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Google chief Sundar Pichai takes over as CEO of parent company Alphabet
World | Dec 04, 2019, 07:14 AM ISTBorn on June 10, 1972, in Tamil Nadu's Madurai, Pichai did his schooling in Chennai and earned his degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering. The 47-year-old holds an MS from Stanford University in material sciences and engineering, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Google will now reflect ads on its mobile app homepage
Technology | May 15, 2019, 12:16 PM ISTGoogle set to allow ads that will be reflected on its homepage of the mobile app later this year.
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With a jump in advertising sales, Alphabet logs $39.3 bn in revenue on Google ad business
Technology | Feb 05, 2019, 12:36 PM ISTThe advertising business of Google accounts to $32.6 billion of Alphabet's overall revenue.
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A health-tracking shoe that measures weight and fall, in works by Alphabet's Verily life science
Technology | Feb 02, 2019, 05:01 PM ISTThe company in recent months showed the prototype of the design in private meetings to attract partners for making the shoe and getting it in the market.
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Wait, what? 10 letters were dropped from the English alphabet- watch video
Trending | Feb 01, 2018, 06:43 PM ISTThe video has already generated 650,094 views on YouTube and is getting flooded with multiple comments.
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Google's ‘Ultra Pixel’ to take on Apple iPhone X? All eyes on Oct 4 Pixel launch event
Gadgets | Oct 03, 2017, 10:49 AM ISTSpeculation is rife that Google may announce the launch of the 'Ultra Pixel' to counter iPhone X.
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Google parent Alphabet posts profit despite $2.7bn EU fine, appoints Pichai to Board of Directors
Jul 25, 2017, 11:34 AM ISTDespite being hit by the impact of a $2.7 billion European Commission's (EC) anti-trust fine, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has still posted $26 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2017
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Alphabet's Waymo begins testing self-driving trucks
Jun 03, 2017, 04:58 PM ISTAccording to a report in BuzzFeed, Waymo's self-driving truck was spotted in a photo and the development was later confirmed by the company.
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What if Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet were countries: 4 mindboggling facts
May 12, 2017, 06:12 PM ISTApple was a country, it would have been the world’s 17th largest economy
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Google co-founders gain Rs 21K cr as Alphabet pips market expectations in quarter earnings
Jul 29, 2016, 12:19 PM ISTGoogle's parent company Alphabet Inc revealed its quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations. Alphabet’s revenue grew by 21.3 percent to $21.5 billion (Rs. 1 lakh cr approx.), while earnings jumped to $4.88 billion (Rs.
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Google ex-CEO Schmidt reveals he uses an iPhone
May 25, 2016, 11:43 AM ISTAmsterdam: Tech industry titans Tim Cook and Eric Schmidt took their battle for corporate domination to the heart of Europe today seeking to win over new startups and IT enthusiasts. In a rare move, Apple
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10 big announcements you can expect from CEO Sundar Pichai at Google’s annual developers conference
May 16, 2016, 07:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Annual Developers conference of Google is scheduled to take place on May 18 to 22 in Mountain View, California. With a new venue and announcements on the future of Android N, VR,
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Google to sell its robotic subsidiary Boston Dynamics
Mar 18, 2016, 02:38 PM ISTNew York: Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. may sell its robotics subsidiary Boston Dynamics as the Alphabet executives think that the robotics company is unlikely to generate substantial revenue and hard to work with.
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Google's 'project loon' to provide internet access in remote areas: Reports
Feb 16, 2016, 07:07 PM ISTNew York: Google's ambitious project to deliver internet to remote parts of the world using high-flying balloons has survived a brutal development phase and will enter the testing mode later this year, media reported on
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U.S. tells Google can qualify as drivers in self-driving cars
Feb 10, 2016, 06:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: U.S. vehicle safety regulators have said that the artificial intelligence system piloting self-driving Google car could be considered as the driver under federal law. This has turned out to be a major step
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Alphabet beats Apple as world's most valuable company
Feb 02, 2016, 10:06 AM ISTSan Francisco: Alphabet, the new parent firm for Google, now comes before Apple atop the list of the world's most valuable companies. The shift occurred in Monday's extended trading after Alphabet released a fourth-quarter earnings