- India
Google launches ‘India Ki Udaan’ to mark 75 years of independence
New Delhi:Â Capturing the milestones the country has achieved in its 75-year journey since independence, software major Google has unveiled an online project, drawing from rich archives and featuring artistic illustrations to tell…
- Technology
MapmyIndia takes on Google with India’s first 360-degree panoramic street view
New Delhi India’s leading advanced digital maps provider MapmyIndia on Wednesday released the country’s first and fully-indigenous 360-degree panoramic street view and 3D Metaverse Maps Service, as Google Maps returned to India…
- Technology
Google now monetising YouTube Shorts, early results encouraging
New Delhi: In the era of TikTok, Google-owned YouTube Shorts is catching up fast and the company has seen encouraging results in its early monetisating efforts on the short-video making platform. Philipp…
- Technology
Over 3 bn devices now on Android globally: Sundar Pichai
San Francisco: During the company’s earnings call, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that more than three billion monthly active devices are now running on the Android operating system globally. Pichai…
- Technology
Google Play gets new logo on its 10th anniversary
San Francisco: As tech giant Google’s Play Store officially completed 10 years, it is now getting a new logo to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The tech giant has slightly tweaked the overall…
- Business
Elon Musk had affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife?
Washington: Tesla CEO Elon Musk landed in another controversy after a report in a newspaper alleged that he had an extramarital affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of billionaire Google co-founder Sergey…
- Technology
Google to roll back app permissions list on Play Store
San Francisco: After initially removing them in place of Data Safety labels, tech giant Google has now said that it is rolling back the app permissions list on the Play Store. The…
- Technology
Amazon, FB, Google suppress competition, favour their products: US govt panel
Washington: New internal documents released by the US House Judiciary Committee have revealed how Amazon, Facebook and Google favoured their own products and abused their dominance to suppress competition from their rivals.…
- Business
Google plans to test AR glasses in public from next month
San Francisco: With an aim to help users, tech giant Google has announced that it is planning to test augmented reality (AR) glasses in public beginning next month. The company said that…
- Technology
Indonesia to block Facebook, Google, WhatsApp if they fail to register for licenses
Jakarta: The Indonesian authorities are set to block social media applications and online sites including Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp in several days if they fail to register with the country’s Ministry of…
- Technology
Instagram, TikTok eating into Google’s core services, suggests top executive
San Francisco: The TikTok threat to Google’s business is not just limited to YouTube, but core Google services, including Search and Maps, are also being impacted by a growing preference for social…
- Technology
Google offered to split its ad-tech biz to avoid anti-trust lawsuit: Report
San Francisco: Google reportedly offered the US government to split its ad-tech business, which allows companies to place ads on Internet and and apps, into a separate entity under the Alphabet umbrella,…
- Technology
Google announces 3rd innovation challenge for news publishers in Asia Pacific
New Delhi: Google on Wednesday announced the third Asia Pacific Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge, as part of its ongoing commitment to support the news industry around the world, including India.…
- Technology
Google India purged 4L bad content pieces in May
New Delhi: In accordance with the Information Technology Rules, 2021, tech giant Google India took down nearly four lakh bad content pieces in May through an automated detection process. The company said…
- Technology
Fossil, Google working to bring new features to companion app
San Francisco: US-based fashion brand Fossil has confirmed that it is working with Google to bring new features, including Wear OS 3 support to its smartwatch companion app. According to Android Central,…
