
Alphabet sees trouble ahead
People interested in searching for coranavirus rather than buying stuff
Alphabet beat what the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street predicted for its quarterly revenue as its Google unit posted double-digit advertising growth despite the economic slowdown from the novel coronavirus.

Google hits a trillion
Like ABC
Google-parent Alphabet became the fourth US company to top market value of more than $1 trillion.

US IT giants spend fortunes stamping out competition
Capitalism in action
US tech giants are spending fortunes keeping rivals away from their monopolies, according to a new report from Bloomberg.

Google self-drives into China
Look right, but Waymo looks left
Google's subsidiary Waymo has set up a company in Shanghai in the wake of controversy over its attempt to introduce a censorious version of its search engine in China.

Alphabet brings balloon internet to Kenya
Loony Tunes? We don't think so
A division of Alphabet – Google's parent company – has struck a deal with Telkom Kenya to bring the internet to people of the country.

Microsoft now more valuable than Alphabet
Return of the Vole
Microsoft's value has surged 40 percent over the past 12 months to become more valuable than Alphabet.

Now Indonesia pursues Google over tax
Now Indonesia pursues Google over tax
Google faces a big tax bill from the Indonesian government.

Oracle blames falling profits on Google
Payback is cool for Catz
Data-storage outfit Oracle is blaming the fact that Google “illegally” used Java in Android for all the woes which have befallen the company.

Alphabet falls shorts of investor's expectations
Wall Street still loves it
The umbrella of the Google Empire, Alphabet announced that its first-quarter earnings fell short of estimates, largely because it spent more to build traffic for its mobile advertising services.

Alphabet to flog off part of its robot arm
Alphabet, the search outfit formally known as Google, as placed part of its robotics division, up for sale.