Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is in late stage discussions with Symphony regarding its plans to make an investment in the secure messaging startup, says a report from Re/code citing sources familiar with the talks. Terms of the investment or the size are not known yet. The announcement could come as soon as next week. Google itself investing in Symphony Symphony has built a cloud-based messaging service, and uses advanced encryption technology to keep the communications secure. Symphony is based in Palo Alto, California and has also offices in New York. The investment will come from Google proper, and not its investment arms – Google Ventures and Google Capital (Alphabet entities now) – the report says citing sources familiar with Google’s plans. Google made a similar investment... More