Inflows to stocks neared a record last week as bets on a bottom forming spurred major dip-buying across U.S. equities. The optimism, however, is likely premature, according to Bank of America. Analysts at the bank said in a Tuesday note that allocations to equities reached the third-highest sum since 2008 during the five-day period, according to client data — a sign investors believe indicates that the market sell-off is nearing an end. But BofA contested the notion that the worst is behind… Source link
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Google Sunsetting Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard
Google will shut down its Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard on November 21, according to a report by 9to5Google. Initially announced at I/O 2019 as a replacement for Android Auto, which was discontinued last year, the dashboard was designed to provide users with some of their smartphone’s functionality while driving. By discontinuing Assistant Driving Mode, Google no longer has a direct successor to Android Auto. Assistant Driving Mode Provides Hands-Free Smartphone Functionality Assistant… Source link
Read More »Google Unifies Recent Acquisitions Under New Cloud Security Offering
Following Google’s acquisition of cybersecurity groups Siemplify and Mandiant, the US tech giant has sought to bring all of its cloud capabilities under one roof with the launch of Chronicle Security Operations. Google’s Cloud Next division unveiled the cloud-born software suite on October 11, 2022, which it said can “better enable cybersecurity teams to detect, investigate, and respond to threats with the speed, scale, and intelligence of Google.” Google purchased Israeli security… Source link
Read More »How To Get A Google Review Removed
Violations that Allow Law Firms to Remove Reviews While the process of removing a Google review is not necessarily complex, Google’s guidelines determine if you have a review that is eligible for removal. However, there are common violations that may allow law firms to remove reviews from their Google Business Profile. Consider the following: Spam Reviews The most common review violation reported by law firms is spam content. Google attempts to weed out and remove spam reviews… Source link
Read More »Google Cloud consolidates analytics tools under Looker name
Looker is now Google Cloud’s primary analytics platform. On Tuesday during Google Cloud Next 2022, the tech giant’s virtual user conference, Google Cloud revealed a unification of its business intelligence tools under the Looker name and launched a new tool that is now part of the Looker suite. Google Cloud acquired Looker, a data and analytics vendor founded in 2012 for $2.6 billion, in June 2019, just days before Salesforce bought Tableau for $15.7 billion. Since then, the tech giant… Source link
Read More »Google Discreetly Acquires Edtech Analytics Company BrightBytes
Google has silently acquired a widely-used K-12 data and analytics company. The tech giant confirmed, in an email to EdSurge, that it’s picked up BrightBytes for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition does not appear to have been publicly announced. And Google declined to provide any details, including when the sale had taken place. But an email about the deal sent by Google to a school district in early May, obtained by EdSurge, cites May 17th as the expected date of the transaction. The… Source link
Read More »Jamie Dimon’s S&P 500 Bear Market: Brutal, Far From Unimaginable
(Bloomberg) — Jamie Dimon says don’t be surprised if the S&P 500 loses another one-fifth of its value. While such a plunge would fray trader nerves and stress retirement accounts, history shows it wouldn’t require any major departures from past precedents to occur. Most Read from Bloomberg Judged by valuation and its impact on long-term returns, the JPMorgan Chase chief executive officer’s “easy 20%” tumble would result in a bear market that is in many regards normal. A decline… Source link
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Bet Similar to Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo
Mark Zuckerberg is making the same mistakes that plagued former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Mayer made ambitious bets that never paid off for Yahoo, which was ultimately sold to Verizon. Zuckerberg, too, is making a big bet on the metaverse, one better suited for the venture capital world. … Source link
Read More »Google introduces Chromebooks geared for cloud gaming • TechCrunch
It’s been barely a few weeks since Google announced that it is shutting down its cloud gaming service Stadia next year. And now, the company has a new cloud gaming announcement: it is launching Chromebooks tuned for cloud gaming made by different manufacturers. The search giant has also partnered with cloud gaming services like Nvidia GeForce Now, Microsoft Xbox Cloud Gaming and Amazon Luna to bring marquee titles to users. What’s more, the company has teamed up with accessory… Source link
Read More »Google’s Trying to Turn Chromebooks Into (Cloud) Gaming Laptops
These three new laptops from Lenovo (left), Acer (middle), and Asus (right) have been tuned for cloud gaming on ChromeOS. Image: Google Google has big plans for ChromeOS beyond catering to students and those looking for an ultra-affordable computer. The company is priming ChromeOS to help fill the gaping hole that Stadia left behind, and it’s partnering with what used to be its cloud gaming competition to do it. Google’s latest endeavor hopes to spin the Chromebook platform as an… Source link
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