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The company formerly known as Google is far bigger than most people realize (GOOG, GOOGL)

Thomson ReutersSeveral of the projects and companies overseen by Alphabet Inc., the holding company Google created in 2015, have generated news of late. On Tuesday,  RBC Capital analyst Mark Maha.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJul 11th, 2018

Google "People Operations" Head Steps Down As Company Faces Mounting Employee Protests

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google's vice president for "people operations" is departing from the role, Fortune reported Monday. read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaFeb 11th, 2020

Inside the Alphabet empire: Here are the most important people and teams in Google"s vast power structure (GOOG, GOOGL)

REUTERS:Hannibal Hanschke.JPG Google-parent company Alphabet dominates businesses from search to online ads. The company has more than 103,000 employees working on high-profile initiatives and secret projects. Business Insider Pri.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJun 13th, 2019

Meet the little-known group inside of Google that"s fighting terrorists and trolls all across the web (GOOG, GOOGL)

Jigsaw Google and its parent company Alphabet are well aware that the internet has been a boon to bad people who want to do bad things.  Alphabet employs.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderAug 25th, 2018

Trump doubles down on slamming Google, saying it"s "taking advantage of a lot of people" — and warns Google, Facebook, and Twitter to "be careful" (GOOG, GOOGL, FB, TWTR)

Spencer Platt/Getty Images Hours after claiming Google "rigged" search results to supress conservative media outlets, US President Donald Trump attacked the company again later from the Oval office. Trump claimed that Google w.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderAug 28th, 2018

Google Self-Driving Sister Company Waymo Loses More High-Profile Executives A Month After CEO"s Exit

Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) self-driving unit Waymo is seeing the departure of two more key executives, a little over a month after CEO John Krafcik’s exit in April, Techcrunch read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaMay 13th, 2021

Waymo Looks Beyond Parent Google For Funding

Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) self-driving subsidiary Waymo is eyeing raising more funds from outside the parent company and making acquisitions on its own, Bloomberg read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaApr 30th, 2021

Google Analysts Bullish Following Earnings Beat: "Well Positioned For Reopening Tailwinds"

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) shares traded higher after the company reported a first-quarter earnings beat on Tuesday afternoon. For the first quarter, Alphabet reported adjusted EPS of $26.29.....»»

Category: earningsSource: benzingaApr 28th, 2021

Google Shares Rise On Revenue And Earnings Beat, $50B Buyback

Google parent company Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) reported first-quarter earnings Tuesday afternoon. read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaApr 27th, 2021

Google may soon face a pair of major antitrust lawsuits, as probes wind down into the company"s ad and search dominance (GOOG, GOOGL)

Associated Press Two major ongoing antitrus.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 15th, 2020

Meet the 33 people with the most power at YouTube, the world"s biggest online video company

Getty Google's YouTube is the world's biggest online video company, and it's making a bigger push into TV and strea.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 2nd, 2020

Analysts Applaud Alphabet Earnings: "An Incredible Advertising Business"

Shares of Google parent company Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) jumped 9% on Wednesday after the company reported a better-than-feared slowdown in revenue growth in the fi.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaApr 29th, 2020

Analysts Applaud Alphabet Earnings: "An Incredible Advertising Business"

Shares of Google parent company Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) jumped 9% on Wednesday after the company reported a better-than-feared slowdown in revenue growth in the first quarter. Alphabet repo.....»»

Category: earningsSource: benzingaApr 29th, 2020

Google is slashing its marketing budget by about 50% for the second half of 2020, with hiring freezes already underway in some departments (GOOG, GOOGL)

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google is slashing its marketing budget by as much as half for the second half of 2020, it has been reported. It also has implemented a hiring freeze in certain areas of the company.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 23rd, 2020

Google says all advertisers will soon have to verify their identities in an effort to curb spam, scams, and price gouging across the web (GOOG, GOOGL)

JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images Google says all advertisers will have to verify their identity going forward, as the company tries to curb spam and other problematic ads on its platforms. The change will only apply to US advertisers at first, but Go.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 23rd, 2020

Google blocked an average of 18 million daily malicious coronavirus messages to Gmail users in the last week as hackers try to capitalize on fear and less secure remote-work setups (GOOG, GOOGL)

S3studio/Getty Images Google blocked 18 million malicious coronavirus-themed emails sent to Gmail users in the past week alone, the company said in a blog post Thursday.  In addition to malware and phishing .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 16th, 2020

Google Parent Company To "Significantly" Limit New Hiring In 2020, CEO Pichai Says

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) will "significantly slow down the pace of hiring" for the rest of 2020 in light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the company's chief executive officer Sundar Picha read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaApr 15th, 2020

Google"s former CEO Eric Schmidt says people should "be a little bit grateful" for companies like Amazon that have "really helped us out" in the coronavirus fight (GOOG, GOOGL, AMZN, FB, AAPL)

Axel Schmidt/Getty Images Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said tech companies like Amazon have provided a "profound benefit" during the coronavirus and that people should "be a little bit grateful." "Think about what your life would be like in.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 15th, 2020

1,000 Google Employees Volunteer To Help Expand Sister Company"s Coronavirus Testing Program

A thousand Google LLC employees have volunteered to help with the novel coronavirus triage testing program developed by fellow Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) s read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaMar 27th, 2020

Google tweeted a description of its coronavirus screening site hours after Trump touted it – and it sounds very different than the nationwide test Trump promised (GOOGL, GOOG)

Getty Verily, an Alphabet company, is building a website to help tri.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 13th, 2020

Google"s parent company is shutting down power-generating kite subsidiary Makani: "The road to commercialization is longer and riskier than hoped" (GOOG, GOOGL)

Google Plus/ Makani Alphabet is shutting down Makani, its power-generating kite subsidiary, a blog post from Makani CEO Fort Felker announced Tuesday.  "This.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 18th, 2020