Google buying GrandCentral, report says
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Blog: TechCrunch says Google is in talks to buy GrandCentral, which offers service that lets consumers receive calls to multiple numbers on one phone number.
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Google Inc. has acquired GrandCentral Communications, a start-up that lets users manage their existing phones and voice mailboxes over the Web as if they were a single account, the company said on Monday.
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Financial weekly Barron's said Sunday that shares of Google would likely fall from their lofty $500-plus price point set last week, triggering a sharp sell-off of the stock in Monday morning trading in New York.
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Goo Goo Ga-Tube Google is close to buying YouTube for $1.6bn, according to reports. Props for the scoop, if the talks pan out, go to TechCrunch, the Red Herring of the Web 2.0 Generation, which today reported this "completely Unsubstantiated Google/YouTube Rumor". The WSJ today also says that Google and YouTube are negotiating and mention $1.6bn as the price. But this could merely mean that the two publications have the same source.â¦
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Internet search leader Google Inc. is in talks to acquire the popular online video site YouTube Inc. for about $1.6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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Antitrust authorities will conduct an extended investigation into Google's  proposed acquisition of Web ad supplier DoubleClick Inc., Google said on Tuesday.
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(InfoWorld) - Following on rumors that a deal was in the works, Google acquired GrandCentral Communications for an undisclosed sum. GrandCentral lets users of its software combine all their phone numbers and voicemail boxes under one phone number so they can manage various phone features online. Users can set up their accounts so that the number can ring on one or multiple phones based on who is calling. Customers can hear voicemail online or from a phone and forward voicemails to others or post them to a blog. Users can log into their online address book and then click on an entry to make a call. Once the user clicks on the number, GrandCentral calls the user's designated phone and then connects it to the number from the address book. Last week rumors of the acquisition swirled online. At the time, a GrandCentral spokesman said he couldn't comment on the rumors. Google made the announcement on Monday on its blog. On its Web site, GrandCentral said it was pleased about the acquisition because it would assure users that their GrandCentral numbers will be around for the long term no matter how many times users move or change jobs or phone providers. Google will continue to support existing users without interruption but will issue only a limited number of invitations for new beta customers while it transitions the service over to Google. Interested users can ask for an invitation on the GrandCentral Web site. GrandCentral listed one feature that isn't available following the Google acquisition. Although customers will be able to choose from a selection of sound files as ringback tones, they won't be able to upload their own sound files going forward. The acquisition adds to other Google communications services, including Google Talk, an instant messaging service that includes VoIPÂ calling.
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Google Inc. is setting out to expand its share of the business software market with a scaled-down version of its Internet-leading search engine that will go on sale Thursday for $4,995.
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Web search leader Google Inc. is in talks to buy YouTube Inc., the world's leading Web site for video entertainment, for close to $1.6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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Internet search leader Google Inc.  is open to new acquisitions and remains hopeful it can close the $3.1 billion purchase of Web ad supplier DoubleClick by end-2007 despite a U.S. federal probe, its CEO said on Wednesday.
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Google may buy online video phenom YouTube for $1.6 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt signaled in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission that the company intends to bid  $4.6 billion for a portion of the 700 MHz spectrum band in an upcoming auction, assuming the FCC adopts rules that require open devices, applications, wholesale services and network access.
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Loose change for Grand Central Google has acquired GrandCentral Communications, a California-based provider of web-based communications solutions.â¦
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Google has signaled that its share auction is nearly complete, asking the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval to begin selling 25.7 million shares of stock starting late this afternoon.
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The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it approved Google's proposed $3.1 billion purchase of advertising rival DoubleClick.
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Google  said it would file on  Friday with the European Commission for permission to acquire  rival DoubleClick for $3.1 billion.