Google A Victory For Waterloo

January 6, 2006

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After purchasing a small technology firm based in Waterloo, Ontario, Google has decided to expand its presence by adding more staff in Waterloo. While fellow Waterloo corporate resident Research In Motion spent much of 2005 locked in a life-or-death patent battle with NTP, the new tech firm in town enjoyed vast profits, a soaring stock price, and endless media coverage that was mostly positive. 2005 was good to be Google, and even better for Reqwireless, a wireless technology company in Waterloo that Google quietly purchased in the summer of 2005. Canada.com Google has been particularly active in Waterloo, recruiting college graduates for its Googleplex. Now the company has begun making efforts to keep some of those recruits at home. The report cited a call for Email the author Del.icio.us") | Yahoo! My Web David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.

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