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Apple, Google to harness phones for virus infection tracking

The idea is to help national governments roll out apps for so-called “contact tracing” that will run on iPhones and Android phones alike.

April 10

Google showcases African American achievements with ‘most searched’ for Black History Month

Google celebrated the achievements of black Americans with a commercial and website highlighting who and what was "the most searched."

January 30

Google co-founders step aside as antitrust scrutiny heats up

Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down as CEO and president, respectively, of Google parent company Alphabet. The move caps more than two decades during which the pair have shepherded the one-time startup they founded in a Silicon Valley garage. Pichai, who has been Google’s CEO since 2015, will now also head up Alphabet. The company isn’t filling Brin’s position as president.

December 4, 2019

Google parent Alphabet buying Fitbit for about $2.1B

Speculation swirled at the beginning of the week that a deal might be imminent. Premarket trading of shares of San Francisco-based Fitbit Inc. were briefly halted before the acquisition was announced.

November 1, 2019

Google first-generation Pixel and Pixel XL owners may get up to $500 in class-action settlement

Following a lawsuit, Google agreed to pay owners of an original Pixel or Pixel XL who have encountered microphone issues with the first-generation phones if they were bought before Jan. 4, 2017.

August 14, 2019