Apple: No longer the most cash-rich company

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For the first time in a decade, Apple is not the world leader in terms of how much cash it has on hand. The baton has passed to Google parent company Alphabet, which now has $117 billion net cash, compared to Apple's $102 billion, the Financial Times. This does not mean Alphabet has been doing vastly better than Apple; it's more a matter of different strategies between the companies. Apple, which in 2017 held a record $163 billion, has been reducing its cash mound on purpose, starting with the introduction of a tax reform that year which made it easier for multinational giant corporations to repatriate the cash they had overseas. The company used some of the money on stock buybacks and dividends, effectively reducing its cash position.


Google Assistant: Enabled to read all your messages

Google Assistant has long had the option to read your SMS messages aloud, but that hasn't done much good if your conversations lived in third-party apps. That shouldn't be an issue for long. Both Android Police and 91mobiles have noticed that Google is rolling out the option to read messages from non-Google apps like WhatsApp, Slack and Telegram. You can dictate or type out replies, and there appears to be limited support for languages beyond English. The feature is in the works so it might not be functional as of yet.

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