Google notes election-related searches in 2016 have increased 240% over a similar time frame for the 2012 cycle. The data goes in-depth with national search interest, state-by-state interest, trending queries, issue searches, voter registration searches […]
Google has added Lyft to the ride-sharing and cab services it lists in Maps, allowing iOS and Android users to more easily find service and compare prices. In New York City, Maps is also including […]
Sanofi and Alphabet’s life sciences firm Verily are investing about $500M in a diabetes joint venture combining devices with services, an example of growing ties between the pharma and tech sectors. “The company will leverage […]
Google just announced it is buying Apigee, a specialist in application programming interfaces (APIs), for approximately $625 million in cash. Apigee makes software to manage APIs, which are basically the communication conduits by which different […]
Google has unveiled a feature called “Shop the Look”; it enables consumers to buy clothes directly from search results. The company is teaming with LiketoKnow.it, which curates the social media posts of fashion influencers. The […]
Among the jumble of political primary headlines this past spring, you may have missed Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) quietly rebrand its moonshot acquisition “SkyBox,” now known as “Terra Bella.” This company plans to offer live HD […]
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is hanging up the gloves when it comes to Project Ara, the company’s initiative to build a smartphone with interchangeable modules. The customization would allow users to swap out cameras, speakers and […]
When thinking about the future of transportation-as-a-service, it’s tempting to draw a straight line from UberX to Google self-driving cars. Indeed, Google is reportedly extending a program it began piloting to all San Francisco area […]
Alphabet subsidiary Nest Labs is undergoing yet another restructuring, becoming part of Google’s (GOOG, GOOGL) internet-of-things team, in a unified division headed by Hiroshi Lockheimer, Fortune reports. The combined group also will continue to work […]
Facebook and Google had a combined domestic ad revenue of $13.1 billion in the second quarter, outpacing Disney, Comcast, 21st Century Fox and CBS combined. Facebook’s revenue increased eight times more than CBS, the fastest-growing […]
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