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Google TV with Chromecast finally gets an update to fix Dolby Vision playback and...
Google TV, which is now well over a year old, has finally received one of the first updates that bring with it fixes to Dobly Vision playback and storage alongside a security patch update.
The...
Alphabet is closing its balloon internet service, Loon
Alphabet has overnight advised that it will be shutting down its division that provides internet from floating balloon called Loon, due to “commercial availability constraints.”
In a blog post on the company’s X Moonshot division...
YouTube revenue has doubled in the past two years
Alphabet, the parent company to Google, Android and YouTube, has overnight released its latest earnings release which has shown something we aren’t surprised about. It has earned a $46.1 billion profit which is...
Rumour: Fitbit Might Be Bought By Google Parent Company Alphabet
Reuters is reporting a rumour that Google's parent company Alphabet has made an offer to purchase Fitbit.
This may be an attempt by Google to gain market share in the wearables gadget sector because watches...
Alphabet’s Wing takes off in South East Queensland, our first hand Wing drone delivery...
Earlier this month Wing - Alphabet's areal drone delivery service - announced that it would commence flight operations in South East Queensland, specifically in the Logan City suburbs of Marsden and Crestmead. Today marks...
Alphabets aerial delivery service is about to take off in Queensland
Earlier this year Alphabets Project Wing lost the project title and launched an aerial drone delivery service in Canberra, since then they have also gone live in some US cities. This month they are...
Google Pixel 3a shows cost is a major factor in sales, doubling Google’s phone...
When Google's Pixel 3a and 3a XL were released and they made quite the splash. Reviews were very positive generally about delivering such a positive and snappy experience to users on a wallet friendly...
Wing OpenSky is the perfect app for drone pilots
Alphabet-owned company Wing Aviation today launched an app called Wing OpenSky that serves as a defacto air traffic control for drones.
Releasing on Android and iOS, OpenSky offers an interface similar to Google Maps, but...
Alphabet’s Wing will take to the the skies above more of Australia with its...
Alphabet's Wing drone delivery service has been in testing in Canberra for some time now, with the team behind the aerial delivery service read to make the next big step and start a wider...
Alphabet’s Verily announce their stylish health tracking smartwatch with 7 day battery life
Verily, the part of Alphabet Inc concerned with health and life sciences, has announced its stylish health tracking smartwatch with a unique hook -- a claimed 7-day battery life. However, before you get too excited...
Say hello to Waymo, Alphabet’s new self driving car company
Today the world welcomes Waymo, Google's Alphabet's newest company formed around self-driving cars! For some time now there have been rumours that Google's self-driving car division was ready to spin off into its own...
Alphabet Reports US$22.45 Billion In Revenue
Google's parent company, Alphabet, today reported its quarterly earnings and once again they have increased revenue compared with last year. Q3 2015 saw them report a revenue of $18.7 billion but despite analysts predicting...
Verily’s (Formerly Google X) health tracking watch is a real, working prototype it seems
While we wait for next week's big announcements, which might include smartwatches (though it seems less likely now), another of Alphabet's companies, Verily, is working on its own health-tracking smartwatch.
There's not a lot of...
Nest To Become Part of Google
Way back at the beginning of 2014 Google (as it was then known, not Alphabet) acquired Nest Labs -- a maker of innovative thermostats and smoke alarms -- for a cool $3.2 billion in...
Google is consolidating all of their hardware efforts under one division and one man:...
In what could lead to a fully integrated hardware presence by Google, Re/Code is reporting that Google has created a new Division to oversee all of their hardware efforts. This new division is to...