In surprising Google news that seems to have come completely out of left field, Google announced that they formed a brand new holding company called Alphabet, Inc..  With the introduction of Alphabet, Google would become a fully owned subsidiary of that entity.  With this new hierarchy in place, The co-founders of Google, Page and Brin, will become CEO […]

Google is airing a video that profiles a transgender man’s path to transition in a national television spot during the ESPY Awards on ABC. It was reported by USA Today that the spot would air on Wednesday.  The ad runs for a total of two and a half minutes, and is one of the longest commercials that […]

Google has been known for its lavish benefits and liberal hiring.  But now, it seems that things are changing a bit.  The company is tightening its belt as it matures and revenue growth slows.  It was reported by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that Google is “curbing hiring and seeking ways to run its sprawling empire more efficiently.” […]

There is confirmation from Yahoo that it’s doing some testing with Google’s search results, which is something that is now allowed under the renegotiated deal with Microsoft.  Before the renegotiation, Yahoo depended on the search results from Microsoft’s Bing search engine.But now that Yahoo has renegotiated the deal back in April, there are more possibilities for the company. […]

Google has been given more time to respond to the antitrust charges being thrown at them by the EU, with the deadline now being pushed from July 7 to August 17, 2015. The news comes from a report on Reuters, where Google’s spokesman All Verney said that the EU has given in to Google’s request for […]

It looks like Google has lost out on the ability to provide search listings and ads to AOL, as Microsoft and AOL have signed a new 10-year agreement to allow Bing to provide AOL with their search listings. Back in 2002 when Google first got the AOL deal, it was a pretty big deal, as […]

Some search companies feel they’re not cut out to run their own map imagery collection business, and Bing is just one of those companies, it seems.  Bing has made the decision that they will rely on licensing deals to power some of its key mapping tools, which includes 3D and aerial images, as well as […]

According to a U.S. desktop search report by comScore back in May, there has been practically zero change in search market share for Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Ask and AOL between the months of April and May. 64 percent of the market share was owned by Google, and Bing was still holding steady at the 20 percent […]

There is a report from the Wall Street Journal that tells of researchers from Columbia University and Harvard Business School who claim that Google is delivering a “degraded version of its search engine,” which outranks its own services over more relevant results for local searches on restaurants and hotels. In a study sponsored by Yelp (who is one […]

As with any search engine, Yahoo would love to get themselves some more users to increase its search share and user base.  It was reported last week that, in its latest move, Yahoo signed into being a new partnership with Oracle that ties Yahoo to new Java software installations. The news of this deal was […]