Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is known to have spend a great deal of money on buying start-up businesses (one of the latest purchases being the Nest company that specializes in smart smoke thermostats and alarms for little over $3 billion), and the latest acquisition is about Impermium, a security company that was recently purchased by the Google giant.
In a nutshell, Impermium specializes in countering spam and abuse, and although Google is already extremely good at that, it seems like the giant is always looking for newer and more ways to prevent spam, fraud and Web above – once again, this shows just how committed Google is to providing top-notch services to its users, and this is perfectly understandable given the fact that Google is the most popular search engine in the entire world, and that the company is constantly expanding its expertise across different industries.
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