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This Google company proposes plan to build smart city to tackle challenges of urban growth
Wed, Jun 26, 2019
Sidewalks Lab, the Google's sister company presented its plan for Toronto, Canada project to build Quayside, a gateway into western waterfront area into a high-tech smart city. The $990 million project entitled as 'Toronto Tomorrow: A new approach for inclusive growth.'
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Google parent struggles with mobile clicks, YouTube changes, shares down 7 percent
Tue, Apr 30, 2019
Alphabet Inc`s Google failed to reap the benefits of a strong economy that bolstered rivals in the first quarter as the leading internet ad company faced increased competition in its search and hardware businesses and suffered from disruptive changes at YouTube.
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Google announces Stadia video game streaming service
Tue, Mar 19, 2019
Google has endured mixed results in gaming. Video games are the best-selling category on its app store for Android mobile devices. It sold an estimated $21.5 billion worth of games last year, according to research firm Sensor Tower.
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Flipkart deal done? Walmart may make announcement in just days
Tue, May 08, 2018
Walmart is likely to announce its much-anticipated deal to buy a controlling stake in Indian e-commerce player Flipkart before the end of this week, two sources said, in what is likely to be the U.S. retail giant`s biggest acquisition of a business.
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Self-driving car: Waymo CEO says its tech would have handled Uber incident safely
Sun, Mar 25, 2018
Self-driving car: The fatal collision on March 18 in Tempe, Arizona, has raised questions about the safety of autonomous technology in general, and of Uber`s system specifically, of which few details are known. An investigation by police and federal safety regulators is ongoing into the accident, in which an Uber test vehicle driving in autonomous mode hit a pedestrian at night as she was walking across a four-lane roadway with her bike.
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Google hires former Samsung exec to coordinate Internet of Things projects
Tue, Feb 13, 2018
Alphabet Inc`s Google this month hired Injong Rhee, who recently resigned as Samsung Electronics Co`s chief technology officer, to lead its Internet of Things business, he said in a LinkedIn post Monday.
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Google teams with Sony, Lenovo for smart speakers with touchscreens
Tue, Jan 09, 2018
Dubbed smart displays by Google, the new devices introduce tablet-like screens to speakers that can obey oral commands to perform tasks like playing music, dimming lights, locking doors and setting alarms. JBL and Lenovo Group Ltd also are developing smart displays, Google said.
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Alphabet's Eric Schmidt to step down as executive chairman
Fri, Dec 22, 2017
Alphabet Inc said on Thursday its Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will step down in January, ending a 17-year-run in which he played a central role in building a promising startup called Google into a global technology powerhouse.
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