Today’s Google doodle celebrating St. Patrick’s Day includes a hidden word, but you have to know the ancient Irish ogham alphabet to decipher it. Created by the Irish artist Ross Stewart, the doodle leads to a search for “St. Patrick’s Day.” The image depicts a traditional Irish scene, with a stonemason arranging rocks that spell […]
As internet users are becoming more aware of online threats, cybersecurity is becoming a serious challenge for internet firms as they scramble for ways to dampen their users’ fears over online vulnerability. To take advantage of this need for more secure online systems, Alphabet, Google’s parent firm, has put up a new independent company with
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Alphabet announced today that Eric Schmidt, the top executive at the company since 2001, is moving out of his role as the Executive Chairman of the Board and will instead remain on the board as a technical advisor. From the press release: “Since 2001, Eric has provided us with business and engineering expertise and a
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Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) will report third quarter earnings after the closing bell on Thursday, October 25, and an important industry metric will be squarely in focus.
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As mobile-device usage has surged, Alphabet Inc.’s Google has managed to change along with its users, but it is a victim of that success in one important way. The search giant has managed to transition its enormously profitable advertising business toward mobile as web traffic from personal computers declined from dominant to less than half
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According to Bloomberg, Google is going to create a separate business unit to manage shopping content in search results to comply with the European Commission’s recent antitrust decision. This unit will reportedly be required to compete in the auction against shopping competitors. The unit will apparently use its own budget and revenues to bid in
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Google parent Alphabet announced second-quarter results. Both revenues and earnings per share beat Wall Street consensus estimates. However, the recent EU antitrust fine of $2.7 billion took a toll on net income and earnings per share. The company reported just over $26 billion in total revenues (up 21 percent), with Google contributing all but $248 million
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is joining the Alphabet board of directors, effective last week. Pichai has been at Google since 2004 and CEO since 2015, when the formation of Alphabet was announced. In addition to Pichai, the Alphabet board includes: Larry Page Sergey Brin Eric E. Schmidt L. John Doerr Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. Diane B.
