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Google transforms into Alphabet, Electric motorways on the horizon and more in your week in tech

Crowdcube raises £6m, LivingLens TV raises £1m and Nimber raises $850,000. Google changes its name to Alphabet, Highways England announce plans to test electric motorways and Facebook finds that LOL is going swiftly out of fashion.

Georgie Barrat presents all this and more in your Week in Tech.

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