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Google shuts down ‘Trusted Contacts’ app, will end support by Dec 1
California: Tech giant Google recently shut down its Trusted Contacts app that allowed its users to share location with a trusted contact (parents, family, or kids) when in an emergency.…
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Google Pixel 4a: Sublime camera, seamless app experience
New Delhi: Indian smartphone users have not seen much of Google Pixel (there was no Pixel 4 or 4 XL arrival in the country last year owing to certain constraints) and…
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Google stops biggest-ever DDoS cyber attack to date
New Delhi: The cyber security threats such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) are growing exponentially, disrupting businesses of all sizes globally, leading to outages and loss of user trust, Google has…
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Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search on Google
New Delhi: In a delight for music lovers, Google has announced a new capability where you can hum, whistle or sing a melody to find out the song that has been…
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Google hiring special team to spot critical bugs in Android apps
New Delhi: As bugs in highly-sensitive apps on Google Play Store keep increasing, Google is now looking for security engineers to find critical vulnerabilities and focus largely on fake Covid-19 contact…
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Google announces 3rd-party verification tags in marketing platform
San Francisco: Google has announced to introduce automated third-party verification in Campaign Manager and custom pre-bid filtering in Display and Video 360 tools. The previous process required multiple teams working…
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Google to pay USD 1 billion over 3 years for news content
London: Google will pay publishers USD 1 billion over the next three years for their news content. The internet search giant said Thursday that it has signed agreements for its news…
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Google launches Pixel 5 and Pixel 4A 5G in select markets
San Francisco: Google has finally announced the Pixel 5 alongside the Pixel 4a 5G that is a 5G version of the Pixel 4a during its ‘Launch Night In’ event. Both the…
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Google Pixel 4a finally coming to India on Oct 17
New Delhi: Google that decided not to make its Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones available in India last year, has finally confirmed Pixel 4a will be made available in…
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Google parent agrees to $310M misconduct lawsuit settlement
New York: Google’s parent company has reached a 310 million settlement in a shareholder lawsuit over its treatment of allegations of executives’ sexual misconduct. Alphabet Inc said Friday that it will…
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2 Indian institutes among 31 that receive $8.5mn Google grant
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Science (IIS), Bengaluru and Indian Institute of Technology in Gandhinagar were among 31 organisations worldwide that will receive more than $8.5 million from Google to…
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This Google app improved reading skills of kids in India
New Delhi: Google said on Tuesday that its Read Along app, which was first launched in India as Bolo in 2018, has been found to improve reading abilities of children…
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Apple, Google build virus-tracing tech directly into phones
Washington: Apple and Google are trying to get more U.S. states to adopt their phone-based approach for tracing and curbing the spread of the coronavirus by building more of the necessary…
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Google, Apple to release next phase of COVID tracing system
London: Google and Apple are preparing to release the next phase of their Covid-19 exposure notification system which is designed to alert users about their exposure to infectious people even in…
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OnePlus Watch with Google Wear OS under development: Report
New Delhi: After launching its first mid-range premium smartphone Nord, Chinese brand OnePlus is now working on a smartwatch that may arrive as ‘OnePlus Watch’. The ‘OnePlus Watch’ has been certified…
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Google location-tracking tactics troubled its own engineers
Washington: Google’s own engineers were troubled by the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who didn’t want to be followed until a 2018 Associated Press investigation uncovered…
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Google Pixel 5 may feature 90hz punch-hole display
San Francisco: Google is expected to launch Pixel 5 on September 30 and a new report has suggested that the smartphone will feature a 6-inch, 90Hz refresh rate punch-hole display similar…
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Google to launch Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5G on Sept 30: Report
San Francisco: Google is reportedly gearing up to launch Pixel 5 as well as Pixel 4a 5G smartphones on September 30. Google launched Pixel 4a mid-range phone earlier this month. According…
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Gmail service restored after global outage
New Delhi: Gmail service, which suffered a global outage for hours on Thursday, has now been restored, according to Google. Some users faced issues with Gmail like being unable to log…
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After Google services, WhatsApp experiences outage
New Delhi: After Google, Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Thursday evening experienced outages globally as users faced connection issues as well as could not send or receive messages in several parts of…
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Mozilla, Google extends Firefox search agreement: Report
San Francisco: Mozilla has extended its agreement with Google to keep it as the default search engine within the Firefox browser for another three years, ZDNet reported. Although an official announcement…
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Google Search to give you crucial info about floods in India
New Delhi: Google is already sending public alerts to people hit by flooding in India and users in India can now use Search to simply enter a query on a flood-affected…
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New Google portal to help developers build apps on Chrome OS
New Delhi: Google has launched a new website to help developers build Android apps for its Linux-based operating system as it saw massive demand for its Chromebooks in the second…
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Google discontinues Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones
San Francisco: Google has officially discontinued the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones in the US and some other regions. The phones are no longer available for purchase in the…
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Maha govt, Google tie-up to deploy learning tools for schools
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Thursday announced a partnership with Google that will enable 2.3 crore students andteachers to access the technology giant’s blended learning programmes that combine classroom approach…
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New Google Chrome extension brings more ad transparency
San Francisco: As part of its efforts to give people more visibility into the data used to personalise ads, Google has launched a new Chrome extension that lists all companies…
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Google helps people identify Black-owned businesses
San Francisco: Google has started adding an icon in Google Maps and Search to help people identify Black-owned businesses. The move, which comes amid a surge in online searches for Black-owned…
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Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content
Canberra: The Australian government said on Friday it plans to give Google and Facebook three months to negotiate with Australian media businesses fair pay for news content. In releasing a…
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Google starts limited test of Stadia YouTube live streaming, Crowd Play
San Francisco: Google has finally started testing YouTube live streaming for Stadia Cloud gaming service alongside exclusive “Crowd Play” features. Currently, while live streaming a video game, one needs either…
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New Google fund to address missing data for key research
San Francisco: Google has launched a new Lacuna Fund, which is the worlds first collaborative nonprofit effort to directly address the missing labeled data in the field of languages to health…
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