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Sundar Pichai’s net worth has just kept increasing since being named the CEO of Google and Alphabet Inc in 2019. So how much is he worth today?

The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to hear a case that could test protections for social media companies under a provision called Section 230.

Google is spinning off a telecom startup Aalyria while retaining a stake in the company. Here are the details of the deal and what’s next.

Illinois has had a tough time with companies and their data storage practices for Illinois users. But now, companies like Google are facing a class action suit.

Google workers are petitioning for abortion rights to fight the anti-abortion measures freckling the nation and reshape unfair practices at Google.

Google shut down its data centers in Iowa on Aug. 8, which is the second time in the last few weeks that the company has shut down its facilities.

Users are complaining on social media that the Google Timer, with its stopwatch and timer, isn't available. It isn't clear whether it's a temporary glitch or permanent.

The timeline of the history of Alphabet Inc., best known for the Google brand, started, like many of today's biggest tech giants, with a group of Stanford students.

Google is ready to settle an antitrust lawsuit that developers filed over its Google Play app store. Here are legal logistics and what it all means.

Google recently announced that users of Google Docs can add a text or image watermark to their document. Here's how you can do it.

Four states are suing Google for misuse of location data. What does this mean for the Big Tech company and its users?

Google Labs is growing. Will the blockchain group develop its own cryptocurrency under the Alphabet name? Here's what we know about the crypto plans.

Twitter has appointed Parag Agrawal as its new CEO. How many Indian CEOs are there in the U.S. and why are they so successful?

Google has been working on adding affordable housing across the country for years, but a new multi-billion-dollar office building could wipe out all of that effort.

The NASDAQ hit the all-important 5,000 level on March 2, 2015, for the first time after the dot com bubble burst of 2000.

LinkedIn’s stock, which traded at $269 in February 2015, fell to one of its lows of $101.11 in February 2016.

Oracle ID Graph’s unique feature is that it separates device-based identifiers and mobile devices that allow marketers to send a message to these devices directly.

Microsoft (MSFT) is behind only Amazon (AMZN) in the overall cloud space.

The Digital Marketing segment of Adobe (ADBE) provides solutions and services for creating, managing, and executing advertising and marketing initiatives.

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN) planned its strategic exit from it back in September 2012. It instead dedicated its strategic and R&D investments toward becoming a pure analog and embedded processing company.

VMware’s NSX is a networking platform that can manage and control any virtualized networking environment, irrespective of endpoints.

In fiscal 3Q18, Microsoft’s capital expenditure was $3.5 billion, with most going toward data center expansion.

Earlier in the series, we discussed IBM’s improved position in the cloud space due to its prowess in the hybrid cloud space.

In September 2014, Microsoft (MSFT) announced its acquisition of Mojang, a Swedish company popular for its game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion.

With each passing day, the prices for handsets such as Google’s (GOOGL) Android and Apple (AAPL) iOS devices are falling. This trend has played a key role in the popularity of games, especially among youth, benefiting the gaming industry.

In late February 2018, VMware announced its acquisition of CloudVelox, taking its hybrid cloud to the next level.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai's compensation decreased in 2020, even though his salary increased by more than 300 percent.

Tesla’s (TSLA) third-quarter earnings are scheduled for Wednesday. Notably, the company will likely post a loss in the quarter.

Many investors want to know how to invest in Waymo stock because of its bright prospects. Can you buy Waymo stock?

Alphabet has two listed share classes that trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbols “GOOGL” and “GOOG.” Which should you buy?

Alphabet (GOOGL) has several branches, and Google is the branch that looks after its smart speaker business.

Microsoft’s cash and short-term investment balance of $136.9 billion was on the top of the list for the fourth straight quarter.

In the trailing 12-month period, net fund inflows were $2.3 billion. FDN’s fund flows in the trailing one week and trailing three months were -$105.7 million and $719.3 million, respectively.

Facebook’s net profit was $3.9 billion in 2Q17, up from $2.3 billion in the corresponding quarter a year earlier.

Microsoft, Amazon, and other vendors are pursuing a $278.3 billion revenue opportunity in the global public cloud market, according to the latest Gartner estimates.

Alphabet reported its 3Q17 earnings on October 26, 2017. The company posted EPS (earnings per share) of $9.57, which beat analysts’ estimates of $8.33.

In late 2016, Oracle (ORCL) launched the second generation of its IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) offering, Oracle Bare Metal Cloud.

As Millennials increasingly move to OTT (over-the-top) services, pay-TV companies like Dish Network (DISH) are also focusing on OTT services.

For fiscal 3Q17, analysts expect Salesforce (CRM) to post revenue and non-GAAP EPS (earnings per share) of ~$2.12 billion and $0.21, respectively.

The US saw positive fund flows in 2014 due to a relatively better economic position.

Cobra Kai, a spin-off of Karate Kid that stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, is part of YouTube Red’s lineup of original content.

After 11 long months of uncertainty and many negotiations, Verizon (VZ) has completed its $4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo’s core Internet assets. Let’s look at what’s in store for the US telecom space.

SanDisk (SNDK) announced its 3Q15 earnings on October 21, 2015. The market reaction was positive, which showed a marginal increase of 0.16% in after-hours trading.

Dish Network’s (DISH) streaming television service, Sling TV, turned three on January 5.

Farmers for Free Trade’s campaign was rolled out on September 12 with the slogan “Tariffs Hurt the Heartland.”

In 4Q14, AQR Capital raised its holdings in Apple (AAPL). AAPL constituted 1.46% of the fund’s fourth-quarter portfolio.

eBay’s management noted that eBay Enterprise margins fell by 3.9% during the last quarter compared to a year ago. The increased cost to prepare for the holiday season was blamed for the decline.

On February 24, Microsoft announced that it will acquire Xamarin, a mobile app platform provider. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

On March 8, Netflix (NFLX) stock fell 0.9% to $349.60 after Buckingham Research downgraded its rating from “buy” to “neutral.”

It comes as no surprise that Google is spending hundreds of millions of dollars every year to review content on its platforms such as YouTube.