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Business News > Mint Authors > Alistair Barr

Alistair Barr

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ARTICLES BY ALISTAIR BARR

(Photo: Reuters)

Apple warns of cracked watch screens, offers free fixes

1 min read . 01 Sep 2019

Google search ad prices often surge when the company restricts the growth of supply. Photo: Reuters

Why it is impossible to run a business without Google and Facebook

5 min read . 09 Mar 2019

The Apple purchase adds to the almost 170 million shares that Buffett-run Berkshire Hathaway owned at the end of 2017, when it was already his biggest shareholding. Photo: AFP

Apple shares hit record after Warren Buffett increases investment

2 min read . 04 May 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Photo: Getty Images

How Mark Zuckerberg planned to rebut questions about Facebook breakup

2 min read . 11 Apr 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: AP

Facebook antitrust rebuttal revealed in Mark Zuckerberg hearing notes

2 min read . 11 Apr 2018

Representational image of communications towers. Alphabet Inc.’s Google, with help from some smaller tech companies, is leading the charge on ways to make the new service work seamlessly.

Google-led plan to upend wireless industry gains momentum

6 min read . 29 Mar 2018

Apple shares fell as much as 4.1% on Friday to $160.88, the biggest intraday decline in more than six months. Photo: Reuters

iPhone super cycle pronounced dead as handset market tumbles

2 min read . 03 Feb 2018

The deal announced Thursday will bring new cash to Uber, prevent arch US rival Lyft Inc. from dealing with SoftBank, appease some early, antsy backers and pacify a previously warring management team and board. Photo: AP

Uber’s SoftBank deal may smoothen road ahead for scarred startup

3 min read . 29 Dec 2017

SoftBank chairman Masayoshi Son. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

SoftBank’s $100 billion Vision Fund rankles venture capital firms

5 min read . 24 May 2017

Republican Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said of WikiLeaks, ‘If they can hack into the CIA they can hack into anyone.’ Photo: Reuters

WikiLeaks says it has CIA spy tools as John McCain cites dangers

7 min read . 08 Mar 2017

7 gadgets that rode CES hype machine to disappointment

3 min read . 10 Jan 2017

Twitter’s looking for a new CFO but, in the meantime, Noto will oversee the books while running global advertising sales, data and revenue products, partnerships and business development. Photo: AFP

Twitter pays Anthony Noto millions more to take on new operating role

1 min read . 24 Nov 2016

Chats in the Allo app are encrypted, but Google has keys to untangle that scrambled information so it can use the data to improve its Assistant and provide AI features like Smart Reply. Photo: AP

Google shows up late in crowded AI-based digital-assistant field

5 min read . 21 Sep 2016

The issue is part of a broader challenge Google parent Alphabet faces in turning research projects into profitable businesses. Photo: AP

Google loses its edge in autonomous car race

4 min read . 13 Sep 2016

The app, dubbed Duo, represents Google’s response to other popular video calling options, including Apple’s FaceTime, Microsoft’s Skype and Facebook’s Messenger app. Photo: AP

Google debuts new chat app Duo to rival Skype, FaceTime

4 min read . 17 Aug 2016

Alphabet chief Eric Schmidt says that the company’s Fiber fast internet service has new wireless technology that will cut the cost of hooking up homes because it won’t have to dig up people’s gardens to lay fiber optic cables. Photo: Reuters

From meatless meat to 3-D printing: Alphabet’s top interests

3 min read . 09 Jun 2016

YouTube executives have discussed with major media companies about the plan of rolling out online TV service. Photo: Reuters

YouTube to plan ‘Unplugged’ online TV service for 2017

4 min read . 05 May 2016

Facebook and Amazon’s new approach follows mounting criticism about many firm’s overuse of non-GAAP numbers, especially in tech, where big equity awards are common. Photo: Mint

Amazon, web giants shift to report real cost of equity pay

6 min read . 04 May 2016

Sundar Pichai was, in part, talking his own playbook because Google has been working on AI and related technology for years and this advanced software already powers web services and apps such as Google Photos and Google Translate. Photo: Bloomberg

Google CEO Sundar Pichai sees the end of computers as physical devices

1 min read . 29 Apr 2016

Amazon vs IBM: Big Blue meets match in battle for the cloud

4 min read . 22 Jul 2013