Google will add audio and visual alerts to warn drivers about upcoming railroad crossings on Google’s navigation system, the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration announced on Monday. The agency also asked four other companies – Apple, Garmin, Tom Tom and AOL’s MapQuest – to join similar map partnerships using the agency’s data to pinpoint the crossings, it said. AOL is owned by Verizon.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google has been given six more weeks to reply to EU antitrust charges of abusing its market power in a dozen EU countries, the world’s most popular Internet search engine said on Monday. “We have asked the European Commission for additional time to review the documents they’ve provided us. The Commission has extended our response deadline to Aug. 17,” Google spokesman Al Verney said. The company had
Leading smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans to launch more handsets running on its own Tizen operating system later this year, a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. Samsung will launch several Tizen smartphones at varying prices, the person said without disclosing other specifications. Samsung aims to build its own ecosystem through Tizen, which powers its smartwatches and premium television sets.
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China, Greece, Spain, and Puerto Rico may be shaken but should U.S. investors worry?
A deepening Greek crisis hit global markets on Monday, with the DAX and CAC falling 3.5 percent and U.S. futures indicating a sharply lower open.
More Americans signed contracts to purchase homes in May, as pending sales climbed to their highest level in more than nine years. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that its seasonally adjusted …
As hard as investors try to wean themselves off stocks, the habit is proving impossible to kick. In a year when fund clients pulled about $60 billion from equities, the value of shares has climbed by $527 billion, pushing the total owned by households to $20 trillion.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Google Inc’s appeal in a major software copyright case, leaving intact a ruling that would allow Oracle Corp to charge licensing fees for the use of some of its Java programming language. The high court left in place a May 2014 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in favor of Oracle. Google had argued it should