Google increases by over 43 percent – ITavisen.no

Very good numbers for the search giant.

While companies like Apple, Microsoft and Samsung has presented its quarterly – some better than others – expecting Google to end of the week.

Increase by 21 percent
Google controlled the reach of Alphabet and the whole company could show a turnover of 21.5 billion dollars, 182 billion. Of these stood Google for $ 21.3 billion, 180.5 billion kroner. That’s an increase of 21 percent compared with last year.

The profit for the quarter totaled $ 4.9 billion, NOK 41.5 billion, an increase of massive 43 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year .

Google X Download
project department at Google, called Google X, a turnover of 185 million, more than 1.5 billion, but the department had to show a loss of $ 859 million, 7.3 billion. Last year lost the department $ 660 million.

It is this group within Google where the company is working on drones, robots, smart gadgets, and self-driving cars.

Sources:
Engadget ,
Dagens Næringsliv