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Google Follows Apple's Lead, Set To Begin Making Smartphones In This Asian Country
Thursday, February 22, 2024 - 2:07am | 468This story was first published in the Benzinga India portal. Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google is poised to begin manufacturing its Pixel smartphones in India as soon as the next quarter, according to a report by Nikkei. This move signifies a strategic...
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Google To Launch Blockchain Node Engine For Ethereum Developers
Thursday, October 27, 2022 - 11:46am | 443Software giant Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) announced a cloud-based node engine service for Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) developers and projects. The tech will allow customers to automatically maintain and monitor their nodes. Blockchains, which function as decentralized databases, include transaction...
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Alphabet's Majestic Q2 Results Show It Remains King Of Search And Video Ads
Thursday, July 29, 2021 - 5:21pm | 843On Tuesday after the bell, Big Tech crushed earnings with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) making a $57 billion quarterly profit. Their earnings report figures were powered by a rise in advertising spending. In simple words, this performance was...
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Facebook Refuses To Limit Political Ads But Gives Users More Control Over Them
Friday, January 10, 2020 - 6:09am | 515Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is sticking to its policy of allowing all political ads to appear on its platform, without any fact-checking, according to Reuters. What Happened Facebook, on Thursday, announced some changes in its political ads policy, including some additional “transparency...
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Every Russian App Is A 'Potential Counterintelligence Threat:' FBI
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 5:27am | 407Any mobile app developed in the Russian Federation poses a “potential counterintelligence threat” to the U.S., the Federal Bureau of Investigation told the Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer in a letter released on Monday. What Happened In the letter dated November 25, the...
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JPMorgan Names Google, Facebook And LinkedIn As Top Internet Picks
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 1:51pm | 1093Doug Anmuth, JPMorgan's Internet analyst stated in a note on Thursday that Internet stocks under his coverage fell 5 percent in 2014 versus the S&P 500's 11 percent gain. Anmuth noted that the underlying secular trends "remain strong." Anmuth's three top picks: Google Inc...
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What Happened At TechCrunch Disrupt (Translated For Investors)
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 12:12pm | 787Neil Doshi of Mizuho Securities attended the TechCrunch Disrupt 2015 conference. Highlights include: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) "firing on many cylinders," Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT)'s CEO defended his business, Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Alphabet viewed...
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Google Shares Upgraded At Atlantic Equities: YouTube, Mobile Search, Margin Improvements Point To $825 Valuation
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 7:54am | 358In a report published Wednesday, Atlantic Equities analyst James Cordwell upgraded shares of Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) to Overweight from Neutral with a price target boosted to $825 from a previous $560. According to Cordwell, YouTube is growing "very rapidly" as the...
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Weekly Tech Highlights: The Power Of Tesla's Powerwall And Google Sings The ABCs
Saturday, August 15, 2015 - 6:36pm | 828Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) surprised investors with an announcement no one saw coming, but that wasn't the only hot story from the second week of August. Read on to see what investors were excited about. Google Announced Alphabet, A New Holding Company Google surprised investors...
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Google's Reorganization Under Alphabet: A Move To Prevent 'Genericization?'
Saturday, August 15, 2015 - 10:27am | 345New York Times columnist James "Jim" Stewart published an article on Thursday titled 'Even in the New Alphabet, Google Keeps Its Capital G,' in which he argued that the key reason behind Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) reorganizing its business under Alphabet could be that it wants to prevent...
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Google Receives A Second Extension In Antitrust Case
Friday, August 14, 2015 - 7:20am | 327This week, the European Commission granted Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s request for more time to respond to EU allegations that the company has violated the region's antitrust laws. This is the second time the Internet giant has been given an extension; the company was...
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Altucher Asks: Why Did Google Create Alphabet?
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 12:22pm | 3941The following article was written by James Altucher of JamesAltucher.com. I visited Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) a few weeks ago and, after almost getting arrested, my mind was blown. First, Claudia wandered into the garage where they were actually making or fixing the driverless cars...