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Jan 30, 2018, 10:50 AM

An early pioneer in Pittsburgh, Google looks to continue growth as tech rivals arrive

PITTSBURGH — When Google opened an engineering office in the Seattle area 14 years ago, it pioneered a movement of… Read More

Jan 26, 2018, 6:29 AM

New data: Google Home faring better against Amazon Echo, grabbing 40% of U.S. holiday sales

Google’s push to compete with Amazon Echo in the home is starting to pay off with increased market share, according… Read More

Jan 24, 2018, 10:19 AM

Amazon lobbying spending jumped 16% in 2017 as tech titans ramped up efforts to influence federal policy

Amazon spent nearly $13 million on lobbying the U.S. government last year, a 16 percent increase over the company’s lobbying… Read More

Jan 19, 2018, 12:42 PM

Amazon adds voice control to Alexa app for Android with iOS update on the way

Amazon is beefing up its virtual brain Alexa within the Android operating system, as it continues to battle Google and… Read More

Jan 17, 2018, 6:00 AM

Google unveils Cloud AutoML, a new set of cloud services that promise easier machine learning

Google has figured out a way to make sophisticated machine-learning techniques available to cloud customers who want to use that… Read More

Jan 16, 2018, 9:26 AM

Google announces plans for five new cloud computing regions, as well as new undersea cables

In 2018 Google will launch five new cloud computing regions around the world, adding capacity as it gears up to… Read More

Jan 11, 2018, 5:16 PM

Where’s Cortana? Microsoft is playing the long game as Amazon and Google dominate CES

LAS VEGAS — Lost in the shuffle of Amazon and Google’s digital assistant showdown this week at CES is another… Read More

Jan 9, 2018, 8:30 AM

Hey Google, come back later: Search giant’s CES booth unveiling washed out due to heavy rain

LAS VEGAS — Mother Nature spoiled Google’s coming out party at CES, as heavy rains forced the search giant to… Read More

Jan 8, 2018, 5:00 PM

Google to challenge Amazon’s Echo Show through smart-screen partnerships with LG, Sony and others

LAS VEGAS — Google has its answer to the touchscreen-powered Amazon Echo Show. Google announced today that it will bring… Read More

Jan 8, 2018, 5:00 PM

Google continues all-out blitz of CES with new smart speakers, TVs and more featuring Google Assistant

LAS VEGAS — If CES 2017 was the year of Alexa everywhere, the theme of 2018 may ultimately be Google… Read More

Jan 8, 2018, 11:19 AM

Panasonic bringing Alexa and Google Assistant to in-car ‘infotainment’ systems, with offline capabilities

LAS VEGAS — An overriding theme of CES this year is Amazon’s Alexa versus the Google Assistant, but Panasonic isn’t… Read More

Jan 8, 2018, 10:45 AM

LG bets big on Google Assistant, but still hedging its bets with Amazon

LAS VEGAS — The battle of voice assistant platforms has begun at CES 2018, pitting the Google Assistant versus Amazon’s… Read More

Jan 8, 2018, 12:01 AM

Alexa is coming to PCs: HP, ASUS and Acer bring Amazon’s assistant onto Microsoft Cortana’s turf

Amazon Alexa will soon arrive on Windows PCs, creating new competition for Microsoft’s built-in Cortana voice assistant. Hardware makers HP,… Read More

Jan 7, 2018, 11:43 AM

Amazon Alexa vs. Google Assistant emerges as key battle of CES 2018

Last year’s big story at CES was the rise of Amazon Alexa as the voice assistant of choice in everything… Read More

Jan 5, 2018, 11:21 AM

Software as a Service in 2018: Artificial intelligence and new apps are reshaping a key cloud sector

First, the bad news when it comes to Software as a Service in 2018: The market is maturing. Growth is… Read More

Jan 2, 2018, 10:47 AM

Sorry, Google: We tried Amazon’s YouTube workaround on Fire TV, and it worked great

Who needs a YouTube app? That’s our conclusion after trying Amazon’s workaround to the popular streaming site after Google pulled YouTube… Read More

Dec 28, 2017, 9:30 AM

Amazon now directs Fire TV users to web browsers for YouTube in latest twist to Google squabble

Amazon introduced web browsing capabilities for its Fire TV and Fire TV Stick streaming devices just over a week ago,… Read More

Dec 21, 2017, 3:44 PM

After 16 years, Alphabet’s Eric Schmidt is stepping down as executive chairman

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, announced Thursday afternoon that Eric Schmidt, who has played an outsized role in Google’s… Read More

Dec 19, 2017, 10:15 AM

Google, NCAA team up on cloud marketing deal, will digitize 80 years of sports data

Ever wondered who was the best basketball player in the Pac-10 in 1982? If that trivia item has been bugging… Read More

Dec 14, 2017, 2:35 PM

Google adds one-time cloud-holdout Etsy, months after Amazon rolled out its own craft shop

Over the last few years, Etsy was something of a stalwart supporter when it came to the virtues of maintaining… Read More

Dec 14, 2017, 12:17 PM

Google Chromecast and Apple TV resurface on Amazon as tech giants continue to thaw icy relationships

Google’s Chromecast and the Apple TV are back on Amazon, two years after the retail giant removed the streaming products… Read More

Nov 30, 2017, 12:36 PM

Google Cloud hires the former head of Intel’s data center group, Diane Bryant, as COO

Google is bringing on an experienced enterprise tech leader, former Intel datacenter executive Diane Bryant, to serve as chief operating… Read More

Nov 28, 2017, 1:21 PM

Google eliminates Kubernetes cluster-management fees just before the main event at AWS re:Invent

LAS VEGAS — With the cloud computing industry gathered in Las Vegas for Amazon Web Services’ big re:Invent conference, Google… Read More

Nov 15, 2017, 12:42 PM

Google’s Urs Hölzle still thinks its cloud revenue will catch its ad revenue, but maybe not by 2020

At Structure 2015, Google’s Urs Hölzle predicted that Google would get as much revenue from cloud computing as it did… Read More

Nov 8, 2017, 10:47 AM

An Echo on every counter and a Google Home on every nightstand? Study says 55% of U.S. will own a smart speaker by 2022

A new study sheds some light on why tech companies across the world are in the midst of a digital… Read More

Nov 6, 2017, 1:51 PM

Salesforce and Google strike partnership deal around G Suite and Google Cloud

Salesforce is teaming up with Google on several fronts, integrating Salesforce data into Google’s G Suite business productivity software and… Read More

Nov 6, 2017, 8:53 AM

Amazon leads smart speaker race with 20M devices sold, study claims, but Google is gaining ground

Amazon is leading the way in the smart home automation market — thanks to its growing line of Alexa-powered devices… Read More

Nov 5, 2017, 7:49 AM

The new world of tech: How Amazon and Google ended up inside a Microsoft database conference

Delivering the keynote address at the PASS Summit 2017 in Seattle this week, Microsoft’s general manager of database systems, Rohan… Read More

Oct 30, 2017, 10:18 AM

YouTube TV unveils new app, but no support for Fire TV as Amazon’s spat with Google continues

YouTube is rolling out a standalone app for its new TV service, but people hoping to stream content on Amazon’s… Read More

Oct 26, 2017, 2:39 PM

Alphabet stock on the rise as Google parent beats Wall Street expectations with $27.7B in revenue

Shares in Google parent company Alphabet are up after the company exceeded Wall Street expectations in the third quarter. Alphabet… Read More