Fathead When Larry Cunningham published his book on the management lessons of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett, his first book-tour stop last fall was at the Mountain View, Calif. home of Google. More than 100 people showed up, and apparently they listened. Pundits have spent the week debating whether Google’s GOOG, +0.14% GOOGL, +0.15%  plan...Read More
Here’s the multibillion-dollar question of the moment: Does Google’s restructuring signal a huge deal is in the works? In the days following the announcement that Google will become a subsidiary of a new parent company called Alphabet, many have speculated the move was partly motivated by a desire to make big acquisitions—a la Berkshire Hathaway....Read More
Thousands of people flocked to acquire a “.xyz†website name this week following the surprise news that Google is folding itself into Alphabet, a new holding company that has ABC.xyz as its website. These registrants, for the most part, appear to have bought their “xyz†name in good faith. But a few of the new...Read More
The so-called “right to be forgottenâ€, now compressed to RTBF, is climbing back up the news agenda. It all stems, you will recall, from a landmark decision by the European court of justice mandating that European citizens had a right to demand that links to online material about them that was deemed to be misleading or...Read More
Black Hat 2015 For those of you worried about the Stagefright flaw in Android, be reassured, a patch will be coming down the line in the next few days. “My guess is that this is the single largest software update the world has ever seen,” said Adrian Ludwig, lead engineer for Android security at Google....Read More
Google GOOG finally announced recently that it is scaling back its focus on Google+, the also-ran social network that the search giant has spent hundreds of millions of dollars and four years of its time trying to turn into a competitor to Facebook FB . Among other things, users will no longer be forced to...Read More
AFP/Getty Images A skier carrying a GoPro camera on his helmet. There are plenty of reasons for investors to play it safe right now. In addition to the fears of a Fed rate hike deflating the market in the second half and continued challenges overseas in Europe and China, earnings have been pretty lackluster. In...Read More
Google has set up its own car company. The tech giant has flirted with major car firms as it explores driverless cars but has also quietly set up its own auto company, according to documents obtained by the Guardian. Google Auto LLC is headed by Chris Urmson, project lead for Google’s self-driving cars. Urmson has...Read More
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (CNN)After going underwater, climbing mountains and riding atop trains, Google Street View this month chalked up another achievement. Its first festival. Not just any festival, but Naadam — rugged Mongolia’s annual display of horsemanship, marksmanship and muscle. And CNN got to tag along for the ride. Held each summer in Ulaanbaatar (this year...Read More
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