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  • U.S.
    Aug, 2015
    Tesla, Inc.

    Tesla launched a revamp of it's stores

    U.S.
    Aug, 2015

    In August 2015, Tesla launched a revamp of its stores to include interactive displays focused on safety, autopilot, charging network and motors.




  • San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Saturday Aug 1, 2015
    Uber

    Uber has completed a Series F round

    San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Saturday Aug 1, 2015

    It is announced that Uber has completed a Series F round, raising $1 billion at a $50 billion pre-money valuation (so a $51 billion post-money valuation). Key investors are Microsoft and Bennett, Coleman, & Co, Ltd., the parent company of The Times Group, India's largest media conglomerate.




  • U.S.
    Aug, 2015
    Android

    Android One Relaunch

    U.S.
    Aug, 2015

    Plans to relaunch Android One surfaced in August 2015, with Africa announced as the next location for the program a week later. A report from The Information in January 2017 stated that Google is expanding its low-cost Android One program into the United States, although The Verge notes that the company will presumably not produce the actual devices itself.




  • U.S.
    Aug, 2015
    Marvel Studios

    Marvel Studios was placed into Walt Disney Studios

    U.S.
    Aug, 2015

    In August 2015, Marvel Studios was placed into Walt Disney Studios, with Feige reporting directly to Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn instead of Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac Perlmutter. Marvel Television and subsidiary Marvel Animation were left under Marvel Entertainment and Perlmutter's control.




  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Monday Aug 10, 2015
    Google LLC

    Google announcement about Alphabet

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Monday Aug 10, 2015

    On August 10, 2015, Google announced plans to reorganize its various interests as a conglomerate called Alphabet. Google became Alphabet's leading subsidiary, and will continue to be the umbrella company for Alphabet's Internet interests. Upon completion of the restructure, Sundar Pichai became CEO of Google, replacing Larry Page, who became CEO of Alphabet.




  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Aug, 2015
    Mass Shootings in the United States

    Mass Shooting per Day

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Aug, 2015

    In August 2015, The Washington Post reported that the United States was averaging one mass shooting per day.




  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Tuesday Aug 18, 2015
    Reddit

    Reddit hires Marty Weiner

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Tuesday Aug 18, 2015

    Reddit hires Marty Weiner, Founding Engineer at Pinterest, as its first Chief Technology Officer.


  • San Bruno, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 26, 2015
    YouTube

    YouTube Gaming

    San Bruno, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 26, 2015

    Later on August 26, 2015, YouTube launched YouTube Gaming—a video gaming-oriented vertical and app for videos and live streaming, intended to compete with the Amazon.com-owned Twitch.


  • Seattle, Washington, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 26, 2015
    Amazon

    Amazon launches Amazon Underground

    Seattle, Washington, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 26, 2015

    Amazon launches Amazon Underground, an Android app through which users can get gaming and other apps for free that they would otherwise have to pay for, and also get in-app purchases for free. App creator participation is voluntary. App creators are paid $0.002 for every minute a user spends in the app.


  • Los Gatos, California, U.S.
    Friday Aug 28, 2015
    Pablo Escobar: Narcos

    Narcos Series

    Los Gatos, California, U.S.
    Friday Aug 28, 2015

    Narcos is a series based on the story of Pablo Escobar. The series also focuses on Escobar's interactions with drug lords, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, and various opposition entities. The show started on the 28th of August 2015


  • U.S.
    Aug, 2015
    Tesla, Inc.

    Tesla launched a revamp of it's stores

    U.S.
    Aug, 2015

    In August 2015, Tesla launched a revamp of its stores to include interactive displays focused on safety, autopilot, charging network and motors.


  • San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Saturday Aug 1, 2015
    Uber

    Uber has completed a Series F round

    San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Saturday Aug 1, 2015

    It is announced that Uber has completed a Series F round, raising $1 billion at a $50 billion pre-money valuation (so a $51 billion post-money valuation). Key investors are Microsoft and Bennett, Coleman, & Co, Ltd., the parent company of The Times Group, India's largest media conglomerate.


  • U.S.
    Aug, 2015
    Android

    Android One Relaunch

    U.S.
    Aug, 2015

    Plans to relaunch Android One surfaced in August 2015, with Africa announced as the next location for the program a week later. A report from The Information in January 2017 stated that Google is expanding its low-cost Android One program into the United States, although The Verge notes that the company will presumably not produce the actual devices itself.


  • U.S.
    Aug, 2015
    Marvel Studios

    Marvel Studios was placed into Walt Disney Studios

    U.S.
    Aug, 2015

    In August 2015, Marvel Studios was placed into Walt Disney Studios, with Feige reporting directly to Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn instead of Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac Perlmutter. Marvel Television and subsidiary Marvel Animation were left under Marvel Entertainment and Perlmutter's control.


  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Monday Aug 10, 2015
    Google LLC

    Google announcement about Alphabet

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Monday Aug 10, 2015

    On August 10, 2015, Google announced plans to reorganize its various interests as a conglomerate called Alphabet. Google became Alphabet's leading subsidiary, and will continue to be the umbrella company for Alphabet's Internet interests. Upon completion of the restructure, Sundar Pichai became CEO of Google, replacing Larry Page, who became CEO of Alphabet.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Aug, 2015
    Mass Shootings in the United States

    Mass Shooting per Day

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Aug, 2015

    In August 2015, The Washington Post reported that the United States was averaging one mass shooting per day.


  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Tuesday Aug 18, 2015
    Reddit

    Reddit hires Marty Weiner

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Tuesday Aug 18, 2015

    Reddit hires Marty Weiner, Founding Engineer at Pinterest, as its first Chief Technology Officer.


  • San Bruno, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 26, 2015
    YouTube

    YouTube Gaming

    San Bruno, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 26, 2015

    Later on August 26, 2015, YouTube launched YouTube Gaming—a video gaming-oriented vertical and app for videos and live streaming, intended to compete with the Amazon.com-owned Twitch.


  • Seattle, Washington, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 26, 2015
    Amazon

    Amazon launches Amazon Underground

    Seattle, Washington, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 26, 2015

    Amazon launches Amazon Underground, an Android app through which users can get gaming and other apps for free that they would otherwise have to pay for, and also get in-app purchases for free. App creator participation is voluntary. App creators are paid $0.002 for every minute a user spends in the app.


  • Los Gatos, California, U.S.
    Friday Aug 28, 2015
    Pablo Escobar: Narcos

    Narcos Series

    Los Gatos, California, U.S.
    Friday Aug 28, 2015

    Narcos is a series based on the story of Pablo Escobar. The series also focuses on Escobar's interactions with drug lords, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, and various opposition entities. The show started on the 28th of August 2015


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