Tag Archives: Googles

You may or may not have noticed, but Google says YouTube videos should now look better and load faster. That’s thanks to a new chip the company has designed inhouse and deployed in its data centers to compress video content. Google says the chips, called Video (Trans)Coding Units, or VCUs, do that faster and more efficiently than was possible before. Traditional CPUs, the company found, aren’t great at video transcoding. Related: You Can Now… Source link

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, said on Tuesday that revenue in its most recent quarter increased sharply from the same period a year ago, boosted by strong demand for online advertising on its search results and YouTube videos and by continued growth at its cloud computing arm. Alphabet posted revenue of $55.31 billion, up 34 percent from a year earlier, and net profit more than doubled to $17.93 billion in the first quarter. It was the third straight quarter of record profit for the… Source link

I’ve been thinking an awful lot about Pixel phones lately. And it seems safe to say the cause for my current contemplation is a teensy bit unusual. The burning question in Android Land at this particular moment, y’see, is why Google appears to be preparing to launch a new Pixel phone that seems shockingly similar to one of its previous-generation Pixel models — which itself existed in a strange in-between position, with no obvious reason for its presence in… Source link

Google chief business officer Philipp Schindler topped the list for the technology giant’s executive officer pay last year, earning more than $66.38 million in salary, stock awards and other compensation, according to a new regulatory filing. Schindler earned a $655,000 salary, stock awards valued at $65.5 million and $226,816 in other compensation, with the latter including $215,660 for personal use of aircraft chartered by the company, according to a proxy statement filed by parent… Source link

Google chief business officer Philipp Schindler topped the list for the technology giant’s executive officer total compensation packages last year, earning more than $66.38 million in salary, stock awards and other perks, according to a new regulatory filing. Schindler earned a $655,000 salary, stock awards valued at $65.5 million and $226,816 in other compensation, with the latter including $215,660 for personal use of aircraft chartered by the company, according to a proxy statement… Source link

Those who use Roku may no longer have access to YouTube TV in the near future. The video streaming service attributes this potential loss to Google, whom it says is trying to take control of its user experience via “anti-competitive” demands. Axios reports how Roku had sent an email to its subscribers on Monday notifying them of the present situation. The brand additionally pled with subscribes to “urge” Google to reach an agreement with them so that YouTube TV will still be made… Source link

UPDATED with YouTube TV statement. Roku is warning its customers with YouTube TV subscriptions that the service could go dark in the coming days due to what it calls Google’s “predatory” and “monopoly” behavior. In a statement, YouTube TV said it is negotiating “in good faith” with Roku to reach a new deal. “Unfortunately, Roku often engages in these types of tactics in their negotiations,” the statement said. “We’re disappointed that they chose to make baseless… Source link

Google logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen photographed for illustration photo during the … [+] coronavirus pandemic. Gliwice, Poland on April 21, 2021. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Alphabet (Google) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is scheduled to report its fiscal Q1 2021 results on Tuesday, April 27. We expect GOOG to beat the consensus estimates for revenues and earnings. The company has reported better than expected revenues and… Source link

Google probably wasn’t planning to reveal this until the company’s I/O developer conference on May 18th, but it looks like a cat may be out of the bag: the company’s testing a feature that should let you stop alarms and answer calls on your Android phone simply by saying “stop” — no need to pick up your phone or even say “Hey Google.” We know this because a mysterious new setting called “Guacamole” has popped up in the Google app on Android 11 for some users —… Source link

When Google parent Alphabet Inc. reports first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, the bottom-line should be stout with advertising sales. The same can’t be said for its prospects on the regulatory front. Alphabet GOOGL, +2.10% GOOG, +2.09% is expected to show revenue growth of roughly 25% from last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic caused some companies to immediately cut off their advertising budgets to preserve cash. The company’s sales… Source link