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Does Google Trips Pose A Serious Challenge To Priceline Or Expedia?
Though Google’s entry into tourism bookings might indicate a future expansion into online travel booking, given their current positions in the travel industry, the two OTA giants do not have too much to fear as of now. Recently, Google int...
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Self-Driving Cars, Part 2: Size of Opportunity Involved
Auto companies currently build and sell cars. When you add self-driving capabilities to a car, the problem no longer remains restricted to designing and selling a car, it evolves into providing Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS). The TaaS market ...
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Self-Driving Cars: The Building Blocks of Transportation-as-a-Service
The auto market has been experiencing rapid technological change over the last few years. The shift from internal combustion (IC) engine cars to electric cars has already changed the process of how a car is built, who builds the car and who suppl...
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Here’s Why Google Is Acquiring Apigee
Recently, Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) subsidiary Google announced that it will acquire the API (Application Programming Interface) platform provider Apigee for $625 million in a transaction that is likely to be closed by the end of this ...
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Here’s How Google Is Looking To Attract More Users To Its Search Engine
An increasing number of consumers search for products directly on a shopping app such as Amazon, especially for online shopping. In response, Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) subsidiary Google is looking at innovative ways to increase searches...
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Here’s How Google Can Benefit From Its Foray Into Ride Sharing
Reports suggest that Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) subsidiary Google will now allow all its Waze app users in the San Francisco area to find fellow commuters who are headed in the same direction. This is as the company tries to establish i...
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How Can Curbing Growth Capital Expenditure Impact Alphabet’s Stock Price?
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) continues to invest heavily in systems, data centers, real estate and facilities, and information technology infrastructure. Over the past six years, the company has spent nearly $39 billion in capital expenditure (Ca...
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Mid Year Review:How Will Google’s Mobile Search Division Fare In 2016?
Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) subsidiary Google leads the online search ads industry. With the advent of mobile phones, the search queries from smartphones have increased exponentially. However, the mobile RPS is declining as ad agencies a...
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Mid Year Review:How Will Google’s Desktop Search Division Fare Till The End Of 2016?
Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) subsidiary Google leads the online search ads industry. With the advent of mobile phones, the search queries from desktop have plummeted. Furthermore, the convergence of desktop revenue per search with mobile ...
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Dilemma Of YouTube’s Unplugged TV Part 2: How Much Revenue Can Ads Based Model Add To Topline?
In the previous note, we explored the challenges Alphabet’s (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) YouTube might face in monetizing its content through a Subscription based Video on Demand (SVoD) service. In this note, we explore the how the new service can disru...
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Alphabet Earnings: Mobile And YouTube Will Continue To Drive Revenue In The Future Even As Investment Outlay For Other Bets Is Expected To Increase
Alphabet Inc. (NASDQ:GOOG, GOOGL) reported its second quarter results on Thurday, July 28th. Both revenues and EPS beat the market expectations, driven by strong advertising sales. While the revenues grew by over 21% to $21.50 billion year over y...
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Dilemma Of YouTube’s Unplugged TV Part -1: Is A Subscription Model The Right Approach For Monetizing Video Content?
Alphabet’s (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) online ad company Google owns YouTube. According to Trefis estimates, YouTube makes up over 12.5% of Alphabet’s value. Trefis also estimates that it generated nearly $12.6 billion in revenues in 2015. However, Alp...
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Alphabet Earnings Preview: Search Ads, YouTube, Google Play To Boost Revenue
Alphabet Inc. (NASDQ:GOOG, GOOGL) is set to report its second-quarter results on July 28th. While we anticipate that the gross revenues will grow by over 17% during the quarter, net revenues and EPS will grow at a slower pace due to losses in oth...
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Here’s Why Google Is Launching An Android Training Program In India
Recently, Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) subsidiary Google announced an Android Skilling Program for India, under which it will train two million developers in India over the next three years. These developers will be provided end-to-end An...
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Will Brexit Impact Alphabet’s Revenues In The Future?
The ‘leave’ outcome of the UK’s EU referendum fueled uncertainty in the financial markets around the world. The event is unlikely to impact the large technology companies significantly, as most of the large companies are geograp...
