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Research firm Comscore has released its rankings of the Top 25 most used mobile apps for the month of May 2024. # Apps Total Unique Visitors (000) % Reach 1 YouTube (Mobile App) 163,024 75 2 Facebook (Mobile App) 143,832 66 3 Gmail (Mobile App) 143,131 66 4 Google Search (Mobile App) 138,184 63 5 […]
For the fifth year, Google is funding 20 companies through the Google for Startups Founders Funds which provides equity-free capital and hands-on support to Black and Latino-led startups using AI to innovate responsibly and drive meaningful change. These companies are pushing the boundaries of what’s achievable with AI, from developing innovative solutions to prevent wildfires (Improving Aviation), […]
Worldwide revenue for the public cloud services market totaled $669.2 billion in calendar year 2023, an increase of 19.9% compared to 2022, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Tracker. The largest source of public cloud services revenue in 2023 was Software as a Service – Applications (SaaS […]
ALAMEDA –Santa Ana Bio, a precision immunology company developing targeted therapies for patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, has emerged from stealth with $168 million in combined Series A and B funding. Founding investor Versant Ventures led the Series A round and was joined by TPG’s Life Science Innovations fund and GV (Google Ventures). The […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Alphabet Inc. is hiring Anat Ashkenazi, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Eli Lilly and Company, as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Google and Alphabet, effective July 31, 2024. The company had previously announced in July 2023 that Ruth Porat was commencing a new role as […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Google Fiber has hired John Abbot as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In this role, John will oversee GFiber’s Finance, Strategy & Analytics, and Accounting teams, bringing over three decades of experience in media, technology, infrastructure, telecom, and finance to his role. Google Fiber offers high-speed fiber optic Internet connections […]
Apple and Google are working together to create an industry specification — Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers — for Bluetooth tracking devices that makes it possible to alert users across both iOS and Android if such a device is unknowingly being used to track them. This will help mitigate the misuse of devices designed to help keep […]
Here are the most popular smartphone apps for March 2024 according to Comscore. # Apps Total Unique Visitors (000) % Reach 1 Google Sites 204,244 94 2 Facebook 199,630 92 3 Amazon 148,390 68 4 Apple Inc. 123,511 57 5 PayPal 98,758 46 6 Microsoft Sites 92,034 42 7 Bytedance Inc. 86,214 40 8 Yahoo […]
Google’s new Pixel 8a smartphone will be available at T-Mobile online and in stores on Tuesday, May 14. New and existing customers can choose from a bevy of offers to score the new Pixel 8a free: Free Google Pixel 8a when adding a line on most plans including all Go5G plans (via 24 monthly bill […]
Google remains the most popular website in the United States according to data for March 24 from research firm Comscore. The rankings are based on Desktop, Mobile, and Social visitors. Google remains in the top spot followed by Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook and Amazon. # Property Unique Visitors/Viewers (000) % Reach 1 Google Sites 278,198 100 […]
MILL VALLEY and SUNNYVALE — Asteroid Institute, a program of B612 Foundation, and Google Cloud announced the most significant results of their partnership to date: identifying 27,500 new, high-confidence asteroid discovery candidates. The work, which took place over several weeks, has the potential to enable the mapping of the solar system and protect the Earth from collisions, […]
Shares in Google parent company Alphabet surged 10% on Friday and broke the $2 trillion market cap level. The company is now worth $2.15 trillion after shares hit an all-time high following its first quarter earnings announcement. Alphabet also announced it will pay a dividend for the first time ever. The company’s Board of Directors […]