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Google parent Alphabet's profits fall short at $14-B

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 05:59 AM

Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that fell short of market expectations as belts tightened in the digital ad market that drives its revenue. Read more »

Google-parent Alphabet's profit slips as growth slows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 27 08:42 AM

Google-parent Alphabet reported its profit in the recently ended quarter slipped to $16 billion as its long sizzling ad revenue growth cooled. Read more »

Google making smartwatch in 'ambient' computing push

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 08:28 AM

Google said it is strapping a smartwatch onto its Pixel hardware line as part of an "ambient computing" vision to make its services available anywhere at any time. Read more »

Alphabet sees quarterly profit slip

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 08:38 AM

hares in Google's parent company Alphabet sank after the internet giant reported that earnings in the recently ended quarter missed market expectations, with profit down from a year earlier. Read more »

Alphabet eyes $2 trillion value after blowout results

Akash Sriram and Subrat Patnaik, Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 08:47 AM

Google parent company Alphabet Inc advanced nearer to joining peers Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp in the elite $2 trillion market valuation club on Wednesday as the search giant's shares surged more than 8 percent following a blowout quarterly report. Read more »

Google posts strong holiday sales, Alphabet shares surge

Paresh Dave and Nivedita Balu, Reuters
Posted at Feb 02 08:22 AM

Google parent Alphabet Inc beat fourth-quarter sales expectations as the search giant's internet advertising, cloud computing and hardware businesses benefited from holiday shopping, sending shares up more than 7 percent in after-hours trading. Read more »

Google faces lawsuits over location-tracking practices

David Shepardson and Doina Chiacu, Reuters
Posted at Jan 25 04:31 AM

The Texas Attorney General alleged Google misled consumers by continuing to track their location even when users sought to prevent it. Read more »

Alphabet's Verily signs L'Oreal in multi-year skin deal as losses grow

Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Jan 21 09:15 AM

Alphabet Inc's health tech arm Verily on Thursday announced its newest tie-up in its search for sustainable revenue, saying it would study skin health and explore new products with cosmetics maker L'Oreal SA. Read more »

Alphabet profit soars to over $18 billion

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 08:58 AM

Google's parent company Alphabet announced profits Tuesday that jumped to $18.9 billion, even as the online colossus faces increased regulatory pressure and shifting of the lockdown lifestyles that have so benefited Big Tech. Read more »

Google adds visual search features in shopping, video push

Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Sep 30 08:27 AM

Google users can soon combine images and text in search queries, a feature unveiled on Wednesday that could help the Alphabet Inc unit expand its role in e-commerce and dominance in online video. Read more »

Google extends remote work option due to pandemic

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 01 11:50 AM

Google on Tuesday extended the option for its employees to work from home into next year due to the pandemic. Read more »

WHO switches to Greek alphabet for virus variant names

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 01 12:39 PM

COVID-19 variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatizing nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization announced Monday.   Read more »

Slate of Google updates boost its smartwatch, work collaboration efforts

Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at May 19 11:16 AM

The announcements during the virtually-held Google I/O developer conference add up to a boost for the company's smartwatch efforts, which compete with Apple Inc, and for its collaboration tools that rival offerings from Microsoft Corp.   Read more »

Google sales top estimates on ad surge; Alphabet plans $50B buyback

Paresh Dave and Subrat Patnaik, Reuters
Posted at Apr 28 07:00 AM

The results are the first sign that Google services may hold on to gains in usage brought on by lockdowns and other pandemic restrictions. Read more »

Google Maps to feature more sustainable travel options

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 09:58 AM

Google Maps is getting a "green" update, allowing users to reduce their carbon footprint and choose more sustainable travel options.  Read more »

Google to invest over $7 billion in US, create 10,000 jobs: CEO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 08:37 PM

Pichai said Google "wants to be a part" of America's economic recovery from the pandemic and is investing in some communities that are new to the company, as well as expanding in others across 19 states.   Read more »

YouTube removes five military-run Myanmar TV channels from platform

Reuters
Posted at Mar 05 02:37 PM

Alphabet Inc's YouTube has removed 5 channels of Myanmar's military-run television networks hosted on its platform in the wake of the coup in the Southeast Asian country. Read more »

Alphabet's Google posts record sales as retailers shell out for ads

Paresh Dave and Munsif Vengattil , Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 09:28 AM

Google parent Alphabet Inc on Tuesday topped quarterly sales expectations for its advertising and Cloud businesses, helped in part by the pandemic, and said it will resume big spending on hiring and facility construction.   Read more »

Google and French publishers sign agreement over copyright

Mathieu Rosemain, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 06:21 PM

In a first in Europe, Alphabet's Google and a group of French publishers said on Thursday they had agreed a general framework over copyrights under which the US tech giant will pay publishers for content online.   Read more »

YouTube bans Trump for another week over inauguration violence concerns

Elizabeth Culliford and Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Jan 20 07:53 AM

YouTube said on Tuesday it was extending a one-week ban on outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump uploading videos or live-streaming to his channel for at least an additional seven days. Read more »