He further stated that the motivation behind the reorganization is to make Google "cleaner and more accountable and better" and that that he wanted to improve "the transparency and oversight of what we're doing". He clarified that, as a result of the new holding company, Google would be "a bit slimmed down, with the companies that are pretty far afield of our main internet products contained in Alphabet instead". In his announcement, Page stated that the planned holding company would allow for "more management scale, as we can run things independently that aren't very related" to Google. Sundar Pichai, Product Chief, became the new CEO of Google, replacing Larry Page, who transitioned to the role of running Alphabet, along with Google co-founder Sergey Brin. The company would consist of Google as well as other businesses including X Development, Calico, Nest, Verily, Fiber, Makani, CapitalG, and GV. Alphabet would be created to restructure Google by moving subsidiaries from Google to Alphabet, narrowing Google's scope. Google CEO Larry Page made this announcement in a blog post on Google's official blog. announced plans to create a new public holding company, Alphabet Inc. Page and Brin remain employees, board members, and controlling shareholders of Alphabet Inc. Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced their resignation from their executive posts in December 2019, with the CEO role to be filled by Sundar Pichai, also the CEO of Google. was prompted by a desire to make the core Google business "cleaner and more accountable" while allowing greater autonomy to group companies that operate in businesses other than Internet services. It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft. Alphabet is the world's third-largest technology company by revenue and one of the world's most valuable companies. It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It’s a great idea - just wish they would have taken it all the way across the finish line.Alphabet Inc. Now that I have paid for my “free” fax, I am cancelling the account and deleting the app. The more credits you buy, the cheaper they are per-page. If I only buy 85 credits, it will cost me $2.99, which equates to $0.22/page. Eventually you figure it out - A ha! I get it. No explanation that the numbers in the circle are pre-paid credits - with a corresponding breakdown of the cost-per-page at the different pre-paid price points. You are shown a set of circles with numbers inside, and a summary of the cost per page. The App-based user experience is poor - the interface is small, and as others have stated, the “Add Credits” screen does not make sense. I tried sending a 9-page fax for my first use of the system, and got an error message saying I had exceeded the “Fair Use” clause, and either needed to buy additional credits, or wait until next month to try it again. Additionally, the “Unlimited Free for 7-days” promotion isn’t exactly true. Not very impressed - the app provides no ability to include your own Fax cover pages (can’t use our company’s fax templates) - you have to use theirs. Fair Use Policy: iFax reserves the right to limit any or all of the above services based on what it deems to be abusive practices, unusually high usage or what iFax deems as ‘Fair Use’. Receiving Faxes: incoming fax subscriptions provide a personal fax number associated with your account and the ability to receive incoming faxes. Sending Faxes: subscribe to send unlimited faxes or purchase credits to fax at heavily discounted prices. Secure & private faxing using HIPAA-compliant, enterprise-grade fax technology. Professional, customizable cover page template: insert your company logo, add a note and sign your signature on the cover page. Document Scanner technology: Attach image/pdf from Finder, crop and adjust brightness, sharpness etc to optimize images for faxing. Push-Notification & Email Fax confirmations: real-time messages sent to the app with fax notifications and status updates. Start receiving faxes directly to your iPad and/or iPhone - powered by Apple Push notifications! Unlimited Inbound Faxing: get your own iFax number in the toll-free (US Only), Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Israel & Turkey. PDF and Document Integration: import from mail, upload or download from the web: PDF, TIFF, JPG and other documents supported.
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