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Mary Meeker, partner, Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins’ Meeker: Concerns over cloud vendor lock-in are soaring

As part of this year’s sprint through more than 300 slides on the state of technology, Kleiner Perkins’ Mary Meeker… Read More

Charts: Tech giants Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook are world’s most valuable companies

Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report is out, and the 355-page dive into all things tech shows just how big… Read More

Report: Google planning AI venture capital group led by engineers

Google has always been a company run by engineers for engineers. It looks like it’s also going to give some… Read More

Google Cloud TPU Pod

Google launches powerful new Cloud TPU machine-learning chips for Google Cloud Platform

Google is “rethinking our computational architecture again,” according to CEO Sundar Pichai, who rolled out the next generation of Google’s… Read More

AWS maintains sizable lead as public cloud market grows 42% in Q1

Demand for public cloud infrastructure services continues to be one of the hottest growth stories in technology. New market share… Read More

Internet of Things

Ahead of I/O, Google Cloud Platform adds new managed IoT service, releases Cloud Spanner

Underscoring how the internet of things is finally going mainstream in 2017, Google now has a new service for Google… Read More

Aerial photos: Construction begins on Google’s massive Seattle campus in Amazon’s backyard

Crews have started work on Google’s new campus in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, on the edge of Amazon’s global headquarters. The… Read More

Nutanix adding IBM’s Power processors to its data center bundles for AI applications

Nutanix plans to release a line of server appliances with IBM’s Power processor for artificial-intelligence applications, the first time it… Read More

Google's Dot of Light

Google film ‘Dot of Light’ features pioneering female astronauts and dramatic views from space

Three female pioneers of space exploration are the subjects of a new short film from Google. And the experiences the… Read More

As Microsoft renews push into the classroom, educators give Google highest marks in new study

Microsoft made a big splash last week when it announced a new education-oriented operating system, Windows 10 S, and debuted… Read More

With $256 billion, Apple has more cash than Amazon, Microsoft and Google combined

Apple passed a new milestone Tuesday — reporting more than $256 billion in cash and marketable securities. That’s a lot… Read More

Tech earnings extravaganza: Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Expedia set to report today

Thursday is the mother lode of tech earnings. Three of the top five most valuable tech companies by market cap —… Read More

Serverless computing might finally deliver on the promise of the cloud

The original promise of cloud computing was simple: no longer would you need to buy, configure, and maintain racks and… Read More

Google Cloud’s Diane Greene thinks it has ‘a pretty good shot’ of overtaking AWS in five years

Place your bets: Google Cloud Platform head Diane Greene told attendees at the Forbes CIO Summit last night that she… Read More

Report: Maybe Google won’t use Chrome to destroy web advertising

Anonymous sources told Bloomberg Friday that Google plans to release an ad filter for an upcoming version of its Chrome… Read More

Report: Google planning to offer built-in ad-blocker for Chrome

Google is reportedly planning to offer an ad-blocking feature for its Chrome browser on mobile and desktop. The Wall Street Journal reported… Read More

Burger King commercial manipulates Google devices to describe the Whopper

When it comes to marketing ploys, this one’s a whopper. Burger King has launched an ad campaign that uses Google’s… Read More

Teens think Amazon, Starbucks and Xbox are ‘lit,’ according to Google

If you’re over 17, you may want to buckle your seatbelt for this. If not, I doubt your attention span… Read More

Google adds order-ahead feature to Waze app, starting with Dunkin’ Donuts

Google wants America to run on Dunkin’ and Waze. Dunkin’ Donuts announced the rollout of a mobile order-ahead service in Google’s popular… Read More

Google Maps finally introduces real-time location sharing, with time limits

Google Maps is rolling out a new feature that lets you send your location and ETA to friends in real… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft and Apple back Google in overseas data storage dispute

Fellow tech giants Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Cisco have come out in support of Google’s resistance to hand over data… Read More

Inside look: How Slack, Google Hangouts, and Microsoft Teams stack up in enterprise messaging

[Editor’s Note: Samir Diwan is the CEO of Seattle startup Polly, which makes a bot that runs polls and surveys in Slack,… Read More

Microsoft Teams launches globally, taking on Slack, Amazon, Google, others in high-stakes chat battle

REDMOND, Wash. — After four months in preview, Microsoft is officially launching its Teams “chat-based workspace” for Office 365 in… Read More

Google challenges Slack, Microsoft and Amazon with new Hangouts Meet and Chat

Google this morning expanded its Hangouts real-time communications platform with the announcement of two new services: Hangouts Meet, a new video… Read More

Google acquires AppBridge to help move files from servers to G Suite

Google has acquired a Vancouver B.C. startup called AppBridge to help users move files over from physical servers to G… Read More

Google Cloud launches new Windows partner program, aims to be ‘a great Windows platform’

No, the image above isn’t from a Microsoft event. That’s the Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco this morning, where… Read More

Microsoft says Google’s cloud reliability claim vs. Azure and Amazon Web Services does not compute

A comment today by Google’s top cloud executive, taking a subtle jab at Amazon Web Services, isn’t sitting well with Microsoft for… Read More

Google Cloud touts new customers, reliability and machine learning — says it’s ‘here for real’

Google is on a mission to become a leading option for businesses making the shift to the cloud, and in the wake of… Read More

Google Cloud takes the stage: Can the consumer tech giant finally crack the enterprise?

Google’s top executives will unveil their latest cloud initiatives Wednesday morning, making the case for big businesses to choose Google’s cloud over… Read More

In new immigration twist, U.S. suspends option to pay for faster H-1B visa processing

Companies that bring software engineers and other highly skilled workers into the U.S. under H-1B visas will not be able to pay for… Read More

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