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Google, Apple Seen As Unlikely To Bid For Twitter

Edit Investors Business Daily 06 Oct 2016
Twitter (TWTR) shares have surged on speculation that the ailing social network will be sold, but Alphabet unit Google (GOOGL) and Apple (AAPL) are unlikely to make a bid, Recode reported late Wednesday, citing sources. Apple and Alphabet are the two largest tech companies by market cap....

Twitter Shares Slump After Report Says Google Won’t Make a Bid

Edit Bloomberg 06 Oct 2016
Twitter Inc. fell as much as 11 percent in extended trading following a report that Alphabet Inc.’s Google isn’t interested in buying the social-networking service ... A representative for Google declined to comment on the report ... ....
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Samsung Brings in Founders of Apple’s Siri With AI Acquisition

Edit Bloomberg 06 Oct 2016
Samsung Electronics Co. is acquiring Viv Labs Inc., a U.S.-based artificial-intelligence software company, seeking to bolster its expertise as smartphones become virtual assistants for complex tasks ... and became the voice-based digital assistant on iPhones and other gadgets ... Viv, based in San Jose, California, would have been an attractive target for any other company looking for AI expertise, such as Google parent Alphabet Inc ... ....

Samsung just bought the AI firm run by the co-creator of Apple's Siri

Edit Business Insider 06 Oct 2016
AP. SEOUL (Reuters) - Tech giant Samsung said on Thursday it is acquiring U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) platform developer Viv Labs Inc, a firm run by a co-creator of Apple's Siri voice assistant program ... Alphabet's Google is widely considered to be the leader in AI, but others including Amazon.com, Apple and Microsoft have also launched their own offerings including voice-powered digital assistants ... (Editing by Kenneth Maxwell) ... U.S....

LA Galaxy ranked seventh in Major League Soccer alphabetically | INSIDER (Los Angeles Galaxy)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Oct 2016
- The LA Galaxy may have dropped in the MLS Power Rankings after their loss last weekend, but they stood pat in the league's alphabetical rankings ... The Chicago Fire sit atop the alphabetical rankings, narrowly edging out the Colorado Rapids....

We took a ride in Alphabet's self-driving car, which just hit 2 million miles traveled ...

Edit The Verge 05 Oct 2016
... Alphabet ... To mark the occasion, Alphabet invited me to take a ride in one of its test cars with Dimitri Dolgov, who leads software development for X....

Apple (AAPL) Hasn't Had a Competitor Like Alphabet in 'Forever,' Verge's Mossberg Says

Edit The Street 05 Oct 2016
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Alphabet's  (GOOGL) Google designed and developed a new smartphone called Pixel that it unveiled at an even in San Francisco on Tuesday, in a move that should have Apple (AAPL) worried, Verge Executive Editor Walt Mossberg said on CNBC's "Squawk Alley" on Wednesday morning.  ....

'It's Nice to See Google (GOOGL) Pushing Into Hardware,' Senior Tech Analyst Gillis Says

Edit The Street 05 Oct 2016
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google unveiled its brand new Pixel smartphone during an event in San Francisco on Tuesday ... The phone will be exclusively available through Verizon (VZ) ... Shares of Alphabet were higher in mid-morning trading on Wednesday. . (Alphabet is a core holding in Jim Cramer's charitable trust Action Alerts PLUS ... ....

Google Takes a New Approach by Targeting Artificial Intelligence and Hardware

Edit The Street 05 Oct 2016
With a family of new hardware products and software applications, Alphabet (GOOGL)  is taking a new tack by focusing on its machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities. Alphabet announced on Tuesday a ... Alphabet is a holding in Jim Cramer's Action Alerts PLUS Charitable Trust Portfolio....

At one year, Alphabet starts shedding the free-wheeling ways that existed under Google

Edit Digital Trends 05 Oct 2016
It's been a year since Google formed Alphabet as a holding company to separate and organize its various projects and businesses. For some life got tougher with less free-wheeling decision-making, greater accountability, and restricted budgets. The post At one year, Alphabet starts shedding the free-wheeling ways that existed under Google appeared first on Digital Trends ... ....

Twitter Seen Fielding Bids From Salesforce, Others This Week

Edit Investors Business Daily 05 Oct 2016
Salesforce is expected to bid, but it may face off against larger, deeper-pocket rivals in Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) and Walt Disney (DIS). Alphabet's Google has hired M&A specialist Lazard to work on a Twitter bid, according to Bloomberg ... Salesforce's stock has sold off on Twitter speculation, while Alphabet and Disney rumors have ......

Google's Pixel A 'Science Project,' Called A 'Nonevent' For Apple

Edit Investors Business Daily 05 Oct 2016
Unlocked versions of the Pixel phones will be sold at Google's online store ... Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL) stock slipped a fraction on the stock market today. Alphabet stock rose a fraction Tuesday after being flat most of the day during the webcast announcements. IBD'S TAKE. Alphabet shares jumped 3.3% on July 29 after Q2 earnings and revenue beat, but the stock has been trading between 783.50 and 819.06 since then ... ....

Google's Pixel Phone: Everything You Wanted The iPhone To Be

Edit Stockhouse 05 Oct 2016
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ. GOOG) (NASDAQ. GOOGL)'s Google Pixel phone has everything users could have wanted from the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ. AAPL) iPhone. Therefore, tough competition between the two big firms is in the cards ... Pixel comes with advanced processor of QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ ... Related Link ... At Last Check ... Alphabet (GOOG) shares were up 0.34 percent at $779.09. Alphabet (GOOGL) shares were up 0.4 percent at $806.03....
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