LARRY PAGE

Shares of Google Inc surged as much as 13.5 percent on Friday, a day after blockbuster results and signs of success in mobile and social networking revived hopes the Internet titan was getting back on a growth track.

Google Chief Executive Officer Larry Page has confirmed that Google+ has more than 10 million users.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Asia Entertainment & Resources, Google, Sino Clean Energy, Vical, and Carrizo Oil & Gas. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Seattle Genetics, Qlik Technologies, Logitech International, ICAgen, and Corinthian Colleges.

Though just a few days old the social network Google+ already connects more than 10 million people as Larry Page of Google announced together with the company results of Q2 2011.

Search giant Google Inc’s (GOOG) second quarter earnings and revenue beat Wall Street expectations.

Oracle Corp wants to question Google Inc Chief Executive Larry Page in the course of high stakes patent litigation between the two companies, according to a court filing.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Google, Vical, Asia Entertainment & Resources, Extreme Networks, and Resources Connection. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: FLIR Systems, Life Partners Holdings, Seattle Genetics, Shengkai Innovations, and Xyratex.

Groupon Inc, the largest online daily deals company, has added 11 new underwriters for its upcoming initial public offering.

Google Inc's results soundly trounced Wall Street's most bullish expectations, sending its shares up 12 percent and easing concerns that its battle with Facebook and Twitter is costing too much and hindering growth.

Larry Page's remarks on Google's earnings, which he posted on his Google+ page.

Google Inc's profit margins and its newly released social networking service will be in the investor spotlight when the Internet company reports its quarterly results after Thursday's market close.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg had the most followers on Google+ but now he's changed his privacy settings, so nobody knows for sure how many he has.

Google+ may be undergoing some changes, perhaps as soon as later this, week in response to complaints and suggestions from users of the two-week-old social network.

Remember when Ashton Kutcher won that race to get to 1 million Twitter followers in 2009? Well, this race is beginning with Google+ followers, sort of.

Google Inc will cooperate fully with U.S. antitrust regulators but will not let the formal probe launched last month distract or disrupt its strategy, executive chairman Eric Schmidt said.

Google Inc is leaving open the door to more co-operation with social-media giants Facebook and Twitter, and believes there is room for multiple social networks as it rolls out its own, executive chairman Eric Schmidt said.

Who top the Google+ follower list?

Google+ on July 4 has revealed a statistics which says that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the most followed user on Google+ than Google CEO Larry Page.

Google+, the social networking service which was launched by Google earlier this week could challenge Facebook's supremacy the same way Android-based smartphones now threaten iPhone.

Zuckerberg can easily become the third richest technology guy.

Internet search engine giant Google has launched an offensive on Facebook by taking the wraps off its very own social networking service (SNS) called Google+.