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KeyBanc Downgrades Criteo On Google Cookie Policy Overhang
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 10:42am | 374Although Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is considering new privacy tools that could restrict cookie-tracking in Chrome, this is unlikely to be as stringent as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) in Safari, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets. That news, however...
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EU Hits Google With Record $5.1 Billion Antitrust Fine
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - 8:17am | 395Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) suffered a $5.1 billion, or €4.34 billion, fine Wednesday for antitrust activity in Europe. What Happened The European Commission said Google obstructed digital rivals by negotiating with handset makers like Samsung, HTC and Huawei to favor...
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Google Chrome Browser Extension Caught Mining Cryptocurrency
Tuesday, January 2, 2018 - 3:00pm | 374Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) removed its archive poster Chrome extension Tuesday after some of its 105,000 users reported the surreptitious deployment of an in-browser CoinHive miner. Early reports suggest the Monero mining script was present on at least four updates of the extension, which...
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Google Chrome World's Top Browser; It's Also The Most Vulnerable To Hackers
Monday, July 24, 2017 - 6:24pm | 340Google Chrome is not only the world’s most popular browser; it’s also the most vulnerable to attack, a pair of studies show. Using information compiled by CVE Detail, the analytics firm Statista said the Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) browser led its competitors with the most errors in...
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Google Chrome Removes Extension Targeting Jews
Monday, June 6, 2016 - 9:16am | 225Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Google has removed an extension from Chrome that was targeting prominent Jews in media and politics, according to a report on CNNMoney. The report said the extension called "Coincidence Detector" singled out Jewish people online by putting three sets...
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CEO Sundar Pichai: Google's Fourth Musketeer
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 10:50am | 407Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) named Google CEO Sundar Pichai one of the people most important to the execution of the company’s vision in a section outlining risks to the company in a 10-K filing. The filing listed Pichai alongside Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and executive...
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Expectations For Google's I/O Conference This Year
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 4:06pm | 435Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s annual I/O Conference starts Thursday, where the company will be showcasing the new technology and products it has been working on. Jeremy Rosenberg, head of digital at Allison+Partners, was on CNBC Wednesday to discuss what investors and...
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Chrome Goes High-Res for MacBook Pro's Retina Display
Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 8:18am | 455Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may no longer be the provider of iOS maps, but Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) can't stop the Mountain View, California-based corporation from providing Mac users with the world's fastest-growing browser. In its current form, Google Chrome is a simple, straightforward, light-as-air...
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New Chrome Extension Brings Music to Facebook
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 8:36am | 267As if we didn't already have enough ways to play and share music. There's a new Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Chrome extension in town, and it's bringing music to Facebook much sooner than the official rollout. +Music is described as a “super simple way to stream online music,” allowing users to listen...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 11
Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 10:17am | 991The new earnings season kicks off this week when Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and Novellus (NASDAQ: NVLS) report second-quarter results on Monday after the closing bell. That is followed by Marriott (NYSE: MAR) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) on Wednesday, JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) on Thursday...
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SnapGuide Closes $2 Million Round
Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 8:13am | 133Yesterday, mobile startup SnapGuide closed a funding round totaling more than $2 million. Index Ventures led the round, with participation from Atlas Ventures. Dave Morin, Gary Clayton and SV Angel and other angels also participated. SnapGuide was founded by Daniel Raffel and Steve Krulewitz....