Non-bank investors include Google and utilities that use their own money to finance leases.
Those companies include Google and eBay (EBAY) and even some other interesting growth names like OpenTable (OPEN).
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Supported apps include Google Play Music, Google Play Movies and TV, and YouTube.
Other apps accessible via Sensus Connected Touch include Google maps, TuneIn, iGO navigation and an app store for new functions and updates.
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Navigenics, Iceland's DeCode Genetics and 23andMe, whose investors include Google and Genentech, use DNA chips to give people preliminary data on their risk of a variety of diseases.
The app wouldn't appear to pose a direct threat to Google because it could potentially help phone makers and wireless carriers sell more Android devices, which include Google's revenue-generating search service, YouTube, Google Maps and other services, rather than those made by rival Apple.
And soon we'll have the Google phone, which will be manufactured by others but will include a Google operating system, browser, search, e-mail and video.
It will also include other Google Inc. services like the Chrome browser, Gmail, YouTube and Google Maps.
WifiSLAM has a handful of employees, and its co-founders include former Google software engineering intern Joseph Huang.
Certified by Google, ARCHOS Gen10 tablets include full access to Google PlayTM, including DRM support for downloading books, music and movies.
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According to one of the NYT sources, another issue could be Google's desire to include 3D imagery from Google Earth in any standalone effort to compete with Apple's native features.
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Google products that allegedly infringe include search, Gmail, Google Finance, Google Maps, Orkut and Adsense, among others.
Other competitors in the technology sector include: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), and AOL (AOL).
Cloud storage services with two-factor include Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft's Sky Drive.
The countries looking at taking action against Google include the big ones: Germany, France and the UK, which makes this a serious issue.
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As micro-blogging sites such as Twitter become more mainstream (similar offerings include Pownce and Google's Jaiku), the practice will likely spread more widely.
Web firms joining the initiative include search giant Google, domain registration firm Network Solutions, hosting companies as well as payment processors Paypal, Visa and Mastercard.
And, yes, this subsidization does include Facebook and Google.
Previous clean energy investments by Google include eSolar Inc, which builds Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants, as well as AltaRock Energy and Potter Drilling, which use various techniques to optimize and develop geothermal energy sources.
Other closures include Fast Flip, Google Desktop, Sidewiki, Google Pack, Google Image Labeler and Google Web Security.
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There will be several hundred new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), which could include such addresses as .google, .coke, or even .
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But in order to get certified they have to include the usual suite of Google products, search, Maps, YouTube and so on.
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Companies represented include Accenture, Apple, Google, Twitter, Dropbox, Friend.ly, Tagged, Triggit, Qualcomm, Unsubscribed.com, Threadsy, Tango, and Silicon Valley Bank.
Investors include Foundation Capital, Google Ventures, and Playdom founder Rick Thomson.
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Top holdings include Disney, Nike, Google, Starbucks and Coca-Cola, but not Facebook.
The fourth quarter figures are not directly comparable with a year earlier, as they include Motorola Mobility, which Google bought in May 2012.
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Other hires from Google to Facebook include Ben Ling who is now director of platform product marketing and Ethan Beard, a former director of social media and now director of business development.
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