GOOG Up As Market Recovers The markets are bouncing around as French debt fears grow and
Goldman Sachs reports a worse than anticipated quarter, its second only loss in the company's history since going public. Shares of GOOG continue to rise. Catalysts include continued
Android momentum in the smartphone and tablet markets worldwide;
Motorola acquisition approval and integration; regaining ground in China; any signs of life for
Google TV (including
Motorola); the roll-out of
Google Music (see below), social network Google+ and
Google Wallet; and progress in other newer initiatives (location-based services, mapping, gaming, daily deals, etc.). The stock trades at approximately
11.7x Enterprise Value / EBIT, inexpensive relative to historical trading levels.
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Is Google Trying To Launch Its Music Service Ahead Of iTunes Match? (The New York Times) Google has been working on securing re-sale rights for major songs and albums, according to music executives. Current negotiations seek playback rights as well as the option to have users purchase music directly which is beyond its previous attempts to secure rights, which requested advanced licensing privileges for the cloud storage of audio files in Google's Music (Beta) service. Google may be hoping to announce its store before
Apple opens its latest cloud music program,
iTunes Match, which is expected to be operational by the end of October.
Read » YouTube Becomes A Music E-Commerce Destination (VentureBeat) YouTube launched the Merch Store, allowing music fans to download tracks and purchase merchandise straight through YouTube. Being a huge promotional platform to sell merchandise and tickets, this is a big deal for both music labels and artists. The company partnered with a number of different companies to enable the e-commerce add-ons, including Topspin (for merchandise, concert tickets and other experiences), Songkick (for concerts) and
Amazon and iTunes (for music downloads). You can't help but wonder if this will somehow be rolled into
Google Music.
Read » Google Wallet Continues Its Slow March Forward (TechCrunch) Google Wallet unveiled its first round of retail partners, including American Eagle Outfitters, The Container Store, Foot Locker, Guess, Jamba Juice,
Macy's, OfficeMax and Toys R Us. Those partners are now beginning to offer coupons and rewards points exclusively through Google Wallet, going after
Groupon and
Foursquare at once. Google Wallet is still only available to consumers that have the
Sprint Nexus S 4G.
Read » Hints That Jelly Bean Will Be More Of A Sweeping Android Update (Electronista) Google hinted as to the schedule of Android's Jelly Bean update with the announcement of Google I/O 2012. The developer expo is due at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on April 24 and 25. Jelly Bean is rumored to be a more complete update than its yet to be released predecessor,
Ice Cream Sandwich. What that means is anyone's guess. Ice Cream Sandwich will be announced today at a Google event in Hong Kong, where we should hopefully also see the arrival of the Galaxy Nexus (
Samsung).
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