Google’s ad business continues to prop up its experimental ventures

Google's parent company Alphabet just released its financial results for the first quarter of 2016, and unsurprisingly the company continues to rake in huge amounts of cash. Revenue in Q1 of 2016 was $20.3 billion, up 17 percent year-over-year. Net i...

Alphabet earnings shows just how much Google’s ‘other bets’ are losing

The newly-minted Alphabet (made up of Google proper and the variety of ventures that make up the "Other Bets" the company is involved in) has just released its first full quarter of financial data under its new structure. At a high level, Alphabet co...