As Google celebrates its 25th birthday this month, its CEO Sundar Pichai has reminisced about how technology has changed the way we communicate, create and innovate. Celebrating Google’s rich history of events (the company will officially celebrate its 25th birthday later this month), Pichai said it’s time for some gratitude, and a moment to reflect.
“Years ago, when I was studying in the US, my dad — who was back in India — got his first email address. I was really excited to have a faster (and cheaper) way to communicate with him, so I sent a message.
“And then I waited…and waited. It was two full days before I got this reply Dear Mr. Pichai, email received. All is well,” he wrote late on Tuesday.
Fast forward to a few months ago.
“I was with my teenage son. He saw something interesting, took some quick pictures and shared them with his friends.
“Years ago, when I was studying in the US, my dad — who was back in India — got his first email address. I was really excited to have a faster (and cheaper) way to communicate with him, so I sent a message.
“And then I waited…and waited. It was two full days before I got this reply Dear Mr. Pichai, email received. All is well,” he wrote late on Tuesday.
Fast forward to a few months ago.
“I was with my teenage son. He saw something interesting, took some quick pictures and shared them with his friends.
- 9/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
San Francisco, Sep 3 (Ians) Tech giant Google, which turns 25 on Monday, has come a long way from being born as a search engine in the garage of Susan Wojcicki — the future boss of YouTube — in a new tech landscape of generative AI, chatbots and social media.
Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California.
The company — now part of the parent group called Alphabet and run by Indian-origin Sundar Pichai — has diversified into several tech streams and launched several products.
The company rapidly grew to offer a multitude of products and services beyond Google Search, many of which hold dominant market positions like Gmail, Google Maps, Google Cloud, Chrome, YouTube, Workspace, Android operating system, cloud storage Drive, Google Translate), video chat app Meet, Pixel smartphones, Google Assistant, Bard AI and more
The company went...
Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California.
The company — now part of the parent group called Alphabet and run by Indian-origin Sundar Pichai — has diversified into several tech streams and launched several products.
The company rapidly grew to offer a multitude of products and services beyond Google Search, many of which hold dominant market positions like Gmail, Google Maps, Google Cloud, Chrome, YouTube, Workspace, Android operating system, cloud storage Drive, Google Translate), video chat app Meet, Pixel smartphones, Google Assistant, Bard AI and more
The company went...
- 9/3/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, March 6 (Ians) A sacked Google India employee shared his story on LinkedIn, saying “it’s my turn to say goodbye to Google”.
Google has terminated more than 400 employees in India last month, and globally the tech giant handed over pink slips to nearly 12,000 workers.
Deepak Jain, who worked for Google in Gurugram as an Advertising Solutions Architect for nearly two years, wrote on LinkedIn: “Today is my turn to say goodbye to Google after almost 2 years. Thoroughly Enjoyed! My role, along with several other Googlers in India, was also impacted by the mass global layoffs.”
“Although the circumstances feel like a punch in the stomach I can only look back and be grateful for all the growth opportunities and milestones during this time and the role that Google played in supporting them,” he said.
Jain did his Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Science and previously worked at Adobe...
Google has terminated more than 400 employees in India last month, and globally the tech giant handed over pink slips to nearly 12,000 workers.
Deepak Jain, who worked for Google in Gurugram as an Advertising Solutions Architect for nearly two years, wrote on LinkedIn: “Today is my turn to say goodbye to Google after almost 2 years. Thoroughly Enjoyed! My role, along with several other Googlers in India, was also impacted by the mass global layoffs.”
“Although the circumstances feel like a punch in the stomach I can only look back and be grateful for all the growth opportunities and milestones during this time and the role that Google played in supporting them,” he said.
Jain did his Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Science and previously worked at Adobe...
- 3/6/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Longtime YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced today she’s stepping down as CEO of YouTube, “to start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.”
Neal Mohan, the company’s chief product officer since 2015, will step in as SVP and head of the company, a division of Google.
Wojcicki joined Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brinn at what was nearly the start of it as the Stanford grad students were building a new search engine that is now among the largest, most powerful and most valuable companies in the world. In fact, Google’s headquarters were once located in Wojcicki’s garage. She created a series of key products for Google and helped orchestrate its acquisition of YouTube in 2006 in a stock deal worth 1.6 billion.
Wojcicki has served as CEO of YouTube for the past nine years, one of the the highest-ranking...
Neal Mohan, the company’s chief product officer since 2015, will step in as SVP and head of the company, a division of Google.
Wojcicki joined Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brinn at what was nearly the start of it as the Stanford grad students were building a new search engine that is now among the largest, most powerful and most valuable companies in the world. In fact, Google’s headquarters were once located in Wojcicki’s garage. She created a series of key products for Google and helped orchestrate its acquisition of YouTube in 2006 in a stock deal worth 1.6 billion.
Wojcicki has served as CEO of YouTube for the past nine years, one of the the highest-ranking...
- 2/16/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down from her role after nine years leading the Google-owned company, the executive said on Thursday.
In a message to staff, Wojcicki said she was leaving to “start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.” She will be succeeded by Neal Mohan, most recently YouTube’s chief product officer and Wojcicki’s close lieutenant, who will take on the title of svp and head of YouTube.
Wojcicki was the 16th employee at Google, joining the company co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1999 to build out its ad business and analytics products. Google went on to acquire YouTube in 2006 and Wojcicki took on the CEO position at the video platform in 2014.
During her tenure, YouTube has grown to be a major business for Google and one of the leading platforms for digital creators to...
In a message to staff, Wojcicki said she was leaving to “start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.” She will be succeeded by Neal Mohan, most recently YouTube’s chief product officer and Wojcicki’s close lieutenant, who will take on the title of svp and head of YouTube.
Wojcicki was the 16th employee at Google, joining the company co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1999 to build out its ad business and analytics products. Google went on to acquire YouTube in 2006 and Wojcicki took on the CEO position at the video platform in 2014.
During her tenure, YouTube has grown to be a major business for Google and one of the leading platforms for digital creators to...
- 2/16/2023
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
San Francisco, Jan 21 (Ians) Tech giant Google is preparing to introduce at least 20 artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools and a search chatbot during its annual developer conference in May this year, amid pressure from OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the media reported.
The chatbot powered by AI, ChatGPT, has overtaken the tech world over the past several months because it can give people the information they need in an understandable way, reports Engadget.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has declared a “code red” and boosted AI development, as the tech giant sees ChatGPT as a threat to its search business.
According to a slide deck, the tech giant’s AI projects include an image generation tool, an upgraded version of AI Test Kitchen, a TikTok-style green screen mode for YouTube and a tool that can create videos to summarise other clips.
The company is also likely to be working on a feature named Shopping Try-on,...
The chatbot powered by AI, ChatGPT, has overtaken the tech world over the past several months because it can give people the information they need in an understandable way, reports Engadget.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has declared a “code red” and boosted AI development, as the tech giant sees ChatGPT as a threat to its search business.
According to a slide deck, the tech giant’s AI projects include an image generation tool, an upgraded version of AI Test Kitchen, a TikTok-style green screen mode for YouTube and a tool that can create videos to summarise other clips.
The company is also likely to be working on a feature named Shopping Try-on,...
- 1/21/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Dec 19 (Ians) Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday said that Google Search logged its highest-ever traffic in 25 years of its existence during the nail-biting FIFA World Cup final.
Lionel Messi’s dream of winning the FIFA World Cup finally materialised on Sunday, with Argentina surviving a few anxious moments to register a fighting 4-2 penalty shootout win over defending champions France.
“Search recorded its highest ever traffic in 25 years during the final of #FIFAWorldCup , it was like the entire world was searching about one thing,” tweeted Pichai.
He earlier said that it was one of the greatest games ever.
“Well played Argentina and France. Jogo Bonito. Nobody deserves it more than #messi, imho the greatest ever to play the game. What a swansong,” posted Pichai.
Google Search was founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
With a more than 90 per cent market share in 2022, Google Search currently dominates the market.
Lionel Messi’s dream of winning the FIFA World Cup finally materialised on Sunday, with Argentina surviving a few anxious moments to register a fighting 4-2 penalty shootout win over defending champions France.
“Search recorded its highest ever traffic in 25 years during the final of #FIFAWorldCup , it was like the entire world was searching about one thing,” tweeted Pichai.
He earlier said that it was one of the greatest games ever.
“Well played Argentina and France. Jogo Bonito. Nobody deserves it more than #messi, imho the greatest ever to play the game. What a swansong,” posted Pichai.
Google Search was founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
With a more than 90 per cent market share in 2022, Google Search currently dominates the market.
- 12/19/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Dec 3 (Ians) Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has once again reiterated that India is an integral part of him and he was fortunate to grow up in a family in the country that cherished learning and knowledge.
“India is a part of me. I carry it with me wherever I go. I was fortunate to grow up in a family that cherished learning and knowledge, with parents who sacrificed a lot to make sure I had opportunities to explore my interests,” Pichai said in a blog post late on Friday.
He expressed his thoughts after receiving the Padma Bhushan, India’s highest civilian honour, from India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, in San Francisco.
Pichai, who was born in Madurai and grew up in Chennai, in 2021 also said that India is deeply rooted in him and a big part of who he is.
In...
“India is a part of me. I carry it with me wherever I go. I was fortunate to grow up in a family that cherished learning and knowledge, with parents who sacrificed a lot to make sure I had opportunities to explore my interests,” Pichai said in a blog post late on Friday.
He expressed his thoughts after receiving the Padma Bhushan, India’s highest civilian honour, from India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, in San Francisco.
Pichai, who was born in Madurai and grew up in Chennai, in 2021 also said that India is deeply rooted in him and a big part of who he is.
In...
- 12/3/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Remember that scene in The Social Network where Sean Parker has an epiphany about The Facebook?
“Drop the ‘The,”” he advises future Metaverse lord Mark Zuckerberg. “Just ‘Facebook.’”
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A near-identical moment occurs in the first episode of Showtime’s Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, which premiered Sunday. UberCab CEO Travis Kalanick (played here by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is trying to figure out how his fledgling startup is going to avoid paying fines...
“Drop the ‘The,”” he advises future Metaverse lord Mark Zuckerberg. “Just ‘Facebook.’”
More from TVLineDear TV: Stop Making Two-Hour Movie Ideas Into 10-Hour Limited SeriesSuper Pumped Renewed at Showtime, Season 2 to Follow Rise of FacebookBillions Recap: Stratego Is Not Chess
A near-identical moment occurs in the first episode of Showtime’s Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, which premiered Sunday. UberCab CEO Travis Kalanick (played here by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is trying to figure out how his fledgling startup is going to avoid paying fines...
- 2/28/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Ian Alda, Sonny Valicenti, Ben Feldman, Rob Morrow, Rama Vallury and Eva Victor have been announced as cast members in “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber,” which premieres on Showtime Feb. 27 at 10 p.m.
They join previously announced stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kyle Chandler and Uma Thurman in the series, which will follow the highs and lows of Silicon Valley life through Uber’s beginnings as a company.
Alda will play Peter Fenton, a young partner at venture capital firm Benchmark. His previous credits include “Silicon Valley,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “Impeachment: American Crime Story.” He is repped by Stewart Talent and Station Three Management.
Valicenti plays young Benchmark partner Matt Cohler. He starred as serial killer Dennis Rader in “Mindhunter” and has also appeared in “Your Honor,” “The Post” and “Office Christmas Party.” Up next, he will appear in Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde.” Valicenti is repped by Stewart Talent.
Feldman appears...
They join previously announced stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kyle Chandler and Uma Thurman in the series, which will follow the highs and lows of Silicon Valley life through Uber’s beginnings as a company.
Alda will play Peter Fenton, a young partner at venture capital firm Benchmark. His previous credits include “Silicon Valley,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “Impeachment: American Crime Story.” He is repped by Stewart Talent and Station Three Management.
Valicenti plays young Benchmark partner Matt Cohler. He starred as serial killer Dennis Rader in “Mindhunter” and has also appeared in “Your Honor,” “The Post” and “Office Christmas Party.” Up next, he will appear in Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde.” Valicenti is repped by Stewart Talent.
Feldman appears...
- 1/10/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Production powerhouse Tyler Perry has landed on the Forbes billionaires list for the first time, with $1 billion. The prolific filmmaker behind the Madea franchise, The Have and the Have Nots and Netflix’s recently announced A Jazzman’s Blues is billionaire No. 2,677.
Other TV series from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta include Sistas and The Oval. He’s working on All the Queen’s Men for BET+, the streaming service joint venture between Perry and ViacomCBS.
Perry joins Kanye West and Kim Kardashian — who happen to be in the midst of a divorce — among 493 first-time additions to Forbes’ 35th annual list, which totals 2,755 billionaires, 660 more than a year ago. Musician and entrepreneur Kanye West, who has a multi-year deal to design sneaker brand Yeezy for Adidas, is billionaire No. 1,750 with $1.8 billion. Kim Kardashian West, who parlayed reality TV stardom into a fortune with a mobile game, cosmetics and most recently shapewear,...
Other TV series from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta include Sistas and The Oval. He’s working on All the Queen’s Men for BET+, the streaming service joint venture between Perry and ViacomCBS.
Perry joins Kanye West and Kim Kardashian — who happen to be in the midst of a divorce — among 493 first-time additions to Forbes’ 35th annual list, which totals 2,755 billionaires, 660 more than a year ago. Musician and entrepreneur Kanye West, who has a multi-year deal to design sneaker brand Yeezy for Adidas, is billionaire No. 1,750 with $1.8 billion. Kim Kardashian West, who parlayed reality TV stardom into a fortune with a mobile game, cosmetics and most recently shapewear,...
- 4/6/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
High-flying Tesla shares have nudged founder and CEO Elon Musk to world’s top billionaire, past Amazon’s Jeff Bezos who had been the world’s richest human since 2017.
Tesla’s uptick has boosted Musk’s wealth to about $190 billion, passing Bezos’ $187 billion, according to Bloomberg. Its Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which tracks the net worth of the top 500 billionaires in near real time, will update at market close.
Musk started the year at $27 billion and his upward trajectory tracked an 800% surge in the stock price of the electric carmaker over the past 12 months. Shares are up 5.8% mid-afternoon at $799. Both entrepreneurs are now well ahead of number 3, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, at $132 billion.
As of Jan. 6, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, a man in the news these days whose platform just indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s account, is number five at $99.9 billion.
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are eight and nine at $81.5 and $78.9 billion.
Tesla’s uptick has boosted Musk’s wealth to about $190 billion, passing Bezos’ $187 billion, according to Bloomberg. Its Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which tracks the net worth of the top 500 billionaires in near real time, will update at market close.
Musk started the year at $27 billion and his upward trajectory tracked an 800% surge in the stock price of the electric carmaker over the past 12 months. Shares are up 5.8% mid-afternoon at $799. Both entrepreneurs are now well ahead of number 3, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, at $132 billion.
As of Jan. 6, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, a man in the news these days whose platform just indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s account, is number five at $99.9 billion.
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are eight and nine at $81.5 and $78.9 billion.
- 1/7/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
New Dec 24 (Ians) Elom Musk, who runs electric car maker Tesla, aerospace and space transportation company SpaceX, brain-machine interface firm Neuralink and The Boring Company (that builds underground tunnels), thinks that creating a holding company above all the four firms is a "good idea".
Responding to a Twitter follower who asked on Wednesday about Musk to create a parent company called 'X" for all the four firms to "ensure human survival and progress".
Musk responded" "Good idea".
The follower named David Lee added in a tweet: "X is mostly because Elon already owns the http://x.com domain name and it's a decent name".
The best example for Musk to follow is Alphabet, which is the parent company of Google and several Google subsidiaries.
On August 10, 2015, Google announced plans to create a new public holding company named Alphabet Inc.
In his announcement, then Google CEO Larry Page described the...
Responding to a Twitter follower who asked on Wednesday about Musk to create a parent company called 'X" for all the four firms to "ensure human survival and progress".
Musk responded" "Good idea".
The follower named David Lee added in a tweet: "X is mostly because Elon already owns the http://x.com domain name and it's a decent name".
The best example for Musk to follow is Alphabet, which is the parent company of Google and several Google subsidiaries.
On August 10, 2015, Google announced plans to create a new public holding company named Alphabet Inc.
In his announcement, then Google CEO Larry Page described the...
- 12/26/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Updated with CEO comments from earnings call
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, said the advertising model for YouTube is changing an growing. Direct response is becoming increasingly popular with consumers and advertisers, he said, allowing for improved monetization of the social video network.
“Direct response is a huge growth area for us. Increasingly, when you look at the fact that people are experiencing a lot of goods and services as part of their YouTube [viewing, the question is], how can we create better commerce experiences? … There’s more room on monetization levels. I think we see that as a big opportunity and are investing for it.”
Travel is an example of interesting outlet for advertisers, he said. “When I want to go to a place, I research it on YouTube” and book it directly. “It offers a similar opportunity as search over time.
YouTube said earlier that advertising revenue on YouTue...
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, said the advertising model for YouTube is changing an growing. Direct response is becoming increasingly popular with consumers and advertisers, he said, allowing for improved monetization of the social video network.
“Direct response is a huge growth area for us. Increasingly, when you look at the fact that people are experiencing a lot of goods and services as part of their YouTube [viewing, the question is], how can we create better commerce experiences? … There’s more room on monetization levels. I think we see that as a big opportunity and are investing for it.”
Travel is an example of interesting outlet for advertisers, he said. “When I want to go to a place, I research it on YouTube” and book it directly. “It offers a similar opportunity as search over time.
YouTube said earlier that advertising revenue on YouTue...
- 2/3/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is getting a big salary bump with his expanded role as CEO of Alphabet.
According to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Pichai will receive a $2 million salary, plus a $240 million stock package that’s set to take effect in 2020. The stock will be granted over three years and is tied to performance targets.
In 2018, Pichai earned $1.9 million.
His pay increase comes after Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin stepped down earlier this month as heads of Alphabet, Google’s parent company.
Page had been CEO of Alphabet and Brin was president. They will continue to be involved in the tech giant as shareholders and board members.
According to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Pichai will receive a $2 million salary, plus a $240 million stock package that’s set to take effect in 2020. The stock will be granted over three years and is tied to performance targets.
In 2018, Pichai earned $1.9 million.
His pay increase comes after Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin stepped down earlier this month as heads of Alphabet, Google’s parent company.
Page had been CEO of Alphabet and Brin was president. They will continue to be involved in the tech giant as shareholders and board members.
- 12/22/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Sacha Baron Cohen has turned his Silicon Valley ire from Facebook to Google, with the comedian ripping the company’s two co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, for stepping down from the tech giant’s parent company earlier this week.
In a tweet posted on Wednesday, Baron Cohen slammed their exit from Alphabet, saying they did little to curb “white supremacy [and] conspiracies” on Google and YouTube.
“Larry and Sergey, first you drop your ‘Don’t Be Evil’ mantra, now you ‘drop out’?” Cohen tweeted, referencing the company’s decision to remove its famous motto from its code of conduct last year.
Also Read: How Facebook and Twitter's Content Moderation Could Open a Legal 'Pandora's Box'
Brin and Page “still control 51% of voting shares,” Baron Cohen said, before imploring them to stop racism and misinformation from spreading.
Larry and Sergey, first you drop your “Don’t Be Evil” mantra,...
In a tweet posted on Wednesday, Baron Cohen slammed their exit from Alphabet, saying they did little to curb “white supremacy [and] conspiracies” on Google and YouTube.
“Larry and Sergey, first you drop your ‘Don’t Be Evil’ mantra, now you ‘drop out’?” Cohen tweeted, referencing the company’s decision to remove its famous motto from its code of conduct last year.
Also Read: How Facebook and Twitter's Content Moderation Could Open a Legal 'Pandora's Box'
Brin and Page “still control 51% of voting shares,” Baron Cohen said, before imploring them to stop racism and misinformation from spreading.
Larry and Sergey, first you drop your “Don’t Be Evil” mantra,...
- 12/5/2019
- by Sean Burch
- The Wrap
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google, have left their executive roles at its parent company, Alphabet. Google CEO Sundar Pichai will become CEO of Alphabet while remaining chief at Google.
Page had been CEO of Alphabet and Brin had been president. They will continue to be involved in the tech giant as shareholders and board members.
Google in many ways has defined the modern digital marketplace. While it has amassed tremendous wealth and resources, it faces significant challenges in the form of regulatory scrutiny of its advertising business and the business practices of YouTube, which it acquired in 2006.
John Hennessy, chairman of Alphabet’s board, said it is “impossible to overstate Larry and Sergey’s contributions over the past 21 years. I’m grateful that they will continue their involvement on the board.”
Pichai said he is “excited about Alphabet and its long term focus on tackling big challenges through technology.
Page had been CEO of Alphabet and Brin had been president. They will continue to be involved in the tech giant as shareholders and board members.
Google in many ways has defined the modern digital marketplace. While it has amassed tremendous wealth and resources, it faces significant challenges in the form of regulatory scrutiny of its advertising business and the business practices of YouTube, which it acquired in 2006.
John Hennessy, chairman of Alphabet’s board, said it is “impossible to overstate Larry and Sergey’s contributions over the past 21 years. I’m grateful that they will continue their involvement on the board.”
Pichai said he is “excited about Alphabet and its long term focus on tackling big challenges through technology.
- 12/3/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Sacha Baron Cohen has courted controversy his entire career, portraying characters, from Ali G and Borat to Bruno, that have pissed off all groups from left to right. He’s an equal-opportunity offender, but his alter-egos have long served to expose the hypocrisies of society by mocking humanity’s worst tendencies. His 2018 Showtime series “Who Is America?” tackles humankind’s dark side head-on by bait-and-switching real-life figures to catch them in their blind spots. In the show, he got Dick Cheney to sign a waterboarding kit, former chief justice Roy Moore to take a pedophile lie-detector test, and “The Bachelor” star Corinne Olympios to endorse the training of child soldiers on camera.
But at the Anti-Defamation League’s Never Is Now Summit on Anti-Semitism and Hate, Baron Cohen took off his comedy hat when honored with the Adl’s International Leadership Award. He used the platform to deliver...
But at the Anti-Defamation League’s Never Is Now Summit on Anti-Semitism and Hate, Baron Cohen took off his comedy hat when honored with the Adl’s International Leadership Award. He used the platform to deliver...
- 11/22/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
When HBO’s “Silicon Valley” returns for its sixth and final season, the Pied Piper gang will be pivoting one last time to tackle emerging privacy issues, a new internet and some degree of actual success for its perpetually stumbling underdogs.
Which is exactly why it was time to wrap the series with its final seven episodes.
“If the Bad News Bears win the championship, they’re not the Bad News Bears anymore,” says executive producer Alec Berg. “They’re just the Bears. This is a show about people with aspirations. If they achieve their goals, it always felt like the show would stagnate.”
That satirical push-and-pull of knocking on the door of high-tech success, but never succeeding completely has been a consistent challenge. From the series-defining first season finale, in which Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) unlocks the key to his data-compression system while his cohorts argue over how to...
Which is exactly why it was time to wrap the series with its final seven episodes.
“If the Bad News Bears win the championship, they’re not the Bad News Bears anymore,” says executive producer Alec Berg. “They’re just the Bears. This is a show about people with aspirations. If they achieve their goals, it always felt like the show would stagnate.”
That satirical push-and-pull of knocking on the door of high-tech success, but never succeeding completely has been a consistent challenge. From the series-defining first season finale, in which Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) unlocks the key to his data-compression system while his cohorts argue over how to...
- 10/25/2019
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
President Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen threatened to sue CNBC to get his boss higher placement on the cable network’s list of top business leaders after Cohen’s efforts to rig the polling failed, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Cohen threatened to sue on the dubious legal grounds of “ignoring the will of the people,” WSJ reported, which may explain why the news network did not respond to the threat, and why Trump did not sue, according to the report.
CNBC declined to comment.
The kerfuffle erupted when Trump failed to break into the Top 100 finalists on CNBC’s ranking of people who it determined had the most profound impact on business and finance since 1989, which was the year CNBC went live.
To put this list in perspective, it was curated by a panel CNBC deemed experts on the topic and included an online poll to “guide...
Cohen threatened to sue on the dubious legal grounds of “ignoring the will of the people,” WSJ reported, which may explain why the news network did not respond to the threat, and why Trump did not sue, according to the report.
CNBC declined to comment.
The kerfuffle erupted when Trump failed to break into the Top 100 finalists on CNBC’s ranking of people who it determined had the most profound impact on business and finance since 1989, which was the year CNBC went live.
To put this list in perspective, it was curated by a panel CNBC deemed experts on the topic and included an online poll to “guide...
- 1/21/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent an email to employees saying the technology giant has fired 48 people over the past two years for sexual harassment, including 13 “senior managers and above,” none of whom collected an exit package.
The companywide message comes in response to a blockbuster New York Times story, detailing how Google handed Andy Rubin, the creator of Android mobile software, a $90 million exit package and lauded him even as it kept silent about allegations of sexual misconduct.
Rubin was one of three executives who were accused of sexual misconduct over the past decade that Google protected, the Times reported. In two instances, the executives were ousted — but paid millions of dollars as they walked out the door. A third executive remained in a highly compensated post at the company.
Through a spokesman, Rubin said he voluntarily left Google and denied engaging in misconduct.
Pichai said he found the account “difficult to read,...
The companywide message comes in response to a blockbuster New York Times story, detailing how Google handed Andy Rubin, the creator of Android mobile software, a $90 million exit package and lauded him even as it kept silent about allegations of sexual misconduct.
Rubin was one of three executives who were accused of sexual misconduct over the past decade that Google protected, the Times reported. In two instances, the executives were ousted — but paid millions of dollars as they walked out the door. A third executive remained in a highly compensated post at the company.
Through a spokesman, Rubin said he voluntarily left Google and denied engaging in misconduct.
Pichai said he found the account “difficult to read,...
- 10/25/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
Senators raised the prospect of regulating social media platforms as Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg testified this morning about efforts to combat foreign manipulation of their platforms.
Sen. Richard Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, commended Facebook and Twitter for dedicating the resources to fight corruption and misuse of their platforms, and their willingness to collaborate with government and law enforcement. But he said continued abuse of social media underscores a national security vulnerability that remains unaddressed.
“If the answer is regulation, let’s have a dialog about what that looks like,” Burr said in his opening remarks. “If it requires information sharing and government cooperation, let’s get it out there.”
Dorsey, who flouted stodgy Washington, D.C., protocol, by appearing in a suit without a tie and sporting a nose ring, admitted he is “typically pretty shy,” and read a statement off...
Sen. Richard Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, commended Facebook and Twitter for dedicating the resources to fight corruption and misuse of their platforms, and their willingness to collaborate with government and law enforcement. But he said continued abuse of social media underscores a national security vulnerability that remains unaddressed.
“If the answer is regulation, let’s have a dialog about what that looks like,” Burr said in his opening remarks. “If it requires information sharing and government cooperation, let’s get it out there.”
Dorsey, who flouted stodgy Washington, D.C., protocol, by appearing in a suit without a tie and sporting a nose ring, admitted he is “typically pretty shy,” and read a statement off...
- 9/5/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
With the midterm elections fast approaching, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg will attempt to convince Congress that the social network takes the matter of election interference seriously and is taking steps to prevent it.
In testimony released ahead of her appearance Wednesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sandberg detailed all the ways Facebook is working proactively to identify and remove fake accounts, prevent coordinated efforts to spread misinformation and bring transparency to political advertising.
“The threats we face are not new. America has always confronted attacks from opponents who wish to undermine our democracy,” Sandberg said her prepared remarks (read them here). “What is new is the tactics they use. That means it’s going to take everyone — including industry, governments and experts from civil society — working together to stay ahead.”
Sandberg talked about Facebook’s efforts to detect and stop foreign election interference, through a doubling of the...
In testimony released ahead of her appearance Wednesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sandberg detailed all the ways Facebook is working proactively to identify and remove fake accounts, prevent coordinated efforts to spread misinformation and bring transparency to political advertising.
“The threats we face are not new. America has always confronted attacks from opponents who wish to undermine our democracy,” Sandberg said her prepared remarks (read them here). “What is new is the tactics they use. That means it’s going to take everyone — including industry, governments and experts from civil society — working together to stay ahead.”
Sandberg talked about Facebook’s efforts to detect and stop foreign election interference, through a doubling of the...
- 9/5/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Senate Intelligence Committee has declined Google Chief Legal Officer Kent Walker’s offer to testify tomorrow in place of the company’s co-founder, Alphabet CEO Larry Page.
The committee invited Page to join Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to discuss how the social media platforms plan to fend off foreign meddling ahead of the November midterm elections.
Chairman Richard Burr of North Carolina declined Walker’s offer to testify, since he appeared before the committee last fall to address the Russian campaign to influence voters during the 2016 election, according to a source. The committee hopes to hear from an executive higher up on the food chain.
In a bit of Washington, D.C., theater, an empty chair will be placed next to Dorsey and Sandberg, should someone in the Google executive suite turn up. No word yet from Google whether a Page or Google CEO Sundar Pichai will attend.
The committee invited Page to join Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to discuss how the social media platforms plan to fend off foreign meddling ahead of the November midterm elections.
Chairman Richard Burr of North Carolina declined Walker’s offer to testify, since he appeared before the committee last fall to address the Russian campaign to influence voters during the 2016 election, according to a source. The committee hopes to hear from an executive higher up on the food chain.
In a bit of Washington, D.C., theater, an empty chair will be placed next to Dorsey and Sandberg, should someone in the Google executive suite turn up. No word yet from Google whether a Page or Google CEO Sundar Pichai will attend.
- 9/4/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple says that no, iPhones do not secretly users’ record conversations — nor do the smartphones “listen” in on their conversations.
The tech giant was responding to an inquiry from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee about consumer-privacy concerns involving Apple’s products. In their query to Apple, the lawmakers cited reports third-party developers had the ability to collect “non-triggered” audio from “users’ conversations near a smartphone in order to hear a ‘trigger’ phrase.”
“iPhone doesn’t listen to consumers, except to recognize the clear, unambiguous audio trigger ‘Hey Siri,'” Apple said in the Aug. 7 letter, addressed to Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
The on-device speech recognizer on iPhones runs in a “short buffer,” and does not record or send any audio to Siri unless a user triggers the voice-recognition app, according to Apple. In addition, the company requires developers to obtain...
The tech giant was responding to an inquiry from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee about consumer-privacy concerns involving Apple’s products. In their query to Apple, the lawmakers cited reports third-party developers had the ability to collect “non-triggered” audio from “users’ conversations near a smartphone in order to hear a ‘trigger’ phrase.”
“iPhone doesn’t listen to consumers, except to recognize the clear, unambiguous audio trigger ‘Hey Siri,'” Apple said in the Aug. 7 letter, addressed to Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
The on-device speech recognizer on iPhones runs in a “short buffer,” and does not record or send any audio to Siri unless a user triggers the voice-recognition app, according to Apple. In addition, the company requires developers to obtain...
- 8/8/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Sun Valley, the annual confab of business titans, kicked off on Tuesday. The gathering is a chance for the true masters of the media and technology universe to kick back, relax, hear lectures from thought leaders, and, most importantly, lay some groundwork for mega mergers to come. Held in a posh Idaho resort, the conference has inspired several major corporate marriages over the year, including Comcast’s purchase of NBCUniversal and Time Warner’s disastrous wedding to AOL.
Hosted by Allen & Co., Sun Valley has come to be known as “summer camp for billionaires” because it’s a rare opportunity to see the Per Se set break out the casual clothing and get their mountain biking on. It’s also a chance to observe several key figures who are playing a key role in the current wave of media consolidation, such as 21st Century Fox chief Rupert Murdoch and Disney guru Bob Iger,...
Hosted by Allen & Co., Sun Valley has come to be known as “summer camp for billionaires” because it’s a rare opportunity to see the Per Se set break out the casual clothing and get their mountain biking on. It’s also a chance to observe several key figures who are playing a key role in the current wave of media consolidation, such as 21st Century Fox chief Rupert Murdoch and Disney guru Bob Iger,...
- 7/11/2018
- by Brent Lang and Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Alphabet, Google’s (and therefore YouTube’s) parent company, just won a passive aggressive email war with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result, the digital giant won’t have to report YouTube’s financial information, at least for now.
Through months of email exchanges beginning in July 2017, the SEC asked Alphabet to clear up its foggy financial filings for Q2 last year. The SEC took a specific interest in YouTube, which it inquired about in its initial letter to Alphabet and then followed up on in a letter dated November 8, 2017.
First in July, the SEC told Larry Page, Alphabet’s CEO, to “Please clarify whether YouTube and Google Play represent or comprise operating segments that are aggregated into the Google reportable segment.” When the SEC failed to receive an adequate reply, the agency followed up, asking Alphabet to further clarify how involved Page and Google co-founder/Alphabet president,...
Through months of email exchanges beginning in July 2017, the SEC asked Alphabet to clear up its foggy financial filings for Q2 last year. The SEC took a specific interest in YouTube, which it inquired about in its initial letter to Alphabet and then followed up on in a letter dated November 8, 2017.
First in July, the SEC told Larry Page, Alphabet’s CEO, to “Please clarify whether YouTube and Google Play represent or comprise operating segments that are aggregated into the Google reportable segment.” When the SEC failed to receive an adequate reply, the agency followed up, asking Alphabet to further clarify how involved Page and Google co-founder/Alphabet president,...
- 2/28/2018
- by Jessica Klein
- Tubefilter.com
Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt is stepping down as the head of Google’s parent company, the company announced on Thursday. Schmidt has been with Alphabet since 2001, and will remain on the company’s board and serve as a technical advisor starting in January. “Since 2001, Eric has provided us with business and engineering expertise and a clear vision about the future of technology,” said Larry Page, CEO of Alphabet. “Continuing his 17 years of service to the company, he’ll now be helping us as a technical advisor on science and technology issues. I’m incredibly excited about the progress our companies are.
- 12/21/2017
- by Sean Burch
- The Wrap
Before it was Google, Google had the horrible name “Backrub.” Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin mercifully changed it, 20 years ago, to a variation on the mathematical expression “googol,” which refers to the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. Google’s corporate site says it reflects the company’s mission to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Now Google is a brand worth an estimated $113 billion, and the word “google” is often used as a verb meaning “to search online.” Two entrepreneurs — who are not quite on the level of Page and Brin — are...
- 9/1/2017
- by Susan Seager
- The Wrap
The Trump administration will not try to break up Silicon Valley’s powerful monopolies — Google, Facebook and Amazon. “I have no hope whatsoever,” said USC dean emeritus Jonathan Taplin, author of the new book, “Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy.” Taplin describes President Trump as “subservient to” the tech giants, but says President Obama was the same. “Politicians seem to be over-awed by real billionaires,” Taplin told TheWrap. “I don’t even know if Trump is a real billionaire. But I’m certain Peter Thiel, Larry Page and Mark Zuckerberg are real billionaires.
- 5/30/2017
- by Susan Seager
- The Wrap
Sergey Brin and Larry Page are the two young, brilliant mathematicians-cum-entrepreneurs who co-founded Google. Take a peek into their public and private lives with these surprising facts and interesting bits of trivia. 1Page fell in love with computers age 6 Larry Page grew up in Michigan. His dad was a pioneering computer science professor at Michigan State University, and his mom taught computer programming. Larry claims he became enamored with computers when he was only six years old, which, for some reason, we don’t find surprising. 2He once built a printer out of Lego Page earned his undergraduate degree at...read more...
- 3/2/2017
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
So long White House, hello beachside villa!
Barack and Michelle Obama arrived in the British Virgin Islands on Monday for a much-deserved post-presidency vacation. The former first couple departed Washington D.C. on Friday following the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Before boarding a plane bound for the West Coast, the 44th president joked, “Michelle and I, we’ve really been milking this goodbye thing, so it behooves me to be very brief.” They wasted no time, however, in getting into full vacation mode.
The Obamas headed to Palm Springs, California, where they enjoyed a brief stay at the Rancho Mirage home of James Costos,...
Barack and Michelle Obama arrived in the British Virgin Islands on Monday for a much-deserved post-presidency vacation. The former first couple departed Washington D.C. on Friday following the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Before boarding a plane bound for the West Coast, the 44th president joked, “Michelle and I, we’ve really been milking this goodbye thing, so it behooves me to be very brief.” They wasted no time, however, in getting into full vacation mode.
The Obamas headed to Palm Springs, California, where they enjoyed a brief stay at the Rancho Mirage home of James Costos,...
- 1/24/2017
- by Mackenzie Schmidt
- PEOPLE.com
Recode’s Kara Swisher blasted Silicon Valley leaders for accepting an invite to meet with President-elect Donald Trump, calling the leaders “sheeple” who should be “ashamed of themselves.” “Here’s what I am sure they said out loud about the Wednesday meeting, which will include Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Larry Page and perhaps Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, along with other big names from Intel, Oracle, Cisco, Ibm and more: ‘When the president-elect asks us to a meeting, we are duty-bound as American citizens to attend and reach across any chasm of difference.
- 12/13/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Burning Man, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, has grown from a tiny summer solstice bonfire gathering on the beach in 1986 near San Francisco to such a powerful cultural phenomenon that no less than President Barack Obama name-checked it at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in April. His 18-year-old daughter, Malia, he joked, isn't allowed to go. Running this year from Aug. 28 to Sept. 5, Burning Man — where attendees include Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, iHeartMedia chairman Bob Pittman, director Chris Weitz (who met and married his wife, Mercedes
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- 8/26/2016
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Google founder Larry Page has a lot of money, and he’s been secretly spending it in just about the coolest way possible. According to a Bloomberg Businessweek report, Page has personally funded flying car company Zee.Aero since its launch in 2010. He’s also been sternly demanding that his involvement stay hidden from the public, reporters there cited 10 insiders as saying. Apparently, Page has spent more than $100 million of his own fortune on the near-150-person company. But the head honcho hasn’t stopped there. Last year, Page backed a second flying car company, Kitty Hawk. Though some engineers and other key personnel have.
- 6/9/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Silicon Valley may be a bastion of liberals, but the threat of a Donald Trump presidency had some of technology’s biggest names meeting behind closed doors with members of the Republican elite. Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google co-founder and Alphabet CEO Larry Page, billionaire Facebook investor Sean Parker and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk met with Gop officials last weekend to talk about stopping the mogul-turned-reality-star from becoming president, according to a report by The Huffington Post, citing people familiar with the event. “There was much unhappiness about his emergence, a good deal of talk, some of it insightful and thoughtful,...
- 3/8/2016
- by Joan E. Solsman
- The Wrap
Kanye West raised eyebrows when he revealed in a Twitter rant that he's $53 million in "personal debt." The rapper even publicly appealed to billionaire Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founder Larry Page to invest in him, suggesting Zuckerberg should give him $1 billion. The hip-hop mogul, fashion designer and husband of reality TV queen Kim Kardashian West later tweeted that he's "personally rich" but that he needs "access to more money in order to bring more beautiful ideas to the world." Forbes reports that in 2014, West made more than $30 million. His wife earned an estimated $28 million in 2014 and $53 million in...
- 2/15/2016
- by Char Adams and Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
Kanye West raised eyebrows when he revealed in a Twitter rant that he's $53 million in "personal debt."
The rapper even publicly appealed to billionaire Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founder Larry Page to invest in him, suggesting Zuckerberg should give him $1 billion.
The hip-hop mogul, fashion designer and husband of reality TV queen Kim Kardashian West later tweeted that he's "personally rich" but that he needs "access to more money in order to bring more beautiful ideas to the world."
Forbes reports that in 2014, West made more than $30 million. His wife earned an estimated $28 million in 2014 and $53 million in...
The rapper even publicly appealed to billionaire Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founder Larry Page to invest in him, suggesting Zuckerberg should give him $1 billion.
The hip-hop mogul, fashion designer and husband of reality TV queen Kim Kardashian West later tweeted that he's "personally rich" but that he needs "access to more money in order to bring more beautiful ideas to the world."
Forbes reports that in 2014, West made more than $30 million. His wife earned an estimated $28 million in 2014 and $53 million in...
- 2/15/2016
- by Char Adams and Aurelie Corinthios
- People.com - TV Watch
Kanye West has pleaded with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for financial help after revealing he's in $53 million of debt.
The 38-year-old rapper launched yet another Twitter rant in the early hours of Monday morning (February 15), telling fans that he cannot achieve what he is destined to unless he has some financial backing.
"Mark Zuckerberg I know it’s your bday but can you please call me by 2mrw (sic)," Kanye began. "You love hip hop, you love my art… I am your favorite artist but you watch me barely breathe and still play my album in your house … World, please tweet, FaceTime, Facebook, instagram, whatever you gotta do to get Mark to support me…
"I’m this generation's Disney… I want to bring dope sh*t to the world… I don’t have enough resources to create what I really can… Mark, I am publicly asking you for help… one...
The 38-year-old rapper launched yet another Twitter rant in the early hours of Monday morning (February 15), telling fans that he cannot achieve what he is destined to unless he has some financial backing.
"Mark Zuckerberg I know it’s your bday but can you please call me by 2mrw (sic)," Kanye began. "You love hip hop, you love my art… I am your favorite artist but you watch me barely breathe and still play my album in your house … World, please tweet, FaceTime, Facebook, instagram, whatever you gotta do to get Mark to support me…
"I’m this generation's Disney… I want to bring dope sh*t to the world… I don’t have enough resources to create what I really can… Mark, I am publicly asking you for help… one...
- 2/15/2016
- GossipCenter
Since Steve Jobs’s death from cancer in 2011, the myths keep accumulating. Tim Adams assesses his legacy and speaks to Danny Boyle and Alex Gibney, directors of two new films – one a drama, the other a documentary – about the mysterious Apple boss
Silicon Valley billionaires, with their boundless digital dreams, have lately turned their attention to the ultimate challenge: the disruption of death. They want to live forever. Peter Thiel, PayPal’s founder, Larry Page of Google and Larry Ellison of Oracle have each poured some of their millions into projects that scour evolutionary history for the secrets of longevity, that aim to improve the DNA they were born with, or that explore ways to copy and save the circuits of a human brain – notably their own consciousness – to survive digitally long after their physical shutdown. Like moguls and megalomaniacs through the ages, they refuse to believe the timing and...
Silicon Valley billionaires, with their boundless digital dreams, have lately turned their attention to the ultimate challenge: the disruption of death. They want to live forever. Peter Thiel, PayPal’s founder, Larry Page of Google and Larry Ellison of Oracle have each poured some of their millions into projects that scour evolutionary history for the secrets of longevity, that aim to improve the DNA they were born with, or that explore ways to copy and save the circuits of a human brain – notably their own consciousness – to survive digitally long after their physical shutdown. Like moguls and megalomaniacs through the ages, they refuse to believe the timing and...
- 11/1/2015
- by Tim Adams
- The Guardian - Film News
YouTube Kids launched a little more than seven months ago, and it’s growing up so fast! The app, which gives children and their parents a selection of age-appropriate videos to their fingertips, has announced several new features, including new videos, a collection of playlists, and new controls that help filter out inappropriate content.
Several of YouTube’s most kid-friendly creators have joined the channels already available on the app. Among other newcomers, HooplaKidz and DreamWorksTV will now share videos on YouTube Kids. Other content creators, such as Kid President and National Geographic Kids, have rolled out playlists based around specific themes. In addition, YouTube has expanded to the living room, as all these videos are now available on digital TV services like Chromecast and Apple TV.
The most important change, however, concerns the responsibility YouTube Kids bears for the inappropriate content users may find on the app. Since its launch,...
Several of YouTube’s most kid-friendly creators have joined the channels already available on the app. Among other newcomers, HooplaKidz and DreamWorksTV will now share videos on YouTube Kids. Other content creators, such as Kid President and National Geographic Kids, have rolled out playlists based around specific themes. In addition, YouTube has expanded to the living room, as all these videos are now available on digital TV services like Chromecast and Apple TV.
The most important change, however, concerns the responsibility YouTube Kids bears for the inappropriate content users may find on the app. Since its launch,...
- 10/1/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Following Google’s announced restructuring on Monday, company shares traded up over 6.5 percent to as high as $710.80 in after-hours trading. In a statement after markets closed, CEO and co-founder Larry Page said the company would split its operations into a holding company, Alphabet Inc. Under the arrangement, the main web operations — including the search engine, YouTube and Android mobile services — will be be run as a subsidiary called Google and led by Sundar Pichai. But the company’s non-Internet units, including health, research and investment divisions, will fall directly under the parent company Alphabet, with Page as CEO and Sergei Brin.
- 8/11/2015
- by Deborah Day
- The Wrap
Google will be overhauled and become a subsidiary of a new publicly-traded company run by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the company announced on Monday. “Our company is operating well today, but we think we can make it cleaner and more accountable. So we are creating a new company called Alphabet. I am really excited to be running Alphabet as CEO with help from my capable partner, Sergey, as President,” Page wrote on Google’s site. Google will be streamlined to focus on core web businesses and be led by Sundar Pichai, currently senior vice president of Products, while Alphabet will.
- 8/10/2015
- by Deborah Day
- The Wrap
In four months, the YouTube Kids app has already been installed millions of times from the App Store and Google Play. At the same time, though, the family-friendly app has drawn criticism from children’s advocacy groups, which have lodged two major complaints against it: First, in April, they wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about branded content on the app, which they believe is “deceptive and unfair” for young viewers. Then, in May, a second letter cited inappropriate content the groups claim to have found on the app.
The FTC has received these complaints, and now, one of the Senators in charge of the government agency is taking action. Bill Nelson (D-fl), who serves on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee (which has jurisdiction over the FTC), has sent a letter to Google CEO Larry Page inquiring about the ways YouTube gathers and screens videos for its kids’ app.
The FTC has received these complaints, and now, one of the Senators in charge of the government agency is taking action. Bill Nelson (D-fl), who serves on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee (which has jurisdiction over the FTC), has sent a letter to Google CEO Larry Page inquiring about the ways YouTube gathers and screens videos for its kids’ app.
- 6/17/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Larry Page is the most powerful person in U.K. media, according to the annual MediaGuardian 100 power list, published by British newspaper The Guardian. The Google boss topped the list for the fourth time, despite recent controversies regarding Google's alleged avoidance of U.K. tax and despite the (nonbinding) decision by the European Parliament last week calling for the Internet giant to be broken up. Page was joined at the top by a number of fellow Silicon Valley power players, including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg at No. 2, Apple's Tim Cook at No. 3 and Amazon's Jeff Bezos, who has also
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- 12/8/2014
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stephen Colbert "Threatens" to Sue Google Over Height Error, Mocks Matt Damon and Johnny Depp—Watch!
For Stephen Colbert, size does matter. And he wants Google to turn it up to 11. The Emmy-winning host of Comedy Central's satirical political talk show The Colbert Report was a towering inferno of anger on Wednesday's episode, targeting the company's CEO and co-founder Larry Page in an on-air mock rant. He complained that he discovered, while on the toilet, that the height attributed to him by the search engine giant is incorrect. He threatened legal action if it was not changed...from 5'10" to 5'11". Page has not commented. "You see, folks, when I Googled myself this afternoon, as I do every day at three sharp—I have a full, fibrous lunch, then, straight into the...
- 10/16/2014
- E! Online
Contrary to what you might have found on Google, Stephen Colbert is 5'11'' — and he wants you to know it. Colbert railed against Google and CEO Larry Page because according to the search engine, he's just 5'10''. Read more Complete Guide to TV Premiere Dates 2014 "I demand a retraction, an investigation, an apology and a substantial cash settlement, or I will see your ass in court," Colbert said. He went on to talk about how important one's height was for show business, listing Brad Pitt and Russell Crowe as fellow members of the 5'11'' club. See more 2014's New
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- 10/16/2014
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Will celebrities targeted in the recent nude photo leaks sue Google...for $100 million? In a letter dated Thursday, Oct. 1, obtained by E! News and addressed to the search engine giant's top brass, including co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, prominent California lawyer Martin Singer states that his firm represents more than 12 female "actresses, models and athletes" who had private photos and videos stolen from their Apple iClouds and distributed since late August. The attorney, who does not name any of the stars, says Google failed to act "expeditiously and responsibly" to remove the images from its search results and also compares the multi-billion dollar...
- 10/2/2014
- E! Online
Google is being threatened with a $100 million lawsuit over the nude celebrity photo hacking scandal. In an Oct. 1 letter addressed high-ranking Google executives, prominent Hollywood attorney Marty Singer says his Los Angeles-based firm, Lavely & Singer, is representing “over a dozen female celebrities, actresses, models and athletes” who feel Google failed to remove explicit photos from its services after hackers stole them from the Apple iCloud and posted them online in August. 5 Scary Truths Learned From Hollywood's Nude Photo Hacking Scandal “Google is making millions and profiting from the victimization of women,” Singer wrote to Google CEO Larry Page and executive chairman.
- 10/2/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
The stock is down about 5.6% in post market trading on the disappointing results, which include a 9% year over year drop in the average cost per click. The search giant reported net income of $3.45B, +3.2% vs the first three months of 2013, on revenues of $15.42B, +19.1%. If you factor out the impact from the sale of the Motorola Mobile business to Lenovo Group then earnings per share would have come in at $6.27, below the $6.33 that the Street anticipated. Revenues also were lower than the $15.51B analysts expected. Google says that revenues from its sites improved 21% to $10.47B while partner sites were +4% to $3.4B. But revenue costs, primarily for the data centers, jumped 25.8% to $2.73B while operating expenses were +31.2% to $5.34B. Per usual, CEO Larry Page had little to say in the company release: He noted that “We got lots of product improvements done, especially on mobile. I’m also excited with progress on our emerging businesses.
- 4/16/2014
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
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