The war of words between T-Mobile and YouTube continues, with executives from the wireless company claiming it’s “absurd” that the streaming service should care so much about T-Mo downgrading the quality of YouTube videos. [More]
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YouTube Calls Out T-Mobile For Throttling Video Traffic
Net neutrality says that internet providers can’t throttle some services and speed others up. That much is clear. But if they’re throttling literally everyone, even those who didn’t sign up for it, is it still a violation? Google says yes, and has a definite complaint about the way T-Mobile is starting to handle video. [More]
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Google: Delivery Drones Could Be A Reality By 2017
In the race to fill the skies with commercial drones, Google X Labs, the technology research arm of newly-formed company Alphabet, is throwing a potential date for when it could possibly start operating a drone delivery powered by its own drones: packages could be falling from above by 2017, says the company’s drone project leader. [More]
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Google Buys Domain Name That’s All 26 Letters Of The Alphabet
What’s a technology giant to do when it can’t get its first choice of domain name? Go big: Alphabet, the new name of what used to be just Google, couldn’t buy alphabet.com (BMW owns it), or even abc.com (American Broadcasting Company, owned by Walt Disney Co.), so it’s gone and snagged abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com. Might as well be thorough. [More]
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Google To Officially Become Part Of “Alphabet” Holding Company This Afternoon
Nearly two months after Google announced its plan to restructure its entire business under a new holding company called “Alphabet,” that transition is minutes away from happening. [More]
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BMW Beat Google To The “Alphabet” Name And Website
Yesterday, Google announced a massive reorganization that will put the Internet giant and all its other side businesses under the umbrella of a new company called Alphabet. But don’t expect to visit Alphabet.com anytime soon, unless you want to buy a bunch of BMWs. [More]
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Google Reorganizing Itself Under New Company Called “Alphabet”
Google, probably one of the most well-known brand names in all the world, has decided to change things up today, with an announcement from CEO Larry Page that the company is going to be reorganized under the umbrella of a bigger corporation known as “Alphabet.” [More]