Before Android, before the iPhone, and before GoPro became a known brand, the Flip Video camcorder took the world by storm, allowing millions to shoot digital home videos one-handed and easily save, share, and upload them to a nascent YouTube, thanks to an iconic flip-out USB port. What you probably didn’t know: the Flip Video was almost a Google-branded camera, internal Google emails revealed by the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust sub-committee show. It would have been… Source link

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — NBA referees will join the players and coaching staff in gathering around the “Black Lives Matter” signage on the court to kneel during the playing of the national anthem to peacefully protest racial injustice in America, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. The 45 referees selected by the league to officiate the restart recently had a “spirited” debate on whether to insert themselves into the storylines and it was decided that they wanted to support the… Source link

The internet giant on Thursday reported nearly $38.3 billion in revenue for the second quarter, down 2% from the year prior. Still, revenue was slightly higher than the $37.4 billion Wall Street analysts had expected. The company posted net income just shy of $7 billion, which also beat analysts’ projections. “We continue to navigate through a difficult global economic environment,” Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat said in a statement with the earnings report. Source link

Google parent company Alphabet warned in last quarter that it was expecting to see the impact of coronavirus in the second quarter results, and it was: the company saw its first revenue decline in its history. But it managed to beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations. Total revenue for the quarter was $38.3 billion, versus the $37.4 billion expected, but that marks a 2 percent decline from the second quarter of 2019. Net income dropped from $9.9 billion a year ago, to $6.9 billion…. Source link

Apple (AAPL) reported its Q3 2020 earnings on Thursday, surpassing expectations for the period. These are the most important numbers from the report compared to what analysts were expecting as compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue: $59.7 billion versus $52.3 billion expected Earnings per share: $2.58 versus $2.07 expected iPhone revenue: $26.42 billion. Services revenue: $13.2 billion versus $13.1 billion expected Accessories: $6.5 billion versus $6.1 billion expected Apple’s quarter was far outpaced… Source link

(Credit: Google) Google appears ready to debut the much-rumored Pixel 4a on August 3. On Thursday, the company’s “Made by Google” social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter were updated to show a new background image mentioning the phone, which was spotted by 9to5Google.  The company has also created a special web page on the Google Store that reveals a little more—after you solve a puzzle. The company covered the remaining words to this phrase, “The Google ___ ____ ____ ____… Source link

The extra $600 in weekly unemployment benefits provided the federal government to Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic is expected to expire after Friday as Congress struggles to agree upon the next stimulus package. A few Republican senators are pitching a last-minute proposal. U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Martha McSally (R-AZ) introduced an alternative unemployment benefits (UI) legislation on Thursday aiming to prevent a gap in the distribution of the… Source link

Thursday, July 30, 2020 4:24 p.m. EDT by Thomson Reuters By Paresh Dave and Munsif Vengattil OAKLAND, Calif./BENGALURU (Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet Inc’s quarterly sales fell for the first time in its 16 years as a public company, but the decline was less than expected as many advertisers stuck with the most popular online search engine during the pandemic. Shares of Alphabet fell 1.2% to $1,518.85 after it released the… Source link

Google announced Tuesday that it is planning to lay a new trans-Atlantic underwater cable that it claims will ensure a significant upgrade to the U.S.-Europe Internet infrastructure. Source link