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Alphabet Pulls The Plug On Digital Ballooning Venture Loon

Alphabet Pulls The Plug On Digital Ballooning Venture Loon
Alphabet Pulls The Plug On Digital Ballooning Venture Loon
January 22, 2021  |  Internet of Things

Google’s parent company Alphabet is pulling the plug on its subsidiary Loon, a futuristic venture that for the past decade was exploring the use of...

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YouTube’s Brief Outage Focuses Attention On Its Growing Commerce Role
YouTube’s Brief Outage Focuses Attention On Its Growing Commerce Role
December 14, 2020  |  Social Commerce

Google’s massive outage on Monday (Dec. 14) showed not only how much the world relies on services like Gmail, but also spotlighted the company’s YouTube...

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Big Tech Earnings Cement Digital-First Economic Shift
Big Tech Earnings Cement Digital-First Economic Shift
November 02, 2020  |  Economy

Economic headwinds abound. This week marks the culmination of an election season like no other. Virus cases are rising. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Alphabet 3Q Earnings Will Focus On Advertising, The Cloud And US Antitrust Lawsuit
Alphabet 3Q Earnings Will Focus On Advertising, The Cloud And US Antitrust Lawsuit
October 27, 2020  |  Earnings

With all the “sturm und drang” surrounding Google and the antitrust lawsuit the U.S. Justice Department brought earlier this month, it’s easy to overlook the...

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Boston Telemedicine Company Amwell Prices IPO At Up to $560 Million
Boston Telemedicine Company Amwell Prices IPO At Up to $560 Million
September 09, 2020  |  IPO

Amwell, the Boston-based telemedicine company, is planning to go public as the demand for virtual healthcare offerings skyrockets amid the coronavirus pandemic. Get the Full...

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Alphabet’s Verily, Reinsurer Swiss Re Target Self-Insured Firms With New Venture
Alphabet’s Verily, Reinsurer Swiss Re Target Self-Insured Firms With New Venture
August 25, 2020  |  Healthcare

Verily, an Alphabet company, is creating a new subsidiary, Coefficient Insurance Co., that will be backed by reinsurer Swiss Re Group, according to a Tuesday...

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: US Unsure When It Might Sue Google, But Private Suit Claims Instagram Collected Users’ Biometric Data
Big Tech Compliance Tracker: US Unsure When It Might Sue Google, But Private Suit Claims...
August 17, 2020  |  Regulation

Here’s the latest news for Big Tech’s Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Facebook, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators and politicians the world over....

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DOJ Wavers On Timeline For Possible Google Antitrust Lawsuit
DOJ Wavers On Timeline For Possible Google Antitrust Lawsuit
August 17, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Some Department of Justice (DOJ) staffers don’t agree with Attorney General William Barr’s decision to level a swift antitrust case against Google parent Alphabet, The...

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SoftBank Reveals Stakes In Amazon, Alphabet, Netflix And Tesla
SoftBank Reveals Stakes In Amazon, Alphabet, Netflix And Tesla
August 17, 2020  |  Investments

SoftBank has built a stake worth around $1.2 billion in Amazon, according to regulatory filings as reported by Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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