Tag Archives: Googles

Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG 1.61% said on Feb. 1 that it will enact a 20-for-1 stock split, giving shareholders 19 more shares for every one they own.  Stock splits had fallen out of favor over the last two decades. But since the pandemic Apple Inc., Tesla Inc. and now Alphabet have revived the practice in an effort to make their shares more affordable for individual… Source link

Lawmakers from both parties are set to introduce bills that could break Google’s stranglehold on the advertising business and start to chip away at Big Tech monopolies, The Post has learned. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is set to introduce a bill within weeks that would bar Google and other large tech firms from controlling multiple parts of the online ad supply chain.  And while Lee’s bill appears to be aimed squarely at Google, it could also affect Facebook and… Source link

Google’s paid leave, vacation policies adapt to the COVID burnout era | Fortune … Source link

A phenomenal fiscal year for Alphabet Inc. is about to close, and there are concerns that the future isn’t as rosy. Google’s parent company should expect “tricky waters to traverse in 2022” after it reports a solid fourth quarter on Tuesday, AB Bernstein analyst Mark Shmulik warned in a Jan. 27 note that shaved his price target of Alphabet GOOGL, +3.37% GOOG, +3.23% shares to $3,250 from $3,350. … Source link

Fans of inky blacks and bright highlights rejoice: Netflix now officially lists HDR support for Google’s Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and more affordable 5A. That’s according to one of the streaming giant’s support pages, spotted by 9to5Google, which appears to have been updated some time after January 14th. The update also appears to have listed the phones as supporting HD on the service. The update should mean owners of Google’s latest smartphones won’t have any problem watching HDR or HD… Source link

The physicist Richard Feynman once told a story about his father taking him out in the woods to observe nature. Feynman saw a bird and asked what it was called. His father said the name was irrelevant—it was only important to see how a bird behaved if you wanted to learn about it. I have a hard time remembering names, which is one of the reasons I became a physicist and not a physician, as my mother wanted. Maybe this is why I have a hard time understanding… Source link

There have been rumblings for quite some time that Google has been beavering away on its own smartwatch. Rumors last month suggested a Google-branded watch , and now we have a slightly clearer idea of when it might debut. Leaker Jon Prosser the watch is currently slated to arrive on May 26th, noting that this is “the first we’ve seen a set date on the device behind the scenes.” While that seems on the surface like an oddly specific date for something so far away, the timing lines up with… Source link

Around 40 miles south of San Francisco, three futuristic structures rise from the earth. With sloping roofs clad in thousands of overlapping tiles, the buildings could be mistaken for the world’s most architecturally advanced circus tent. They are, in fact, part of Google’s new Bay View campus, which is due to welcome employees this year – pandemic allowing – and is situated a few miles east of its existing HQ campus in Mountain View. The firm says the finished buildings will have… Source link

Imagine a world in which  Google is a smaller private company, not the global behemoth Alphabet is today. Surprisingly, it almost happened. Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were hesitant to go public because they feared that sharing control of the company with shareholders would force them to do things they didn’t want to do. A chance meeting with Warren Buffett changed their minds. Buffett explained the two-tier stock structure that he used to retain control over Berkshire… Source link

Google is in the process of releasing a much-anticipated update for Pixel 6 phones. Earlier today, Android expert Mishaal Rahman noted that Google posted OTA and factory images to its developer site for the January 2022 patch. That means anyone can sideload the update to their Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro now, and the official over-the-air update has already arrived on some devices (including some owned by Verge staff). In an email, Google confirmed the rollout has begun, and that the software… Source link