Reuters: Google has morphed into Alphabet. After U.S. markets closed on Friday, Alphabet replaced Google as the publicly traded company that will house Google’s search and web advertising businesses, maps, YouTube and its “moonshot” ventures such as driverless cars. The structural overhaul, announced in August, is intended to separate the company’s core businesses from ventures such as the driverless cars, glucose-monitoring contact lenses and Internet-connected high-altitude balloons.