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Google Splits Stock To GOOG, GOOGL, And Both Climb

A new class of Google (GOOG) stock hit the market Thursday morning, giving the company two trading tickers — GOOG and GOOGL — and sending both stocks higher. Google’s stock price was roughly halved from Wednesday’s close of 1,135.10 to opening prices of 569.85 for GOOG and 573.39 for GOOGL in the stock market today. Both Google stocks were up 3.5% in morning trading, and both traded near 586. Shares trading under the GOOGL ticker each traded about

Amazon Fire TV Box Follows Already-Blazed Trail

Amazon.com (AMZN) on Wednesday unveiled its long-awaited set-top box for streaming Internet video and music and playing casual games, joining a crowded market. The e-commerce giant boasted that its $99 Amazon Fire TV has more horsepower and capabilities than rival devices from Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG), Roku and others. Amazon says Fire TV has three times the processing power of Apple TV, Google Chromecast or Roku 3, and four times the memory.

Amazon takes on Apple, Roku, Google with streaming video box

Amazon.com (AMZN) has set its sights on the living room with its latest consumer electronics gadget, a set-top box that streams Internet video and also plays games. It joins a crowded market with similar devices from Apple (AAPL), Roku, Google (GOOG) and others. Amazon introduced its long-awaited set-top box, called Amazon Fire TV, at a media event in New York City on Wednesday. The $99 device is available for order on Amazon.com. It joins joins Amazon’s Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets in the company’s homegrown product lineup. With Fire TV, users can access Amazon Prime Instant Video, as well as Netflix (NFLX), Hulu and other third-party video services. Plus, users can rent new release movies from Amazon. Among the innovative features of the device is speech-recognition technology for searching for programs to watch. Voice search is built into the Fire TV remote control. “Tiny box, huge specs, tons of…