. Google’s virtual mobile services is called “Project Nova” and is expected to run under T-Mobile and Sprint, according to Zacks.
Google Inc announcement that it is to set up a small wireless service continues to elicit risk tension especially with wireless company’s which remain concerned about the imminent competition.
Google Inc should start thinking of returning some of that money to stockholders to keep them happy. A dividend program might also instil some much needed financial discipline at the company which spends enormously on research and development and employee stock compensation.
Google is now set to become a mobile virtual network operator, MVNO. An MVNO is an agreement where it enables the company to sell a wireless phone services under its own brand name even though it does not directly control the network. Words are out that Google has had an business deal with Sprint and T-Mobile.




