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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Takes The Reins At Alphabet

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take over as the new CEO of Alphabet , as well as retain his job at Google, according to a blog post by Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Going forward, Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet. Pichai said that the new position won’t affect the way things are done at Alphabet. “I

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai To Take Over Parent Co Alphabet

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take over as the new CEO of Alphabet , as well as retain his job at Google, according to a blog post by Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Going forward, Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet. Pichai said that the new position won’t affect the way things are done at Alphabet. “I

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Alphabet Pulls The Plug On Digital Ballooning Venture Loon

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Google’s parent company Alphabet is pulling the plug on its subsidiary Loon , a futuristic venture that for the past decade was exploring the use of giant helium balloons to deliver internet access to remote locales. The company aimed to bring internet access to remote communities and low-income areas unable to afford the technology.

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Alphabet Surpasses Apple In Financial Reserves

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Google’s parent company Alphabet has surpassed Apple as the company with the biggest cash reserves in the world, according to a report by the Financial Times. The technology company’s holdings of cash and marketable securities, net of debt, has dropped to $102 billion from $163 billion at 2017 year-end.

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Alphabet Holds Secret Meeting With FedEx, Others About Logistics

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Alphabet recently held a secret, closed-door meeting with shipping companies like FedEx during what it called the Alphabet Advanced Logistics Summit, according to a report by CNBC. Most of the people at the summit were from different teams at Alphabet, but there were representatives from JD.com , Deliv and Flexe, among others.

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Alphabet Leads Covert Meeting To Discuss Tech In Logistics

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Alphabet recently held a secret, closed-door meeting with shipping companies like FedEx during what it called the Alphabet Advanced Logistics Summit, according to a report by CNBC. Most of the people at the summit were from different teams at Alphabet, but there were representatives from JD.com , Deliv and Flexe, among others.

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New Alphabet Boss To Scrutinize High-Tech Ventures?

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So may be the case with Alphabet, parent company of Google. Those would include the self-driving cars, the drone business and the various “smart” technologies. But then again, the regulatory ( antitrust and other) challenges facing the company may provoke a hard look at what Alphabet is and should be.

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