Google surpassed Microsoft by capitalization

So, there was no doubt a significant event in the history of Google Inc .: The Mountain View company bypassed the capitalization of the Redmond mastodon from Microsoft, becoming the second company in the IT sector after Apple. Google shares reached $ 760, while Microsoft shares fell below $ 29.70, which allowed Google Inc. reach a capitalization of $ 248.8 billion against $ 247.9 billion


According to analysts, the reason for such growth of Google is the explosive growth of activations of mobile devices running Google Android, strengthening the position of Google Chrome browser on the Internet, growth of the company's profits and growth prospects. But the subsidence of Microsoft is associated with some stagnation of the company, not the most successful results of the last quarter and the subsidence of the PC market. Nevertheless, Microsoft has every chance to win back positions from Google with the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.