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Google toys around with the Android Market, changes name to Google Play
Mar 6th, 2012
Internet giant Google has announced it will change the name of its digital marketplace from the Android Market to the Google-centric, Google Play. (Source: Digital Trends) -
(Reuters) - Google Inc is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc, Bloomberg news reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Waze is seeking more than $1 billion and is fielding expressions of interest from multiple parties, said Bloomberg, citing a source. O... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - British baby and maternity products retailer Mothercare posted a better-than-expected rise in full-year profit and said it was making good progress with its three-year turnaround plan. The group, which has some 1,300 stores worldwide including 255 in the UK, on Thursday reported an underlying pretax profit of 8.3 million pounds f... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Some 900 million smartphones and tablets running Google Inc's Android software have been activated since the platform's inception in 2010, executives said at the company's annual developers' conference on Wednesday. Google said revenue from Android, the software used by Samsung and other mobile device m... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market is heading lower in early trading, putting it on track for its first weekly loss in a month. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde says a Paris court has named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman arranged while she was France's finance minister. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Alexandria Sage CANNES (Reuters) - Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty," a nostalgic, melancholic ode to the eternal city Rome, is one of several films that touch on the unraveling of contemporary Italy in official selection at the Cannes film festival this year. Also competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or award to be hand... [Full Article]