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Yandex stock rose 1.27% on July 2. Voting results showed a landslide victory for President Vladimir Putin in Russia’s constitutional referendum.

Baidu released its earnings results for the fourth quarter of 2019 after the market closed on Thursday. The company’s earnings were impressive.

Google (GOOGL) has decided to stop using an international tax loophole popularly known as the “double Irish, Dutch sandwich” dodge.

Facebook now shares Huawei’s ambition to challenge the dominance of Google’s Android, creating a huge risk for Google’s advertising business.

Alphabet stock has outperformed Baidu stock this year, but trails it this month. Yandex stock charged ahead of peers this year but is struggling this month.

Google was fined over Android, missed Huawei’s Mate 30 app distribution opportunity, and risks an Oracle penalty. And its challenges aren’t over.

Google and Fitbit stocks have moved in opposite directions since the companies’ merger deal, whose value isn’t affected by stock movements.

Google Fiber (GOOG) (GOOGL) announced this week that it has discontinued the 100Mbps plan and will now sell only the gigabit plan at $70/month.

Google’s (GOOGL) Nest Mini smart speaker makes its debut in India in time for holiday sales as Google hunts for non-advertising revenue.

Google (GOOGL) seems uncomfortable with experts and critics’ involvement in the ongoing state-led antitrust problem of its business practices.

Google recently announced that its YouTube Music app would now come preinstalled on all new Android devices, making it more accessible.

Facebook (FB) is acquiring CTRL-labs to supercharge its VR/AR projects. FB is diversifying its business to reduce its dependence on advertising revenue.

Russia has hit Google (GOOGL) with another fine. The latest fine adds to the many fines Russia has imposed on the search engine giant recently.

On September 23, Google introduced a subscription service for games and apps called Google Play Pass. A Play Pass subscription will cost $4.99 per month.

Instagram plans to restrict or remove posts promoting questionable weight loss or cosmetic procedures. Health misinformation is a key concern for digital platforms.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Waymo wants to bring its autonomous driving technology to the freight trucking industry. Waymo is one of Alphabet’s Other Bets.

A BBC investigation recently discovered dozens of YouTube videos promoting fake cancer cures. Could Google’s YouTube lose advertisers?

Facebook’s planned digital currency, Libra, has elicited strong reactions. Some think it poses a serious risk to the global financial system.

Facebook’s dating feature launched in the US on Thursday. The company announced plans for an online dating service in May 2018.

Yesterday, federal prosecutors charged Anthony Levandowski with multiple counts of trade secret theft. Levandowski was previously an engineer at Waymo.

Facebook is quietly building a messaging app called Threads, a companion app to Instagram. Instagram is FB’s photo-sharing app that competes with Snapchat.

According to Canalys’s latest report, Baidu beat Google to become the world’s second-largest speaker company by market cap in the quarter.

Bernie Sanders said that if he becomes president, he wants to tax Google and Facebook’s ad revenues to pay for the revival of a new media industry.

Last Friday, Google made a move that looks like an attempt to call its troops to order, releasing new guidelines on debates about non-work topics.

Facebook is facing another housing discrimination lawsuit. A group of users have sued it to seek compensation for alleged discriminatory housing ads

The Russian government is demanding that Google immediately stop what it calls the advertising of illegal events in the country.

Russia’s big tech companies such as Yandex (YNDX) have been shaken after a Russian lawmaker drafted a law to limit foreign ownership of these firms.

During President Vladimir Putin’s annual address in June, he said that Yandex is competing successfully with global giants like Google in the Russian market.

Google (GOOGL) has started taking preorders for its Stadia games subscription service that is scheduled to launch in November.

Alibaba’s (BABA) e-commerce joint venture with Russian entities MegaFon, Mail.ru Group, and Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF escalates its rivalry with Russia’s top Internet services company (YNDX).

Yandex (YNDX) is planning to ramp up its self-driving program in the coming months. It aims to have more than 100 self-driving cars on the roads worldwide by the end of 2019. Yandex is already underway with autonomous driving tests in its home market of Russia, the United States, and Israel.

Yandex (YNDX) is planning an IPO of its taxi business, YandexTaxi, which it co-owns with US ride-hailing giant Uber (UBER).

Google (GOOGL) has teamed up with Qualcomm (QCOM) to develop a platform aimed at encouraging developers to integrate its Assistant voice software into their products.

On its first-quarter earnings conference call, Snap discussed plans to make additional investments in marketing, content, engineering, and sales.

Unlike its peers Facebook (FB) and Twitter (TWTR), Snap doesn’t disclose the size of its advertising business.

This month could bring reconciliation for two technology powerhouses.

To comply with changes ordered by the EU competition watchdog, Google (GOOGL) will be letting Android users in Europe use their preferred Internet browser and search apps.

Ride-hailing giant Uber is planning to go public this year, following in the footsteps of its rival Lyft (LYFT).

Yandex (YNDX) is among those technology giants that are putting their resources into developing vehicles capable of driving themselves.

In efforts to diversify its business outside the advertising industry, Yandex (YNDX) has entered the consumer hardware market.

Yandex’s first-quarter earnings results will be the company’s first full-quarter financial results since it opened its cloud platform to everyone.

Last month, Yandex (YNDX) announced that it was adding multicurrency support to its Yandex.Money payment platform.

Yandex’s advertising business will likely be on the radars of many investors when the company releases its first-quarter earnings results on April 25.

Yandex (YNDX) is scheduled to report its results for the first quarter of 2019 on April 25.

Yandex and Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, the RDIF (Russian Direct Investment Fund), are discussing potential investments in Turkey.

Baidu, China’s top Internet search engine company and a leader in AI research, sees AI technology changing how people use their smartphones.

Baidu (BIDU) will launch its self-driving taxi service in China before the end of 2019, according to a report from Xinhua News Agency.

A recent Android TV software update came with a surprise advertisement feature, sparking conversation on social media and digital forums.

Google (GOOGL) has suddenly disbanded the council it formed to advise it on ethical issues related to AI.

Google is launching an education app store Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google is launching a marketplace for educational apps and classroom lesson ideas. Google’s education app store, known as the Chromebook App Hub, is scheduled to launch in the coming months. Google’s creating an app store specifically for the education market is part of its efforts to dominate the […]

Facebook’s (FB) social apps suffered a worldwide outage that lasted for several hours in March.

Baidu (BIDU) has partnered with Chinese automaker Chery to produce electric vehicles powered by its artificial intelligence software.

This month, Facebook’s (FB) Oculus subsidiary unveiled an improved version of its original Rift VR headset.

Yandex (YNDX) appears to be struggling to keep its lead in Russia’s Internet search engine market.

Google (GOOGL) recently launched a language app called Bolo to help kids in India improve their English and Hindi reading skills.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google is expanding the availability of Duplex, its automated restaurant reservation tool.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google is introducing a new feature designed to expand monetization options for Android developers.

Google (GOOGL) believes it is in a position to give Microsoft (MSFT) a run for its money when it comes to productivity apps.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google is seeking to overturn the $2.7 billion fine imposed on it in 2017 by the European Union’s antitrust agency.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google operations in Europe have been in the spotlight. France’s top competition watchdog has ordered Google to review its policies for certain advertisements following a complaint by French directory service company Amadeus.

Google has long required its employees to settle their claims against the company through arbitration.

Alphabet (GOOGL) units Google and Verify have partnered on a program to tackle vision loss.

Facebook (FB) will start allowing popular individual publishers, “creators,” to sell subscriptions to their premium content on its social network.

Baidu’s (BIDU) reputation in the search business has been scrutinized. There was outrage about the quality of Baidu’s news search results.

The antitrust regulator in France recently ordered Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google to review its advertising policies.

Baidu’s (BIDU) Internet search service came under fire recently after an outspoken Chinese journalist complained about its news aggregating service, Baijiahao.

In addition to leveraging AI technologies to strengthen its core Internet search engine business, Baidu is also betting on AI to help it break into new markets.

Baidu (BIDU) is gearing up to report its results for the fourth quarter of 2018 on February 12.

Baidu’s technology has been adopted to power the driverless vans that will be used to deliver groceries to Walmart customers.

As Twitter prepares to report its performance for the fourth quarter of 2018, it has recently released TweetDeck updates for Mac computers.

Twitter expects its capex to be in the range of $60 million–$85 million in the fourth quarter of 2018.

The ride-hailing market presents an attractive revenue opportunity of $285 billion by 2030, according to Goldman Sachs estimates.

Alphabet (GOOGL) is scheduled to report its results for the fourth quarter of 2018 on February 4.

An adviser to the European Union’s top court has recommended that search engines shouldn’t be forced to apply the bloc’s so-called “right to be forgotten” principle globally.

Egypt isn’t happy with certain terms in Apple’s (AAPL) contract agreements with iPhone distributors in the country.

Baidu (BIDU) recently led an $87 million investment round in Chinese smart lock startup YunDing Network Technology.

Google sees a huge commercial opportunity in Indonesia’s Internet economy. In this series, we’ll discuss these developments and others in the Internet space.

Russians are moving away from cash payments, according to a study by Sberbank, the country’s largest state-run bank.

At a recent conference, PayPal (PYPL) CEO Dan Schulman said that the company’s platform strategy wasn’t just mobile-first but mobile-only.

PayPal (PYPL) has introduced its international money transfer service, Xoom, in Canada.

Yandex (YNDX) recently rolled out its cloud computing service across Russia, following a limited launch in September.

Yandex (YNDX) has launched two e-commerce marketplaces, with one dedicated to enabling Russians to purchase goods from overseas retailers, and the other focused on facilitating purchases from domestic retailers.

At The Wall Street Journal’s D.Live technology conference last year, Baidu (BIDU) CEO Robin Li said that the company spends ~15% of its annual revenue on research and development, with almost the entire budget going to AI initiatives.

Alphabet (GOOGL) has officially joined the chase for the global ride-hailing market’s $285 billion commercial opportunity.

Baidu’s (BIDU) expenses jumped 26.6% YoY (year-over-year) to $3.4 billion in the third quarter.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google dominates the global search engine market.

Yandex (YNDX) has integrated Tencent’s (TCEHY) WeChat Pay into its Yandex.Checkout platform.

Amazon (AMZN) has launched its Echo devices in Mexico, extending the reach of its smart speaker products.

This holiday season marks the first holiday quarter for Apple (AAPL) with a smart speaker product on the market.

Through its Mobileye subsidiary, Intel (INTC) is forming a joint venture with Volkswagen to enter the Israeli taxi services market.

Ahead of Yandex’s (YNDX) third-quarter earnings report, rumors swirled that Sberbank was considering buying a large stake in the company.

In July, the European Union’s antitrust agency ruled that Alphabet’s Google had been abusing Android’s market dominance.

Yandex has launched its streaming music service in Israel, matching a move by its rival Spotify, which introduced its music service in Israel in March.

Goldman Sachs estimates that Google will pay as much as $9.0 billion to Apple in 2018 to be the default search engine on iPhones and iPads.

A prediction by RBC Capital Markets said the Alexa digital voice agent could bring $10 billion in revenues for Amazon by 2020.

Yandex.Market has partnered with Turkey’s Hepsiburada on an online retail program, according to Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah.

Google’s regulatory filings cited by 9to5Google suggest the company may be preparing to release a smart speaker with a display.

Baidu is undergoing the production of a shuttle bus capable of driving itself.

Yandex (YNDX) is on track to launch its Yandex.Music service in Israel in the coming weeks, the Times of Israel has reported.

Yandex (YNDX) recently launched a taxi service that uses self-driving vehicles to transport people around the Russian city of Innopolis.