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Alphabet Floats Google Fiber Expansion To Chicago, LA

Alphabet (GOOGL) says it’s in talks to expand its superfast Google Fiber to Los Angeles and Chicago, which would be the biggest markets served by the gigabit-per-second broadband service. Alphabet’s announcement, in a blog post, comes a day after AT&T (T) expanded its GigaPower service to “parts of” 38 more cities. It’s now in 56 metro markets. Both Google and AT&T have deployed their superfast services in neighborhoods or wider areas, but not

Facebook Leads Tech Giants Holding Up Amid Sell-Off

As the market continues to sell off, many stocks are getting hit hard. But three tech giants are holding up: Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet (GOOGL). All three have notched significant gains this year, staging breakouts in late October. And amid the market turmoil, they’re still trading near recent highs. Facebook has been trading in a tight range over the past several weeks, which could render a new buy point. Up 36% in 2015, Facebook

Apple, Google, PayPal Well Suited For eWallet Growth

Using your smartphone for buying goods, with digital wallet apps from Apple (AAPL), Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google, PayPal (PYPL) and others, will surpass credit card use by 2019, according to payment processing company Worldpay. Global purchases from digital wallets, also called eWallets, is expected to hit $647 billion in 2019, up 67% from $387 billion last year, it said. That will surpass the $577 billion in goods expected to be bought using credit