Google to become company called alphabet

thomasj

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/10/google-alphabet-parent-company

Just alphabet it justnt quiet sound right does it?

Omackeral

I alphabet this doesn't happen.

Professey Chin

Google Inc. is becoming Alphabet. Google as we know it will still be Google but any newly bought companies will be under Alphabet. Just a giant ass corporate umbrella

delly

Professey Chin wrote: »

Google Inc. is becoming Alphabet. Google as we know it will still be Google but any newly bought companies will be under Alphabet. Just a giant ass corporate umbrella

The Umbrella Corporation you say? I don't see this ending well...

thomasj

Hopefully!

Let me alphabet that for you doesn't have the same ring to it!

fleet_admiral

'Alphabet it' will sound weird when you tell someone to look for something on the internet

thomasj

This wouldn't have anything to do with the EU's motion to breakup google lasy year by any chance?

Eugene Norman

thomasj wrote: »

This wouldn't have anything to do with the EU's motion to breakup google lasy year by any chance?

No.

They're really doing bog all here.

Yakult

delly wrote: »

The Umbrella Corporation you say? I don't see this ending well...

I'll get the guns..

efb

@psneeze: Alphabet have received a solicitor's letter warning them not to use the letters D, O or B.

ChunkyLover54

delly wrote: »

The Umbrella Corporation you say? I don't see this ending well...

It could spell disaster.

endacl

fleet_admiral wrote: »

'Alphabet it' will sound weird when you tell someone to look for something on the internet

'Google it' doesn't sound weird?

*pedantic hat on* Its not even spelled properly...

Billy86

delly wrote: »

The Umbrella Corporation you say? I don't see this ending well...

At the end of the day though, pretty much all of these search engine companies are snakes, SNAKES, SSSNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKEESSS!

lazybones32

delly wrote: »

The Umbrella Corporation you say? I don't see this ending well...

And the alphabet ends with "Z". Coincidence? I think not!

The_Valeyard

Billy86 wrote: »

At the end of the day though, pretty much all of these search engine companies are snakes, SNAKES, SSSNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKEESSS!

Dude. Seriously. Learn your games. :P

suicide_circus

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/dcanimated/images/f/fc/LexCorp_tower.JPG/revision/latest/thumbnail-down/width/340/height/340?cb=20080715221110

Massimo Cassagrande

So now Google even own the alphabet? I suppose it was only a matter of time.

jester77

Massimo Cassagrande wrote: »

So now Google even own the alphabet? I suppose it was only a matter of time.

Fits in well with their office here, it's on ABC Straße.

valoren

Tax Avoision ahoy!

Menas

I dont get why they think 'Alpha Bet' is good for attracting investors.

Neyite

Massimo Cassagrande wrote: »

So now Google even own the alphabet? I suppose it was only a matter of time.

I better tell my kid he he needs to stfu or pay royalties for singing the song. Shame, its about the only one he knows.

Massimo Cassagrande

Google - The Alpha Bet on the stockmarket..

MonkieSocks

Google to become alphabet

Does this mean No More Soup?

daheff

So Googles new holding company is going to be Alphabet....which is the name of a company already owned by BMW...you'd think that they'd have googled the name to see if anybody already owned the company :rolleyes:

http://www.independent.ie/business/bmw-owns-alphabetcom-and-is-looking-at-whether-google-infringed-on-its-trademark-31446042.html

www.alphabet.com


Serious own goal here!

smash

But they're not looking for alphabet.com. Their domain is abc.xyz

kjl

smash wrote: »

But they're not looking for alphabet.com. Their domain is abc.xyz

I thought you were kidding till I checked.

TheLastMohican

Can I have a bowl of Cornflakes Mom? With goji berries?

Peregrine

daheff wrote: »

So Googles new holding company is going to be Alphabet....which is the name of a company already owned by BMW...you'd think that they'd have googled the name to see if anybody already owned the company :rolleyes:

http://www.independent.ie/business/bmw-owns-alphabetcom-and-is-looking-at-whether-google-infringed-on-its-trademark-31446042.html

www.alphabet.com


Serious own goal here!

Mod: Merged with the other thread.

You'd think you would have Googled to see if there was an existing thread

Badly Drunk Boy

So anyway...there are some lovely alphabets out there. What's your favourite?

I like Georgian.

უეფა-ს 2015 წლის სუპერთასის გამარჯვებული „ბარსელონა“ (გერბი სურათზე) გახდა.
ევროპის ახალგაზრდულ ოლიმპიურ ფესტივალზე საქართველოს დელეგაციამ 10 მედლით (4 ოქრო, 6 ბრინჯაო) მე-10 ადგილი დაიკავა.

daheff

smash wrote: »

But they're not looking for alphabet.com. Their domain is abc.xyz

No...but they want to have the same name as an already existing company. If they'd googled it, they'd have known that a company of the same name already existed (and one owned by a large corp, so more difficult for them to push out)

Dimithy

daheff wrote: »

No...but they want to have the same name as an already existing company. If they'd googled it, they'd have known that a company of the same name already existed (and one owned by a large corp, so more difficult for them to push out)

They don't need to push them out, they wont be operating in anywhere near the same areas.

daheff

Dimithy wrote: »

They don't need to push them out, they wont be operating in anywhere near the same areas.

I meant out of the business name, not the operating areas.


It'd be like you opening up a new company called Google selling cars. Cant see Google not taking you to court over it.

tobsey

I think the only reason they are doing this is so they appear ahead of Apple on top stocks lists because they're usually sorted, ironically enough, alphabetically.

Dimithy

daheff wrote: »

I meant out of the business name, not the operating areas.


It'd be like you opening up a new company called Google selling cars. Cant see Google not taking you to court over it.

There are already other companies that use the name Alphabet, besides BMW. Google are not trying to use the domain name.

smash

daheff wrote: »

No...but they want to have the same name as an already existing company. If they'd googled it, they'd have known that a company of the same name already existed (and one owned by a large corp, so more difficult for them to push out)

Domain name does not equal registered business name or trademarked name.

Badly Drunk Boy

tobsey wrote: »

I think the only reason they are doing this is so they appear ahead of Apple on top stocks lists because they're usually sorted, ironically enough, alphabetically.

Did the Alphabet name connected to Google exist before now? If not, there were loads of things that could have been used. AlphaGoog? Though AlphaGog sounds better.

I've 'alphabetted' AlphaGog and it's an eBay seller. I'm sure he'd appreciate a payoff to stop using the name.