Google leaps over Apple as the most valuable brand name

Google leaps over Apple as the most valuable brand name: According to Millward Brown's 2014 100 Top BrandZ report, Google is now the most valuable brand on the planet, worth nearly $158.9 billion. The tech titan saw its brand increase in value by 40%. Part of the increase in Google's value was due to Google Glass. The wearable is now available to anyone with $1500 to spend.



Dropping to second after three years on top, is Apple. The value of the brand started all those years ago in a garage, is now worth approximately $147.9 billion. But unlike the rise in Google's name, the value of the Apple brand declined by 20%. With all of the talk about a ...