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  Google Play has announced its most popular apps, games, music, movies, TV shows and books globally in 2016. The Force and Harry Potter were no match for a different kind of superhero as Deadpool and “Deadpool Kills the Universe” dominated the movie and book charts this year. Game of Thrones kept The Walking Dead […]

  MOUNTAIN VIEW — Alphabet, the parent company of Google, reported revenues of $22.45 billion for the third quarter, an increase of 20% from the same period a year ago. The company reported net income according to GAAP of $5.06 billion. Shares in the company’s Class C shares were up just $0.02 cents for the […]

YouTube has ordered a pilot from Universal Cable Productions (UCP) for IMPULSE, a sci-fi action-thriller. This 60 minute drama marks the first deal between UCP and YouTube. Doug Liman (“Bourne Identity,” “Live. Die. Repeat:  Edge of Tomorrow”) is attached to direct and executive produce along with Hypnotic’s David Bartis and Gene Klein, who also produce […]

  Google has introduced its own premium smartphone called Pixel, which features Google’s new Assistant software built-in, as it looks to take on Apple and Samsung in a crowded field of phones. The phone casing features an aluminum body and Gorilla Glass 4 from Corning on the front and back. The Pixel fingerprint sensor is […]

  Google has released Allo, a new smart messaging app for Android and iOS that helps you say more and do more right in your chats. Google Allo can help you make plans, find information, and express yourself more easily in chat. And the more you use it, the more it improves over time. Google […]

  Google announced the launch of the 2016 Doodle 4 Google contest, where art-loving K-12 students from across the U.S., Guam and Puerto Rico are invited to bring their imagination to life in a doodle of the Google logo, using any medium they choose. The winning masterpiece will hang on the Google homepage for a […]

  SAN JOSE —  Apigee has agreed to be bought by Google for $17.40 per share in cash or a total value of approximately $625 million. The companies expect the transaction to close by the end of 2016 Apigee is the leading provider of API (Application Program Interface) technology and services for enterprises and developers. Hundreds of […]

  Google announced it has acquired Orbitera. The company provides a commerce platform that makes buying and selling software in the cloud simple, seamless and scalable for all kinds of businesses, including independent software vendors, service providers and IT channel organizations. Reports say that Google paid over $100 million for the company, which is based […]

  Orbis, the international nonprofit that fights blindness around the world unveils their new Flying Eye Hospital at Moffett Field, hosted by Google all this week. As the world’s only accredited ophthalmic training hospital aboard an MD-10 aircraft, this unique aircraft brings state of the art technology, training and teaching tools to local healthcare teams […]

  Google has launched a new Arts and Culture website and app. Made by the Google Cultural Institute, the app lets you explore anything from cats in art since 200 BCE to the color red in Abstract Expressionism, and everything in between. You can immerse yourself in cultural experiences across art, history and wonders of […]

  WALTHAM, MA — Care.com, the world’s largest online marketplace for finding and managing family care, announced that Google Capital, a growth equity fund backed by Alphabet Inc. has made a $46.35 million investment in the Company, which makes Google Capital the largest shareholder in Care.com. Laela Sturdy, a Partner at Google Capital, will join […]