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Google's changes to the Play Store and Search weren't enough to avoid further DMA scrutiny
Alphabet, Apple, and Meta are already under investigation for non-compliance in the EU
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) has been in the works in the European Union for years. Legislators developed the regulations to curb gatekeeping by tech companies and sustain competition across the industry. Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft were all identified as gatekeepers by legislators. Now that the DMA is in full effect, Alphabet is one of three companies under fire for violations.
What is Alphabet, Google's parent company?
No, Google did not become Alphabet. It became part of a conglomerate instead. Here's how it works
Rebranding gives businesses an image refresh and a competitive edge in an era of dynamic markets. Google underwent it in 2015, creating the Alphabet we now know as its parent company. Its birth has made it possible for its divisions to operate independently. Each remains a part of the company while handling projects beyond the internet search engine, advertising, or making new Google Pixel phones.
Surprisingly strong Pixel sales have Google prioritizing hardware in 2023
This year’s Pixels are the best-selling generation of Google phones ever
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, just held its Q4 earnings call, and like much of the tech industry, the company had a less than stellar end to 2022. However, the outlook wasn’t bleak across the board — several of Google’s more consumer-oriented ventures had a solid quarter, leading the company to promise an increased focus on products like YouTube Shorts, YouTube Music, and its Pixel line of phones, earbuds, and smartwatches.
Google's latest sibling company wants to keep the world fed through our climate crisis
Mineral is making heartier plants with robots and machine learning
Farmers feed the world. But they don't just produce the food we eat; they also release tons of greenhouse gases, making the agricultural industry one of the leading contributors to climate change. It'll take drastic measures to turn things around like switching out staple crops and incentivizing sustainable practices. A small, but important part of the equation, however, is making sure we're able to adapt to the change that's happening. That's where Alphabet, parent of Google, wants to step in.
Google's parent company could slash more money-losing moonshot projects
Brace for other bets spin-offs and a new focus on tech for health
Over seven years since Alphabet Inc. came to be, it has invested in a variety of businesses that could show promise, aptly named Alphabet's other bets. Google's search, advertising, hardware, and service businesses remain Alphabet's alpha bet, but the conglomerate is now revising its interests and investments in its other bets like self-driving taxis, drone delivery systems, and drug discovery amid the company's shift towards health-related research.
Google reports slow growth in Q2 2022 earnings as the company braces for an economic downturn
Alphabet saw a 13% increase in year-over-year revenue
It's been a rough year for tech stocks, and Google is no exception. Just a couple of days before the Pixel 6a is set to hit store shelves, Alphabet — Google's parent company — has announced its Q2 2022 earnings. Despite a massive slowdown in growth, Google reported revenue of nearly $70 billion, up 13% year-over-year and marking a small jump over last quarter's earnings.
Google points to Search and Cloud performance driving strong Q1 2022 revenue growth
The $68 billion figure represents a 23% year-over-year improvement
Every time we hear about Google facing some little struggle here or there — maybe that the Pixel 6, despite initial reports of strong sales, is facing an uphill battle with carriers — it's important to keep in mind that even a project as big as this is just a drop in the bucket when you consider all the company's ventures. So it shouldn't be any shock that despite some minor setbacks, Google's been doing incredibly well for itself, and this afternoon parent company Alphabet is announcing Q1 2022 revenues totaling $68 billion.
Google has an Apple-massive Q4 on the back of strong ad, cloud revenue
Plans to split its stock this summer
While some product categories might be facing a slowdown in the everlasting wake of the pandemic, Google continues to dominate the tech landscape. With the internet dominating more of our lives than ever before, the company managed to crush previous records, even on the heels of a massive year.
Google revives yet another old brand name for a new purpose
Google Labs is back, but it's an internal Alphabet team now
Google has always been a company that loves to experiment and give their employees the freedom to explore far-out ventures, even if they might feel less than tangentially related to the company's core products. The business has formalized things a bit with its "Area 120" division focusing on these moonshots, but it looks like Google wants to bring the team closer to its CEO's reach. As reported by TechCrunch, Area 120 and a few other long-term bets are being restructured into a new "Google Labs" team — a rebranding right in line with Google TV, YouTube Music, Google Home, and co.
Alphabet Q3 2021 results reveal that Google already has all the money
So THAT's why the Pixel 6 is so affordable
Forget all you've heard about supply chain bottlenecks and chip shortages — none of it seems to be bothering Google. Alphabet announced its Q3 earnings this afternoon, raking in yet another round of record-setting revenue.
Watch an Alphabet-owned delivery drone get attacked by a bird
The drone took the battle, but the ravens won the war
The idea of drone-based deliveries has become such a mainstream concept that even Parks and Recreation managed to joke about it during its final season set in the far-flung future of 2017. While it has yet to become widely used, other companies — including Google — have tested similar technology for years. Unfortunately, these companies forgot to plan for the one threat that could potentially bring down the entire operation: birds.
Google can't stop printing money in another record-setting quarter
Alphabet's Q2 2021 earnings report shows the company just keeps on growing
It's no secret that the tech industry continues to grow at a breakneck pace, especially in a world where many of us spent nearly eighteen months cooped up at home for both work and recreation. Google and its parent company Alphabet have seen wild financial success over the last year, and this quarter is no different. After breaking records in Q1 2021, Google has returned to do it all over again in Q2.
It can feel a little overwhelming to begin flying drones when you're just getting started. Not only do you have to get registered and learn how to actually operate a drone, but you need to learn where you can legally fly. Fortunately, as the tired saying goes, there's an app for that — quite a few, in fact. Wing, a subsidiary of Alphabet (Google's parent company), actually built one such app called OpenSky, but it has been effectively limited to Australia since it launched. However, the app is lifting off from the land down under and making a landing in the US.
Google workers have just announced an international union alliance
Combining the efforts of 13 unions across 10 countries under the Alpha Global umbrella
Just shy of a month after Google workers in the US and Canada went public with the Alphabet Workers Union, Google employees across the globe have announced that they've formed a new global union alliance, The Verge reports. The Alpha Global coalition is comprised of 13 individual unions in 10 territories, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and more European states.
Alphabet’s Project Loon goes down like a lead balloon
Downfall caused by failure to achieve commercial viability
As the old adage says, "what goes up must come down," and that's literally what's happening to Project Loon. Alphabet's X subsidiary (formerly Google X) was responsible for the idea of beaming internet to rural areas with the help of balloons, but CEO Astro Teller has announced that Loon will be winding down operations in the coming months.
Google employees are forming a union
Alphabet Workers Union also recruiting elsewhere across company plus temps, vendors, and contractors
Silicon Valley could be facing its first major labor movement in the history of the technology boom: the Alphabet Workers Union, representing more than 225 employees across the company as well as temps and those with vendors and contractors in the United States and Canada, went public. The group, aligned with the Communications Workers of America, was formed in secret, tapping into years of built dissent that the corporation has failed to mitigate.
Google wants to beam multi-gigabit internet to India’s most remote areas
It’s reportedly partnering with two local telcos for Project Taara’s expansion
Google’s got a bunch of nifty side projects going on that aim to make the internet accessible for all. Loon is one example, while the company’s drive to bring high-speed internet to Indian railway stations made some good headway before being discontinued. Now, the search giant wants to use light beams to bring the internet to some underserved regions in India. And to make it possible, Google is reportedly teaming up with a couple of local telcos.
It's a big day for Google, and not just because the Pixel 5 is now available and the Pixel 4a 5G is up for pre-order. In fact, today's success probably has nothing to do with Pixels at all. Google parent company Alphabet just reported its third-quarter financial results, and numbers are looking good. So good, stocks are up 11% today.
Alphabet Q2 revenues flat year-over-year as its businesses heal from coronavirus nadir
Uncertainty remains in the crystal ball, though
The financial casualties of coronavirus pandemic have been revealed across the companies of Alphabet as the group recorded a 30% tumble in net income in the second quarter compare with the same period the previous year. Still, with as many diverse holdings as it has, things aren't as bad for Google's parent company as they seem — at least for the time being.
Alphabet revenues up modestly in Q1 as coronavirus sets up tough summer ahead
Not exactly austerity, but it'll be difficult times
Alphabet managed to finish its first financial quarter a step ahead of last year, but the coronavirus pandemic will make its mark on the company in the months to come. As it makes resources available free to consumers, the company will be constricted in what it can do to respond to increased demand for its services.