Learning the ABCs of a language is a fascinating experience for both kids and parents, as junior struggles to get used to writing the letters, while parents often try to do their best to educate their little ones. Good news is that with modern technology it does not have to be that hard.With the arrival of the iPhone, iPad and Android gadgets in almost every house, you can engage your kids to learn the alphabet with some truly awesome interactive apps that will keep them entertained and learning.But among millions of apps it might be hard to find the best ones for the purpose. That’s why we’ve picked the best alphabet learning apps for kids for the iPhone, iPad and Android devices. These colorful and fun experiences might give you a helpful hand into raising that superhero of yours, so take a look. Best Android, iPhone and iPad alphabet learning apps for kids and toddlers Best Android, iPhone and iPad alphabet learning apps for kids and toddlers 1. Endless Alphabet … [Read more...] about Best Android, iPhone and iPad alphabet learning apps for kids and toddlers (2014 edition)
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Alphabet hires Time Warner Cable executive to lead Access and Google Fiber
Google parent company Alphabet has tapped Dinesh Jain, former chief operating officer at Time Warner Cable, to lead up its Access division, which includes the Google Fiber unit and internet service provider Webpass. Jain is replacing former Access CEO Greg McCray, who left last year amid turmoil at Access over the future of Google Fiber and Alphabet’s longer-term plans for providing low-cost, high-speed internet to both consumers and businesses. “Dinesh “Dinni” Jain, an accomplished veteran of the US and European cable and telecommunications industries — most recently as chief operating officer at Time Warner Cable — starts as CEO of Access today,” reads a post published today on the official Google Fiber blog. “He will lead Access and its team, which includes employees at our headquarters in California and in the nearly 20 markets across the country where Google Fiber and Webpass have ongoing operations.” Alphabet first purchased … [Read more...] about Alphabet hires Time Warner Cable executive to lead Access and Google Fiber
Alphabet profit miss sends stock down, but Google ad and cloud sales remain strong
It’s business as usual at Google parent company Alphabet, despite a growing number of controversies surrounding the company’s firing of former employee James Damore and a reckoning over content policies at YouTube. Alphabet posted its 2017 fourth quarter earnings today, showing sales of $32.32 billion and profit of $9.70 per share, coming in under Wall Street expectations of $9.96 per share. Wall Street reacted negatively to the profit miss, sending Alphabet stock down as much as 4 percent in after-hours trading. However, Google’s core ad business remains healthy, pulling in $27.27 billion in revenue and helping push Alphabet to a 24 percent year-over-year increase in sales. Concerning some analysts and investors is Google’s TAC, or traffic acquisition costs. Those continue to grow and gobble up a larger percentage of advertising revenues as Google shifts more of its business to so-called programmatic advertising and mobile search ads, which inherently have … [Read more...] about Alphabet profit miss sends stock down, but Google ad and cloud sales remain strong
Alphabet could soon be competing with Tesla in renewable energy storage
Alphabet’s secretive research lab X is developing a new way to store renewable energy that otherwise might be wasted — by using salt and antifreeze, reports Bloomberg. Researchers are developing a system that can be located anywhere, has the potential to last longer than lithium-ion batteries, and competes on price with new hydroelectric plants and other energy storage methods. "If the moonshot factory gives up on a big, important problem like climate change, then maybe it will never get solved," Obi Felten, a director at X told Bloomberg. "If we do start solving it, there are trillions and trillions of dollars in market opportunity." The project is codenamed “Malta,” but it isn’t an official X project yet, so it doesn’t currently enjoy the benefits of a full-blown undertaking like Project Loon. The Malta team is currently working on an early test prototype in Silicon Valley. In renderings cited by Bloomberg, the system features four cylindrical … [Read more...] about Alphabet could soon be competing with Tesla in renewable energy storage
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs has a plan to bring order to the mobility chaos in our cities
Once upon a time, a person who wanted to get across town had only a handful of options: car, bus, subway, or walking. Today, there are dozens of ways to get from point A to point B, and not all of them equal (or equally priced). The proliferation of “mobility” services, like ride-sharing, bike-sharing, and car-sharing, is giving many city residents anxiety about what were previously fairly simple travel decisions. Aiming to cut through this clutter, Google’s urban innovation spinoff Sidewalk Labs has just spun off a company of its own that can hopefully bring some sanity to our streets. It’s called Coord, and it’s a cloud-based platform created by Sidewalk Labs to help cities and mobility companies better manage traffic congestion and parking problems. It’s a bit of code that integrates all the mobility services that have sprung up in cities lately, like ride-hailing, car-sharing, and bike-sharing, as well as legacy transportation services like … [Read more...] about Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs has a plan to bring order to the mobility chaos in our cities