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Alphabet Misses But Google Assistant Gets Updates
Alphabet Misses But Google Assistant Gets Updates
February 02, 2018  |  Google

Alphabet, the parent firm of Google, delivered fourth-quarter results that disappointed investors, at least as far as their bottom line was concerned. While the company beat...

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Alphabet Launches AI-Focused Hacker-Fighting Business
Alphabet Launches AI-Focused Hacker-Fighting Business
January 25, 2018  |  Safety and Security

Alphabet announced that it has launched Chronicle, a cybersecurity company that will enable companies to detect and prevent cyberattacks. Chronicle is currently offering two services:...

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Google Looking To Put Zagat On The Block
Google Looking To Put Zagat On The Block
January 04, 2018  |  Google

Zagat, the restaurant review guide owned by Alphabet’s Google, could be put up for sale, according to CNBC reports published Wednesday (Jan. 3). Google has...

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Google Predicts AI Will Be An Issue For Regulators
Google Predicts AI Will Be An Issue For Regulators
December 05, 2017  |  Google

A vice president at Alphabet’s Google says that the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data in various fields will pose new challenges to the...

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Google Seeks To Feather Its Smart Home With Nest
Google Seeks To Feather Its Smart Home With Nest
December 01, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Google is reportedly considering combining Nest Labs, its home automation unit, with its hardware team, reported The Wall Street Journal. Citing sources familiar with the...

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The Frightful Five: Monster Valuation
The Frightful Five: Monster Valuation
November 03, 2017  |  Retail

The total combined value of the Frightful Five — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft — is indeed a frightful amount, most recently tallied at $3.3 trillion:...

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Frightful Five Add $181B To Wall Street
Frightful Five Add $181B To Wall Street
October 30, 2017  |  Stock Index

With technology earnings in full swing, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook all added billions of dollars in market value last week alone. According to a...

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Mobile Drives Alphabet/Google Q3 Earnings Surge
Mobile Drives Alphabet/Google Q3 Earnings Surge
October 27, 2017  |  Amazon

Alphabet, the parent firm of Google, seems to be dotting its “I”s and crossing its “T”s as the company delivered third-quarter results that showed traction...

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Lyft Raises $1B Led By Google
Lyft Raises $1B Led By Google
October 20, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Ride-hailing platform Lyft, a competitor to Uber, announced Thursday (Oct. 19) that CapitalG, Alphabet’s growth investment fund, was the lead investor in a $1 billion round of...

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