Google Spent $966 Million In Waze Acquisition

Google disclosed Thursday that it paid whopping sum of $966 million for the acquisition of the Israel-based company behind the mapping app Waze. It was, though, previously speculated that Google had paid a little more than $1 billion. Reportedly, Google spent $847 million in goodwill, $188 million in intangible assets, and $69 million in net liabilities. This information comes from the Securities and Exchange …

Baidu Revenues Down In Q2 Results, Will Continue Its Acquisiton Drive

Sales figures of Chinese search giant Baidu came along today reflecting a 4.5 percent YoY decrease in net profit to RMB2.64 billion ($430.8 million) for Q2, 2013, while revenue has increased about 38.6 percent to RMB7.56 billion ($1.23 billion) compared to same period. In this quarter company added 58,000 new customers facing intense market competition mainly the newbie Qihoo which …

Apple Has A Good Growth Rate In India, Shows Report

It was reported that the sales of iPhones in India has increased up 400% every year. The growth was recorded by Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. During the initial three months, there was reduction in the sales of iPhones. Later on, Apple recorded a sale of 120,000 smartphones, though it is a lesser value when compared to 230,000 sales which …

LG sales figures up 10 percent by 12 million smartphone sold

LG Second quarter earnings rolled out recently and brought a big smile for LG. With additions of upto KRW15.23 trillion ($13.6 billion) in revenue, an increase of 10.1 percent YOY triggered by shoot up in sales mainly in mobile phone division. In total 12.1 million LG smartphones were shipped in the April-June period, their highest-ever quarterly figure in history, and …