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Google to pay $90 mn to developers to settle Play Store lawsuit
San Francisco: Google has reached a settlement over a lawsuit with a group of developers, where it will establish a $90 million fund to support developers in the US who earned $2…
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BMW adopts Google’s Android Automotive OS for future vehicles
New Delhi: Leading automaker BMW Group has announced it will adopt the Google Android Automotive operating platform (OS) for future vehicles. From March 2023, the BMW Group will be expanding its BMW…
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Google’s Switch to Android app now supports all Android 12 phone
San Francisco: In a bid to make it easier for new Android users to transfer their data from an old iPhone, tech giant Google’s Switch to Android iPhone app now reportedly works…
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Consumer groups file complaint against Google’s deceptive signup process
London: Ten European consumer groups on Thursday filed new privacy complaints against Google, alleging that Google is using deceptive design, unclear language and misleading choices when consumers sign up to a Google…
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US FCC chief asks Apple, Google to remove TikTok from app stores
San Francisco: The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) head Brendan Carr has written to Apple and Google requesting them to remove Chinese short-video making platform TikTok from their respective app stores for…
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Google makes Earth Engine available to businesses, govts
New Delhi: Google on Tuesday rolled out Earth Engine, a leading technology for planetary-scale environmental monitoring, to businesses and governments worldwide as an enterprise-grade service through Google Cloud. Google Earth Engine, which…
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Google trains 8.4 mn MSMEs in Asia-Pacific, helps app makers in India
New Delhi: Google on Monday said it has trained 8.5 million micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to date across the Asia-Pacific region through its ‘Grow with Google’ programmes and partnerships. The…
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Google’s ‘Compatibility Test Suite’ gets new developer-powered module
San Francisco: Tech giant Google is introducing CTS-D, a new module within the CTS (Compatibility Test Suite) that will be utilised by app developers and is open-sourced within the Android Open Source…
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FTC asked to probe Apple, Google over selling personal information
San Francisco: Four Democratic lawmakers have called on the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate tech giants Apple and Google over selling personal data. According to The Wall Street Journal, the…
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Govt user data requests need reforms to curb unwanted gag orders: Google
San Francisco: Google has demanded reforms in the practice of governments seeking users’ personal information and then issuing gag orders against the citizens. “As our lives continue to become more digitised, laws…
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iOS users can now securely save their passwords in Chrome
San Francisco: Tech giant Google has added a feature on Chrome browser on iOS that will help users quickly and securely create, store and fill in their passwords into any website or…
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Google warns high-profile Android victims of spyware ‘Hermit’
New Delhi: Google has found strong evidence that enterprise-grade Android spyware called ‘Hermit’ is being used via SMS messages to target high-profile Android users. The tech giant has warned all Android victims…
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Google paying Wikimedia Foundation to access its content more efficiently
San Francisco: Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit group behind Wikipedia, has announced that Google is one of the first companies to buy its commercial Enterprise service. Wikimedia Enterprise is a commercial product designed…
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‘Obscure religious cult’ running Google Developer Studio: Report
San Francisco: Call it bizarre but a report citing former Google contractual employees has claimed that Google Developer Studio (GDS) is being run by an obscure religious sect that has an “inappropriate…
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Google to bring picture-in-picture mode for Meet app
San Francisco:Tech giant Google has announced that it is bringing picture-in-picture (PiP) support to its video conferencing app alongside pinning multiple videos feeds. With the new functionality, users can see up to…
