Daily Archives: August 10, 2015

Alphabet Wordplay, a Hooli ‘Easter Egg’ and More On Google’s Name Change by ASHWIN SESHAGIRI

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By ASHWIN SESHAGIRI

With wordplay and references to the Google parody from the HBO series “Silicon Valley,” the company formerly known as Google Inc. captured the imagination and curiosity of the Internet with its reorganization on Monday.

Published: August 9, 2015 at 07:00PM

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Newly announced Sony Xperia M5 to cost around $410 in Taiwan

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The Sony Xperia M5, which was announced last week alongside the Xperia C5 Ultra, will carry a price tag of around $410 in Taiwan. According to ePrice, the device will set you back 12,900 TWD in local currency, which translates into $408.

This comes just days after the Xperia C5 Ultra was spotted listed on the company’s Hong Kong website, revealing a HK$ 3,298 ($425) price tag. The handset will cost 11,900 TWD ($375) in Taiwan.

For those who aren’t aware, the Xperia M5 is what Sony calls the ‘super mid-range’ smartphone. It is quite similar to some of the Xperia Z series devices. On the other hand, the Xperia C5 Ultra is the successor to the Xperia…

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Google is now owned by a newly-created company called Alphabet, gets a new CEO

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Google’s co-founders have announced the creation of a new public holding company called Alphabet that will include all of Google’s current products. The move is aimed at making Google’s operating structure cleaner and more accountable.

“What is Alphabet? Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies. The largest of which, of course, is Google. This newer Google is a bit slimmed down, with the companies that are pretty far afield of our main Internet products contained in Alphabet instead,” said CEO Larry Page in a blog post.

The new slimmer Google includes divisions such as search, ads, maps, apps, YouTube, and Android. While newer businesses such smart home division Nest, commercial fiber division – Google Fiber, investing arms Google Ventures and Google Capital, Life Sciences and Calico, X Lab, and others will be managed as separate entities under Alphabet.

Each company under Alphabet will have its own CEO. For example, former Chrome and Android head Sundar Pichai has been appointed as Google’s new CEO. On the other hand, Alphabet will have Larry Page as CEO and Sergey Brin as President.

Alphabet will also replace Google as the publicly-traded entity. All shares of the latter will automatically be converted into the same number of shares of the newly-created company. “Google will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet. Our two classes of shares will continue to trade on Nasdaq as GOOGL and GOOG.”

Starting Q4 this year, Google financials will be provided separately from the companies under Alphabet.

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Windows 10: A Win for Taiwan’s PC Giants

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Windows 10, Microsoft’s answer to widespread complaints about its 8 operating system, has enticed millions of users try upgrades. Their shift from Windows 7 or 8 to 10 on existing devices would not appear at first to drive sales of new PCs. But analysts expect the operating system that combines the best of 7 and 8 eventually to motivate new orders from Taiwan’s major developers Acer and Asustek.

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