Hamza Shaban, The Washington Post Published 6:10 am PST, Monday, December 17, 2018 A pedestrian walks past signage at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. A pedestrian walks past signage at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Photo: Bloomberg Photo By David Paul Morris Photo: Bloomberg Photo By David Paul Morris Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 A pedestrian walks past signage at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. A pedestrian walks past signage at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Photo: Bloomberg Photo By David Paul Morris Google announces $1 billion expansion in New York City 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Google announced Monday it will … [Read more...] about Google announces $1 billion expansion in New York City
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Google reveals billion-dollar expansion in New York City
News / UK and world by Press Association December 17, 2018, 12:44 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Google is spending more than $1 billion (£790 million) to expand operations in New York City. Ruth Porat, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Google and Alphabet, said in a blog post on Monday that Google is creating a more than 1.7 million square-foot campus which includes lease agreements along the Hudson River in lower Manhattan. Google Hudson Square will be the company’s primary location for its New York operations. Google put its first office in New York nearly 20 years ago, and already has more than 7,000 employees in the city. The company has continued to build up its New York presence, announcing earlier this year that it was buying the Manhattan Chelsea Market building for $2.4 billion (£1.9 billion) and planned to lease more space at Pier 57. Google hopes to move into the new campus … [Read more...] about Google reveals billion-dollar expansion in New York City
Google commences $1B expansion in New York City
Updated 4:33 am PST, Monday, December 17, 2018 FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, people walk by Google offices in New York. Google is spending more than $1 billion to expand operations in New York City. Ruth Porat, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Google and Alphabet, said in a blog post Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, that Google is creating a more than 1.7 million square-foot campus that includes lease agreements along the Hudson River in lower Manhattan. less FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, people walk by Google offices in New York. Google is spending more than $1 billion to expand operations in New York City. Ruth Porat, senior vice president and chief ... more Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of … [Read more...] about Google commences $1B expansion in New York City
Google to spend $1 billion on new New York City campus
Google said Monday it will spend $1 billion on a new New York City campus, allowing the company to double its staff there within a decade. The new campus, dubbed Google Hudson Square, will consist of 1.7 million square feet of office space in lower Manhattan, Google CFO Ruth Porat said in a blog post. The company employs about 7,000 people in New York. The announcement follows plans from other tech giants to expand their operations outside their home bases, such as Amazon's new HQ2 headquarters in New York and Virginia. And last week, Apple detailed plans to build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, as well as open offices in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, California. Technology companies are expanding in an effort to find more talent, especially as the high cost of living in Silicon Valley and other tech hubs may make it more difficult to recruit people in those locations."New York City continues to be a great source of diverse, world-class … [Read more...] about Google to spend $1 billion on new New York City campus
Colin Kroll, co-founder of HQ Trivia app, is found dead in New York City
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Sapna Maheshwari New York Times December 16, 2018 NEW YORK — Colin Kroll, co-founder and chief executive of the popular HQ Trivia app, was found dead apparently of a drug overdose in his lower Manhattan apartment early Sunday, police said.Police officers found his body facedown on his bed after a concerned woman called 911 and asked police to check up on him in his SoHo apartment, on Spring Street. The woman’s relationship to Kroll was unclear, but police said she grew worried about his well-being. Police said they found what appeared to be cocaine and heroin in the apartment.Kroll was 34. Advertisement A spokeswoman for HQ Trivia said that the company became aware of Kroll’s death Sunday. Get Talking Points in your inbox: An afternoon recap of the day’s most important business news, delivered … [Read more...] about Colin Kroll, co-founder of HQ Trivia app, is found dead in New York City