Category Archives: Google

Google Cloud Ecosystem Expands

Posted on October 28, 2022 by GilPress

Google Cloud continues to grow and expand its ecosystem. Read more

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Best of 2019: How AI Killed Google’s Social Network

Posted on January 9, 2020 by GilPress

[February 4, 2019] Facebook turns 15 today, after announcing last week a record profit and 30% revenue growth. Also today, “you will no longer be able to create new Google+ profiles, pages, communities or events,” in anticipation of the complete … Continue reading →

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Will Google Own AI? (6)

Posted on May 30, 2017 by GilPress

ARK Invest: At the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) this year, Google and its DeepMind subsidiary contributed nearly 70 papers, far outstripping other tech companies and research universities. By becoming world-class at four layers of the tech stack, Google’s AI … Continue reading →

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Google Enlists AI and Community Development to Win the Cloud Wars

Posted on April 16, 2017 by GilPress

Reflecting the rapidly increasing interest and investment in cloud computing, 10,000 developers, engineers, IT executives, and Google employees and partners gathered at Next ’17, Google’s annual cloud event for enterprise customers. Google showcased customer testimonials from Disney, Verizon, HSBC, Colgate-Palmolive, … Continue reading →

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Will Google Own AI?

Posted on March 7, 2017 by GilPress

Bloomberg: TensorFlow has become the most popular AI programming project on software code sharing service GitHub, leapfrogging well-regarded systems created by universities and corporate rivals, according to data gathered by Bloomberg. Google: Deep Learning has had a huge impact on computer science, … Continue reading →

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The Smart Speakers Market

Posted on November 15, 2016 by GilPress

  A new study by Juniper Research has found that revenue from smart audio hardware will more than triple over the next four years, rising from an estimated $1.4 billion this year to over $5.5 billion by 2020. While Juniper … Continue reading →

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Google 1 Yahoo 0

Posted on August 28, 2016 by GilPress

Many of the obituaries for Yahoo have contrasted its demise with the flourishing of Google, another Web pioneer. Why was Google’s attempt to “organize all the world’s information” vastly more successful than Yahoo’s? The short answer: Because Google did not organize the … Continue reading →

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The Rise of the ‘Tech’ Giants

Posted on August 8, 2016 by GilPress

Financial Times: [August 1, 2016] was something of a red-letter day for the tech industry. When the stock market closed, the five most valuable companies on the planet were, for the first time, technology concerns. And they all hailed from … Continue reading →

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What Are Amazon Echo, Apple Siri and Google Now Good For?

Posted on June 13, 2016 by GilPress
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The Brute Force of AlphaGo

Posted on March 14, 2016 by GilPress

  David Silver, Google DeepMind: The search base at Go is too enormous and too vast for a brute force approach to have any chance of succeeding… The search process itself is not based on brute force, more on something akin … Continue reading →

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