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Google’s enterprise boss explains why it spent $625 million to help non-tech companies make apps

By Mark Bergen Sep 8, 2016, 3:36p

Why Diane Greene went for Apigee.

Google drops $625 million on Apigee to chase Amazon and Microsoft in the enterprise

By Mark Bergen Sep 8, 2016, 11:14a

The deal for the recently public company comes at a 6.5 percent premium.

Google is giving up on its plans for a modular phone

By Ina Fried Sep 1, 2016, 11:27p

It had struggled to turn Project Ara into reality.

Google is getting into the ride-share business — but it isn't a threat to Uber just yet

By Johana Bhuiyan Aug 30, 2016, 5:47p

Google-owned Waze is expanding its carpool pilot to all of San Francisco.

Alphabet’s David Drummond has left Uber's board over conflict of interest on self-driving cars

By Johana Bhuiyan Aug 29, 2016, 8:06p

The move was confirmed after reports said Drummond had been “shut out” of Uber’s board meetings.

The Google X moonshot factory is struggling to get products out the door

By Mark Bergen Aug 29, 2016, 8:36a

Why?

Google X's newest hire suggests it is trying to jump-start its self-driving car business

By Mark Bergen Aug 26, 2016, 3:50p

Airbnb’s Shaun Stewart moves to the Alphabet plex.

Google Fiber is pulling back on its broadband rollout as pressure grows to cut costs

By Mark Bergen Aug 25, 2016, 1:45p

Another bump in the road for Alphabet.

People making content for virtual reality like Google and Facebook. But they like HTC even more.

By Kurt Wagner Aug 24, 2016, 9:02a

Almost half of VR developers are building content for HTC.

A satellite exec is taking over Project Loon, the internet balloon program born at Google

By Mark Bergen Aug 23, 2016, 6:26p

Tom Moore, an SVP from ViaSat, is taking the reins.

Google keeps ex-Googlers close by investing in their startups

By Mark Bergen Aug 22, 2016, 7:15p

One check went to the new social network from the founder of Orkut.

Only a few Android users will get a taste of Google’s Nougat operating system today

By Ina Fried Aug 22, 2016, 1:00p

The official release of Android Nougat is in stark contrast to how Apple's iPhone handles updates.

Google started on self-driving cars before Uber existed, but Uber is getting to consumers first

By Mark Bergen and Johana Bhuiyan Aug 18, 2016, 6:43p

For Uber, autonomous tech is “basically existential.”

Google is starting from scratch on messaging to take on Apple and Facebook

By Mark Bergen Aug 16, 2016, 12:01a

Duo, Google’s answer to Apple’s FaceTime, is here.

The head of Google’s Brain team is more worried about the lack of diversity in artificial intelligence than an AI apocalypse

By Johana Bhuiyan Aug 13, 2016, 6:00p

Lack of diversity is more than a public relations issue, people.

Google Ventures’ new chief, David Krane, is the überconnector

By Mark Bergen Aug 12, 2016, 2:10p

The company swapped the dreamer for the networker.

Russia fines Google less than what the company makes in an hour

By Mark Bergen Aug 11, 2016, 1:17p

It comes three days after authorities there opened a case against Apple.

Google Ventures founder Bill Maris: ‘I’m leaving because everything is great.’

By Mark Bergen Aug 10, 2016, 11:54p

The investor talks about his decision to leave.

Bill Maris, the CEO and founder of Google Ventures, is leaving

By Mark Bergen Aug 10, 2016, 8:28p

Managing partner David Krane is said to be taking his place.

Google Fiber wants to start testing wireless internet to homes in over a dozen U.S. cities

By Mark Bergen Aug 10, 2016, 4:14p

Beam it down, Larry.

One year later, Alphabet is a tale of two Googles

By Mark Bergen Aug 10, 2016, 8:00a

The highlights and lowlights from a year of the weirdest corporate structure ever invented.

A new flaw puts nearly a billion phones at risk and shows Android security is still a patchwork mess

By Ina Fried Aug 8, 2016, 1:52p

There are still too many cooks stirring the pot.

Google keeps buying cloud companies to take on Amazon’s AWS

By Mark Bergen Aug 8, 2016, 1:29p

The latest acquisition is Orbitera.

Google keeps finding new and creative ways to piss off Yelp and TripAdvisor

By Jason Del Rey Aug 6, 2016, 3:09p

Anticompetitive or user-centric?

Google has mapped the inside of all the official Rio Olympic venues

By Mark Bergen Aug 5, 2016, 1:02p

But we may have to wait for 2020 for VR tourism.

For some reason, the reclusive Google founders are in Singapore

By Mark Bergen Aug 4, 2016, 4:56p

Found ‘em.

Google’s speedy mobile publishing tool is now coming for the entire web

By Mark Bergen Aug 2, 2016, 1:05p

Any website that works with AMP will now appear in search.

Millennials prefer Microsoft Word for individual work, Google Docs for collaborative work

By Matt Richman Jul 29, 2016, 10:00a

It was shocking to discover that millennials are emotionally invested in a word processor.

Google Fiber plans to use cheap wireless tech to beat the cable guys

By Mark Bergen Jul 28, 2016, 6:17p

CFO Ruth Porat gives the unit a shout-out.

Google has sold 30 million of its Chromecast media streaming devices

By Mark Bergen Jul 28, 2016, 5:51p

That’s up from 25 million in May.

Google just showed Wall Street growth where it needed to — in its non-ads business

By Mark Bergen Jul 28, 2016, 4:20p

Looking to the cloud.

One of the executives who made Google Google-y is retiring

By Mark Bergen Jul 28, 2016, 8:30a

Sales veteran Eileen Naughton will replace longtime HR boss Laszlo Bock.

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