Google shifts mobile focus to apps and digital assistant Mobile phone apps took center stage at Google’s annual developer conference on Wednesday as the search giant announced new features for its digital assistant and its popular photo app while devoting little time to the Android mobile operating system. Addressing an […]

Alphabet posts strong revenue growth, higher taxes hit earnings Google parent Alphabet Inc posted fourth-quarter profit below analysts’ estimates on Thursday, hurt by a higher tax rate, but analysts cheered the company’s progress in diversifying its business beyond advertising. While advertising still accounts for the lion’s share of Google’s revenue, […]