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Google hires its first games boss

Former SCEA man Mark DeLoura has been named as Google’s ‘developer advocate’ for video games, and is set to start in the new position today. This appointment marks the first time the Google has hired somebody to a specific games development role. CasualGaming.biz has the story.

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Google founders to sell up

The two men who set up internet and cloud computing giant Google are reportedly looking to sell their controlling stake in the tech behemoth, netting themselves around 3.4bn in the process. The BBC reports that Larry Page and Sergey Brin are preparing to sell 10m of their shares over the …

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Google revenues surge 17%

It seems that global economic slowdown has yet to reach the sunny vistas of California’s Mountain View with news that Google’s revenues enjoyed a year-on-year increase of 17 per cent for the quarter ending December 31st 2009. Total revenues hit $6.67bn for the period, up from the $5.7bn in the …

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