Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Alphabet.
Regulators are not shy about thwarting Big Tech acquisitions. Yet Google parent company Alphabet may be willing to run that gauntlet by acquiring CRM player HubSpot. The deal is anything but certain. Reuters reports that Alphabet has met with bankers from Morgan Stanley in recent days. Topics at... Read more
11 days ago
Quarterly figures from Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet show substantial year-on-year growth in cloud revenue. The tech giants posted 29 percent and 22.5 percent growth in revenue from their cloud operations, respectively. Microsoft's Intelligent Cloud division, which includes Azure, came in... Read more
6 months ago
The European Commission appoints six tech companies as gatekeepers. Certain applications of these companies will, therefore, have to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) from spring 2024. The following companies were designated as gatekeepers by the European Commission today: Alphabet, Amaz... Read more
7 months ago
In a development that could send shockwaves through the tech industry, Alphabet's Google may face an order from European Union antitrust regulators to sell a portion of its advertising-technology business. A source with direct knowledge of the matter revealed this information to Reuters on Monda... Read more
10 months ago
Google has an unfair market advantage in behavioural advertising, according to the German competition authority. This week Germany's antitrust regulator, the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) announced that it had published the final report on its sector inquiry into non-search online adv... Read more
11 months ago
Google’s parent company's net income was $15.05 billion, compared to $16.44 billion in the previous year, with earnings before certain costs coming to $1.17 per share, higher than the expected $1.07 per share. Revenue for the quarter topped $69.79 billion, beating analysts' predictions of $68.9 b... Read more
12 months ago
The American policy of "hire and fire" is simply not allowed under some European labour laws. After announcing massive rounds of layoffs, US tech companies like Amazon and Google are struggling to reduce staff in places like Germany and France, according to Bloomberg. In the highly volatile U... Read more
1 year ago
Alphabet, the parent of Google, is facing a period of stalled growth amidst the ongoing economic turbulence in Silicon Valley. Gone are the days of exponential profit and employee growth as the company navigates a slowdown in digital advertising. In its latest financial statement, Alphabet poste... Read more
1 year ago
The move comes after driverless taxis have caused mayhem on the city's streets. San Francisco city officials have sent letters to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) asking to slow or halt the expansion of robotaxi services in the city. NBC News reports that San Francisco Transport... Read more
1 year ago
The software giant is the latest big tech player to announce major job cuts in 2023. German software vendor SAP announced it plans to cut 3,000 jobs, or 2.5 percent of its global workforce, according to reporting by Reuters. The company also told reporters that it plans to explore the sale of it... Read more
1 year ago
