Friday is finally here! Google becomes a massive success and updates a few phones, Esurance gives back, GoPro hits the stocks, and we see a whole lot of charity from our beloved tech companies.

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Google Tops Exxon Mobile

Google's market cap topped $391 billion  while Exxon Mobil's market cap dipped towards the $390 billion mark. This officially makes Google the second most valuable company in the world. Apple is the world's most valuable company.

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Esurance Gives Away $1.5 million

Esurance saved $1.5 million with its commercial slot in the Super Bowl, so they decided to do a 36 hour sweepstakes. The only rule was to tweet #esurancesave30 to qualify. Twitter blew up. The winners were just announced to be a 29-year-old from northern California and his expecting fiancee.

Read more about it here.

Google Play Gets an Update

Google gave the Android app shop a bit of a make-over this week. Some devices, like Nexus, even have Google Now Launcher instead of the original name. You can now reserve an Air Bed and Breakfast and get  recommendations based on your TV provider.

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GoPro Files for IPO

The camera is neat, the videos are always insane, and you might look a little silly wearing it. The action camera company GoPro is about to offer stock shares to the general public. It has also been hinted that profits may exceed a billion this year.

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Tech Companies Team with Obama

Tech companies have teamed up to donate $750 million worth of electronics to public schools. Lets break it down.

• Apple is contributing iPads, MacBooks and other products
•  AT&T and Sprint will provide Internet access
• Autodesk and O'Reilly Media will provide software
•  Microsoft will  discount Windows operating systems for all public schools, and provide millions of free copies of Office software
•  Verizon will provide cash and technical support.

Barbara Cline

Digital Content Writer

@BlueArcherPGH