Advertisement
michael liedtk

Michael Liedtk

Google coddles its employees with free food, massages and other lavish perks. (Photo: Reuters)

Google tackles employees grousing despite lavish perks

by Martha Mendoza |Nov 18, 2015

The Internet company tackled the puzzling problem with a study that concluded how teams work together is more important than who is on a team.

Google founder Larry Page (Photo: Reuters)

Google founder Larry Page hopes Alphabet spells innovation

by Michael Liedtk |Nov 3, 2015

Larry Page described Alphabet as a way to give engineers the independence they need to develop breakthrough products that have nothing to do with Google's Internet search and advertising business.

Twitter ended the third quarter with a core audience of 307 million active users. (Photo: Reuters)

Twitter's Q3 report illustrates challenges facing new CEO

by Michael Liedtk |Oct 28, 2015

Twitter ended the third quarter with a core audience of 307 million active users, an increase of just 3 million from June.

Google's revenue for the three months ending in September totaled $18.7 billion. (Photo: Reuters)

Google opens Alphabet era with 15 per cent increase in revenue in Q3

by Michael Liedtk |Oct 23, 2015

The numbers released on Thursday indicated that Google is making significant strides in the increasingly important mobile-device market under Alphabet, its recently formed parent company.

Photo: Reuters

Apple gives iPhone 6s,iPhone 6s Plus an environmental upgrade

by Michael Liedtk |Sep 17, 2015

The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have reduced their carbon emissions by 14 to 16 per cent from last year's models, according to Apple that quantifies pollution caused from production to recycling of the devi...

Google is donning the different look as it embarks on a new era.

Google redesigns iconic logo for the fifth time

by Associated Press |Sep 2, 2015

The change marks the most noticeable redesign since Google dropped an exclamation point that appeared after its name until May 1999.

(Pic for representation purpose only. Source: Reuters)

Global firms dole out unusual benefits to retain employees

by Michael Liedtk |Aug 6, 2015

The phenomenon is especially prevalent in the technology industry, where the competition for computer programmers is so intense that employers are looking for every edge they can find.

Picture for representation purpose only. (Source: Reuters)

Will the internet listen to your private conversations?

by Michael Liedtk |Jul 30, 2015

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ...

Sundar Pichai, Senior Vice President for products, delivers his keynote address during the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco, California May 28, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)

Google unveils Android's latest technological tricks: Now on Tap and more

by Michael Liedtk |May 29, 2015

Google's next version of its Android OS will boast new ways to fetch information, pay merchants and protect privacy on mobile devices as the Internet company duels with Apple in the quest to make ...

The new code will favour websites that Google defines as "mobile-friendly". Websites that don't fit the description will be demoted in Google's search results on smartphones. (Photo: Reuters)

Google search to push up mobile-friendly websites in results

by Michael Liedtk |Apr 21, 2015

Google's new rating system is being billed by some search experts as "Mobile-geddon".