All major and minor vendors in cloud computing are currently polishing their bids for one of the biggest cloud deals the industry has ever seen, as the Department of Defense… Read More
The King County Library System is opening its first makerspace this weekend. And it’s doing so with the help of a $100,000 grant from Google. The new ideaX Makerspace stakes… Read More
Get ready for a few changes to the screen millions of people wake up to: Google is contemplating a new design and new features for Gmail. The company sent out… Read More
Google’s latest undersea cable project will result in a faster connection between important tech centers in Asia and Australia like Taiwan and Sydney, the company plans to announce Tuesday evening.… Read More
Google continues to focus on ways it can use its artificial intelligence research to court cloud customers, announcing Tuesday that it will make the text-to-speech technology inside some of its… Read More
It’s not a huge surprise that a company known for moonshots is taking a close look at the blockchain. Bloomberg reported Wednesday that Google is developing its own version of… Read More
Two days after one of Google’s earliest employees laid down a bit of a manifesto regarding its commitment to cybersecurity, the company backed up the talk Wednesday with several new… Read More
With over 130,000 employees, Airbus uses a lot of office productivity software. It recently decided to make a big bet on Google’s G Suite software package after running the company… Read More
Google has snapped up Tableau Software’s former headquarters space in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, an indication the tech giant is not content to wait for its massive new office campus in… Read More
The latest numbers from market research firm Futuresource are slightly better news for Microsoft in a U.S. K-12 education market dominated by Google and Chromebooks. U.K.-based Futuresource Consulting has released its… Read More
Amazon may have made a splash during last month’s Super Bowl with an Alexa ad that dominated water cooler conversations, but Google came roaring back this weekend with a whole… Read More
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka “Mr. Wonderful,” was blown away when he saw Amazon’s agreement to acquire video doorbell maker Ring for a reported price of more than $1 billion.… Read More
Ashwin Ram, the head of Amazon’s Alexa AI research and development team, has jumped ship to lead AI development at Google Cloud. Ram announced the move in a LinkedIn post that… Read More
Google added several new features to G Suite Wednesday in hopes of convincing users to rely on its enterprise software tool for more than just email and file management. The… Read More
Amazon’s market value surged to more than $702 billion on Wednesday, making the Seattle-based company the third-largest U.S. public company by that measure — surpassing its regional neighbor Microsoft for… Read More
Google is bringing Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) to Gmail, making it possible to update a meeting invitation, get updated flight information and fill out forms and questionnaires, among other tasks, without… Read More
Microsoft and Google are invading each other’s turf with new features and offers to woo customers to their respective productivity suites. Today, Google said it has added the ability to… Read More
For what appears to be the first time Thursday, Google publicly revealed how much revenue it is generating from its cloud businesses, and it’s a nice round number. “Google Cloud,… Read More
PITTSBURGH — When Google opened an engineering office in the Seattle area 14 years ago, it pioneered a movement of out-of-town tech giants setting up shop in the growing Pacific… Read More
Google’s push to compete with Amazon Echo in the home is starting to pay off with increased market share, according to a new study released this morning by Consumer Intelligence… Read More
Amazon spent nearly $13 million on lobbying the U.S. government last year, a 16 percent increase over the company’s lobbying expenditures in 2016. The Washington Post first reported the numbers, and… Read More
Amazon is beefing up its virtual brain Alexa within the Android operating system, as it continues to battle Google and its digital assistant. Today Amazon announced new voice control capabilities… Read More
Google has figured out a way to make sophisticated machine-learning techniques available to cloud customers who want to use that technology in their apps without having to hire an expensive… Read More
In 2018 Google will launch five new cloud computing regions around the world, adding capacity as it gears up to take on its cloud rivals. The company announced Tuesday that… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Lost in the shuffle of Amazon and Google’s digital assistant showdown this week at CES is another tech giant’s virtual brain: Microsoft’s Cortana. Unlike fellow tech heavyweights… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Mother Nature spoiled Google’s coming out party at CES, as heavy rains forced the search giant to shut down for the day the gargantuan outdoor booth that… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Google has its answer to the touchscreen-powered Amazon Echo Show. Google announced today that it will bring its digital assistant to a variety of smart screen display… Read More
LAS VEGAS — If CES 2017 was the year of Alexa everywhere, the theme of 2018 may ultimately be Google gone wild. The search giant unleashed a slew of new… Read More
LAS VEGAS — An overriding theme of CES this year is Amazon’s Alexa versus the Google Assistant, but Panasonic isn’t picking a side. Today the electronics giant announced with Amazon… Read More
LAS VEGAS — The battle of voice assistant platforms has begun at CES 2018, pitting the Google Assistant versus Amazon’s Alexa in a race to see which voice assistant can… Read More