“Google is getting physical,” Justine Underhill reports for Yahoo Finance. “The tech giant opened its first ever brick and mortar store in London. The shop will feature Android phones, tablets, and Chromecasts. Google also plans to hold classes on online security and coding.”
MacDailyNews Take: Sounds vaguely familiar, yet wholly inferior.
“Google plans to open two more stores later this year,” Underhill reports. “Google is also gearing up to hire a new CFO. The current CFO, Patrick Pichette, announced plans to retire from the company on Tuesday. Pichette is the fourth Google executive to step down in recent months.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Do you have to consent to a full body scan and turn over all trackable personal data upon entrance or are those the conditions of being permitted to leave?
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