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Mark Bergen

Mark Bergen

Senior Editor, Search & Online Advertising

    Latest articles by Mark Bergen

    Technology
    Google to Add Loyalty Rewards to Android Pay, Ramp Up Promotional PushGoogle to Add Loyalty Rewards to Android Pay, Ramp Up Promotional Push
    Technology

    More than 60 percent of Android Pay card holders never used Google Wallet.

    By Mark Bergen
    Technology
    Apple Hires an Artificial Intelligence Expert From Nvidia. Is He Going to Work on Self-Driving Cars?Apple Hires an Artificial Intelligence Expert From Nvidia. Is He Going to Work on Self-Driving Cars?
    Technology

    An artificial intelligence expert who knows how to make cars drive themselves now works for Apple.

    By Mark Bergen
    Technology
    The New Google: ‘All the Assholes Have Left’The New Google: ‘All the Assholes Have Left’
    Technology

    Nice guys don’t always finish last.

    By Mark Bergen
    Technology
    Google Has Its Head in the CloudGoogle Has Its Head in the Cloud
    Technology

    Google’s big focus on the earnings call wasn’t Play or YouTube. It was the cloud.

    By Mark Bergen
    Technology
    Alphabet Hid a Google-y Math Joke in Its Stock BuybackAlphabet Hid a Google-y Math Joke in Its Stock Buyback
    Technology

    Alphabet + revenue = buybacks.

    By Mark Bergen
    Technology
    Alphabet (Google) Hands Investors a Beat on Earnings and $5 Billion in Stock Buyback (Liveblog)Alphabet (Google) Hands Investors a Beat on Earnings and $5 Billion in Stock Buyback (Liveblog)
    Technology
    Google CEO Sundar Pichai Makes Wall Street Debut on Earnings CallGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai Makes Wall Street Debut on Earnings Call
    Technology

    It’s Alphabet now, but we have to wait another quarter before we see it.

    By Mark Bergen
    Technology
    Theranos CEO Holmes: We Turned Down Google Ventures, Not the Other Way AroundTheranos CEO Holmes: We Turned Down Google Ventures, Not the Other Way Around
    Technology

    Elizabeth Holmes claims she never even met Google Ventures’ Bill Maris.

    By Mark Bergen
    Technology
    Dumb Satire of Yelp South Park Lawsuit Rises (Briefly) to Top of Google NewsDumb Satire of Yelp South Park Lawsuit Rises (Briefly) to Top of Google News
    Technology

    A satire site briefly trolls Google News.

    By Mark Bergen
    Technology
    Stanford and Renovo Motors Built an Electric, Self-Driving DeLoreanStanford and Renovo Motors Built an Electric, Self-Driving DeLorean
    Technology

    It’s called MARTY, naturally.

    By Mark Bergen