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21Jan/20

Sabre forges 10-year partnership with Google to build the future of travel

January 21, 2020Innovation, Travelairline, Alphabet Inc., Artificial intelligence, Business Partnership, Business/Finance, City: Sunnyvale, Cloud computing, Cloud infrastructure, Cloud printing, Companies, Company: Alphabet, Company: Google Cloud, Company: Sabre, Computing, data analytics tools, digital technology, Digital transformation, enterprise-grade cloud solutions, Google, HP Cloud, organizations with leading infrastructure, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sabre, Sabre Corporation, Sean E. Menke, Sean Menke, secure services, Sundar Pichai, SUNNYVALE, Technology, technology capability, technology objectives, Technology/Internet, Thomas Kurian, travel, travel agency customers, travel aggregators, travel ecosystem, travel industry, travel market, travel options, travel providers, World Wide Websmbale

Travel industry leader chooses Google Cloud as its preferred cloud provider to accelerate its digital transformation
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18Nov/19

Voice Your 7NOW® Order

November 18, 2019Innovation7-Eleven, Alexa, Alphabet Inc., Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, Companies, Company: 7-Eleven, Company: Amazon.com, Company: Google, Economy of the United States, Google, Retailers, Slurpee, Smart speakers, Technology/Internet, Websites, World Wide Websmbale

“Hey, Alexa! OK, Google! I want a Slurpee drink. Open 7NOW.” 7-Eleven, Inc. continues to redefine convenience retailing with the launch of 7Voice, which allows customers to place an order through its 7NOW® delivery app via the voice-controlled Google Home and Amazon Echo systems. Read More

11Jan/18

CES 2018: the battle of the virtual assistants

January 11, 2018InnovationAlexa, Alphabet Inc., Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Android, Artificial intelligence, Bixby, BRIAN MILLER, CNET, Companies, Company: Amazon.com, Company: Google, Company: LG Corp, Company: Samsung Elec, Google, Google Assistant, Ivor Bennett, Las Vegas, LEXY SAVVIDES, Samsung, Skyworth, Smart speaker, Technology/Internet, virtual assistant, Websitessmbale

Several thousand people descended on a wet and dreary Las Vegas as the world’s largest technology showcase opened to the public. As Ivor Bennett reports, voice assistance and artifical intelligence are this year’s hottest trends. Continue reading →

14Dec/17

High tech, high finance and high times for the pot industry

December 14, 2017FinanceAlan Gertner, Alphabet Inc., Business/Finance, CAD, California, Cannabis, Cannabis in Canada, Company: Hutchison CN, Country: United States, Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States, Donald Trump, Eric Eslao, Geography of California, Gertner, Google, Health, Herbalism, Ipsos, Jeff Sessions, Leafly, Medical cannabis, Medicinal plants, Medicine, Oakland, Oakland California, PACIFIC SALES, Reuters, Singapore, Tokyo Smoke, United States, World Wide Websmbale

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (REUTERS) – Two years ago, Alan Gertner was head of Google’s Asia-Pacific sales team in Singapore, handling more than $100 million (USD) in business. Continue reading →

14Dec/17

Federal Communications Commission set to reverse net neutrality rules

December 14, 2017InternetAjit Pai, Alphabet Inc., AT&T Inc, Barack Obama, Comcast Corp, Communication, Ed Markey, FACEBOOK INC., Federal Communications Commission, Federal government of the United States, Google, Government, Hollywood, Internet access, Internet service provider, Mark Hamill, Mass media, Michael Powell, Mitch McConnell, Net neutrality, Net neutrality by country, Net neutrality in the United States, New York, Politics, Telecommunications, Tom Wheeler, U . S . Federal, United States, Verizon Communications Inc, Washingtonsmbale

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE) (REUTERS) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected on Thursday (December 14) to rescind net neutrality rules championed by Democratic former President Barack Obama that barred the blocking or slowing of internet traffic. Continue reading →

08Oct/17

Google relaxes its ad rules

October 8, 2017InternetAlphabet Inc., Artificial intelligence, Business/Finance, Companies, Company: Apple, Company: DIGITAL CONTENT, Company: Facebook, Company: Google, Computing, Criticism of Google, Entertainment/Culture, Fred Katayama, Google, Google News, Google Search, Google Trends, Internet search engines, JASON KINT, News Corp, Online advertising, Paywall, Personalized search, Technology, Technology/Internet, Web search engine, Websites, World Wide Websmbale

Google said news websites no longer have to provide users with three free articles per day or face less prominence in search results. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

08Oct/17

Google launches new phones, speakers in hardware push

October 8, 2017MobileAlphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc, Android, Apple Inc., Artificial intelligence, Book:Google Street View, California, Cloud clients, Company: Alphabet, Company: Google, Company: Google Services, Computing, Google, Google Assistant, Google Pixelbook, Google Services, Google Talk, Mini, mobile phones, Online advertising, Pixel, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, smartphone, Smartphones, Snap Inc., Technology, Technology/Internet, Touchscreen mobile phones, United States, World Wide Websmbale

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 04, 2017) (GOOGLE) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday (October 04) unveiled the second generation of its Pixel smartphone along with new voice-enabled home speakers, redoubling its commitment to the hardware business as it competes with a surge in devices from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc . Continue reading →

09Sep/17

Supermetrics Helps Google Disrupt the BI Market

September 9, 2017InternetAdWords, Alphabet Inc., Business intelligence, CapitalG, Companies, Company: Google, Company: Supermetrics, Computing, DoubleClick, Finland, Google, Google Ads, Google Data Studio, Helsinki, Microsoft, Online advertising, Search engine marketing, Technology, Technology/Internet, World Wide Web, Yahoo!smbale

Supermetrics announces a new product and is Google’s top partner for bringing marketing data into Google Data Studio, Google’s new business intelligence tool that challenges incumbent players in the BI market Continue reading →

06Sep/17

U.S. House unanimously approves sweeping self-driving car measure

September 6, 2017TransportAlphabet Inc., Automation, Autonomous car, Companies, Control engineering, Emerging technologies, General Motors, General Motors Co, Google, Motor vehicles, Robotics, Self-driving cars, Technology, Technology/Internet, Transport, United States, Vehicular automation, Washington, DC, Waymo, Xsmbale

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 6, 2017) (HOUSE TV) – The U.S. House unanimously approved on Wednesday (September 6) a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls and bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles. Continue reading →

13Aug/17

Google case shows the importance of diversity – business professor

August 13, 2017EducationAlphabet Inc., BERNICE LEDBETTER, Companies, Company: Google, Computing, Criticism of Google, Damore, Diversity, Diversity in computing, Fred Katayama, Google, Google's Ideological Echo Chamber, James Damore, Katayama, Labor, Manifestos, Memo, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, Sexism in the United States, Sundar Pichai, Technology, World Wide Websmbale

The male Google engineer fired for circulating a memo decrying the company’s diversity hiring program became the center of a heated debate on diversity. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →