Stanford is really making a huge, titanic effort to ultimately claim a slice of local real estate for its tech campus. As part of this relentless drive, Stanford rallied its most stellar alumnal pair, none other than the Google guys themselves. That’s Larry Page and his buddy Sergey Brin, who were unreserved in their high [...]
The interesting part is Zagat itself, a 32-year old company that offers customer reviews for numerous restaurants here and abroad, is suddenly snapped up by Google. Founded by a husband and wife team way, way back, Zagat started in print format and only went digital a couple of years ago. Its sudden purchase by the [...]
The only clue so far is an unnamed source claimed that SinglePlatform and Google were having “numerous talks back and forth.” Aside from this, there’s little else to go on except speculation. Still, the mere hint of a possible acquisition confirms Google’s drive to have a good chunk of the technology being developed here at the Big [...]
This has certainly been a quiet investment for Google, to say the least. Sources are saying that the investment was made by the big G itself and not their investing arm. Furthermore, it looks like that the company that made Farmville will be the base of Google’s future gaming venture. Zynga is reported to have [...]