“…Microsoft and Apple have always been at each other’s throats‚ so when they get into bed together you have to start wondering what’s going on…”- David Drummond‚ Senior VP and Chief Legal Officer‚ Google. Mr. Drummond stunned the world with this accusation late 3rd August 2011 in the official Google blog. The Android operating system took the mobile-phone market by storm as its latest version(Honeycomb 3.0) wowed the smart-phone users with out-of-this-world features like multi-tasking‚ multi-touch
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external factors that are influencing Google and will force it to adapt in order to continue its success and market edge. Although all of these changes can be a threat for Google‚ and they also represent an excellent chance for Google to improve their company and products offered. One of the biggest external factors that influence Google is the constantly changing Mobile technology and communication market. Phone technology is constantly changing and Google must be able to change alongside it to
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Google is one of the most well known company. Named for the mathematical term "googol‚" It began as a research project in 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. (http://www.google.com/about/company/ ) At that time‚ both of them are PHD students in Stanford University. After years developing‚ Google is extremely successful.Today‚ Google operates web sites at many international domains‚ with the most trafficked being www.google.com. Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally
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Google upholds the position as the dominant search engine in the world‚ with 65 percent of the total search market‚ according to Hitwise. To maintain Google’s competitive advantage‚ the company has developed an infrastructure that guarantees a fast and efficient search engine‚ as well as branching out their efforts in other directions beyond search. Let’s first examine the speed of an average Google search. Any random search takes between 0.06 to 0.12 seconds (Gigaom). Google’s competitive edge
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early search engines in accuracy‚ just as Google did. Google’s original home page was almost as revolutionary as PageRank‚ simply because it was…simple. Not much more than a logo‚ a text field‚ a Search button‚ and and I’m Feeling Lucky one. It was a major part of why Google took off originally‚ and while nearly every major search engine ended up shamlessly copying it‚ I think it’s possible that nobody else would have been daring enough to try it. Once Google had been successful with Web search‚ it
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ingrained in all fields: business‚ government‚ economic‚ social. Google began in 1996 as a project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Larry and Sergey were both studying at Stanford University California. In their research project they came up with a plan to make a search engine that ranked websites according to the number of other websites that linked to that site (and ultimately came up with the Google we have today). Before Google‚ search engines had ranked sites simply by the number of times the
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Introduction Google Inc. is a publicly traded company headed by CEO Dr. Eric Schimidt‚ specializing in internet searching and online advertising. Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University‚ and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 7‚ 1998.The two founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin both play active roles in decision making process though.There are over 25 diffirent offices that Google owns‚ but the Home
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NOKIA AND MICROSOFT News from Microsoft -1.28% in the last few days – 4Q14 earnings‚ an announcement of 18‚000 layoffs‚ and the release of a memo from Microsoft’s EVP of devices Stephen Elop about rightsizing – has brought about a clearer picture of Microsoft’s plans for Nokia Nokia’s phones‚ which it acquired in April for $7 billion. Nokia was one of many cellphone manufacturers that struggled as Apple -1.13%’s iOS and Google GOOGL -1.92%’s Android gained dominance of the smartphone market and displaced
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2.0 FINANCIAL RATIOS 2 Liquidity Ratios Liquidity ratios measure a business ’ capacity to pay its debts as they come due. It also measures the cooperative’s ability to meet short-term obligations. Liquidity refers to the solvency of the firm’s overall financial position – the ease with which it can pay its bills. Because a common precursor to financial distress and bankruptcy is low or declining liquidity‚ these ratios can provide early signs of cash flow problems and impending
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Hewlett-Packard Company and Microsoft Corporation Financial Analysis According to company financials for the 2012 fiscal year‚ HP current ratio is at 1.09 while Microsoft Corp. ratio is at 2.6 which make HP a lesser candidate to obtain a short-term credit. They would not have enough to pay its current liabilities. Also HP recorded inventories of $6.32B compared to Microsoft $1.14B. If sales for PC’s‚ tablets‚ phones and other products dropped‚ HP would have a difficult time selling its inventory
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