Google Fiber

The Chilean government and Alphabet Inc’s Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) have made public their collaboration on a pioneering project – an undersea fiber-optic cable connecting South America with the Asia Pacific region. What Happened: The Chilean government and Google...

GFiber, or Google Fiber, is rolling out early access to its 20Gbps internet service after announcing it in October, with prices starting at $250 per month. What Happened: Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google has flipped the switch on its extremely fast 20Gbps fiber internet service...

Google Fiber has announced the rollout of an outrageously fast 20Gbps internet service that lets you download massive games like Marvel's Spider-Man 2 in just over half a minute. What Happened: Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Fiber broadband service has announced a massive speed...

Get ready to say hello to lightning-fast internet! Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has launched Google Fiber that offers 5Gbps service for $125 a month.  What Happened: The new $125-a-month Google Fiber plan is available in Kansas City, West Des Moines and Fiber’s Utah cities...

Search giant Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) recently announced trial of a new local advertising service for Google Fiber. This service will enable TV ads to behave more like ads on the Internet. Mike Prospero, reviews editor of Laptop Mag and Tom's Guide, was on CNBC Monday to...

Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is one of the world’s leading companies when it comes to technological innovation. With Google’s quarterly earnings release, today is a good time to take a look at what the company has been up to over the past three months. Here’s a list...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just made itself both a leader and a “good guy” in the ongoing debate over net neutrality, including fast lanes and the practice of charging for peering. In a blog post Wednesday the company said it did not charge a fee for either one on its Google Fiber networks. In the...

U.S. stocks finished the day near session lows as investors found little reason to be bullish. Housing data came in poor and failed to rally the bulls. Several Fed members raised the idea of a rate hike but “participants agreed that, with the unemployment rate approaching 6.5 percent, it would...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is obsessed with speed. So said Google chief financial officer, Patrick Pichette, during the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference as reported by USA Today. Part of that “speed obsession” is currently being manifested in somewhat feverish attempts to develop and...

Sony's (NYSE: SNE) mysterious TV service could launch sooner than later if the company's new deal with Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) comes to fruition. According to The Wall Street Journal, Sony has reached a preliminary agreement with Viacom for its unconfirmed pay-TV series. Unlike Netflix (NASDAQ:...

Up until now, AT&T (NYSE: T) provided free Wi-Fi to Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) customers in America. Going forward, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Level 3 Communications (NYSE: LVLT) will replace AT&T as the providers of free Internet access. On its official blog, Google promised to deliver...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) went to the dollar store this week. however, instead of buying cheap knickknacks from Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR), Google went shopping for a municipal fiber-optic system in Provo, Utah, that cost $39 million to build. According to the Associated Press, the deal is "widely...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been on quite a run as of late, gaining over 20 percent during the last three months, which looks even more impressive when compared to the 20 percent decline its chief rival Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) demonstrated over the same period. A number of analysts increased price...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has officially unveiled Google Fiber, a new service that could give Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Verizon (NYSE: VZ), AT&T (NYSE: T), and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) a run for their money. Designed to provide its users with a faster, higher class of Internet connectivity,...