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After Jio, Mukesh Ambani bets big on Internet, video streaming market
New Delhi, Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani who has disrupted the mobile telephony market with Reliance Jio, is set to take on Internet and video streaming giants like Google, Netflix, Amazon Prime and Spotify. According to an article in the winter 2019 issue of Foreign Policy magazine,[Read More…]
Fossil Group sells smartwatch technology to Google for $40mn
San Francisco, Global watch and accessories maker Fossil Group has announced to sell its smartphone technology to Google for $40 million. As part of the transaction that is expected to close this month, a portion of Fossil Group’s research and development (R&D) team currently supporting the transferring intellectual property (IP)[Read More…]
Amul slaps legal notice to google for carrying paid ads of fake websites
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) that handles brand marketing for Amul has issued a legal notice to Google Pvt Ltd and domain provider godaddy.com accusing them of misusing their platform to gain advertisement. According to a source, some innocent people have been cheated because of this as they[Read More…]
Google tried to cover up sexual misconduct, alleges shareholder
San Francisco, In a bid to hide sexual harassment allegations against former Google executives, Alphabet’s board of directors has approved hefty severance packages for the accused, according a lawsuit filed by a shareholder of the company. Alphabet Inc is Google’s parent company. The lawsuit filed on Thursday in California state[Read More…]
Google rolls out activity cards to make Search more useful
San Francisco, Google has started rolling out a new feature called activity cards to make it easier for users to pick up the threads to past searches and continue exploring a topic. “Activity cards will roll out today on mobile web and the Google app in English in the US,”[Read More…]
Google search results for ‘bad chief minister of India’ shows Pinarayi Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram: Google search for ‘bad chief minister of India’ shows Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the Wikipedia page of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan pops up upon searching his name. A quick bio of the leader followed by a tirade over the ensuing Sabarimala violence will follow in the search[Read More…]
Google Assistant now helps you make charity donations
San Francisco: Google Assistant has added a simple way to contribute to good causes by using your voice on all your smart devices, including smart speakers like the Home. Ask Google to “make a donation” in the US and it will let you pick a monetary amount and charity (from[Read More…]
Google celebrates ‘New Year’s Eve’ with a doodle, all set to welcome 2019
Search engine giant Google is all set to welcome 2019 with the New Year’s Eve doodle today. The doodle shows two purple elephants tossing tye balloons and devouring popcorn, the baby elephants perched on top of the Google homepage are seen playfully arranging for party decor. One of the elephants[Read More…]
Google Assistant beats Amazon Alexa, even for online shopping
San Francisco, Despite Amazon Alexa being more popular globally, Google Assistant has outperformed her — and other voice assistants like Apple Siri — in a test meant to understand the effectiveness of smart speakers. In the 2018 edition of “Smart Speaker IQ Test” by research-driven venture capital firm Loup Ventures,[Read More…]
Snowy Google Doodle marks winter solstice
New Delhi, A snowy Google Doodle on Friday marked the 2018 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun. This year it is particularly special as the upcoming December full moon, named the Cold Moon, will be visible in the night sky[Read More…]
Google denies it altered YouTube code to slow down Microsoft Edge
San Francisco, Google has denied it altered YouTube code to break Microsoft Edge, thus slowing down its performance while users streamed YouTube videos — a claim made by a former Microsoft intern. Microsoft Edge is a graphical web browser included in Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile and Xbox One devices,[Read More…]
Google Assistant to soon predict flight delays on smartphones through Machine Learning
San Francisco, Using flight status data combined with Machine Learning (ML), Google Assistant will soon tell you over phone if your flight would be delayed even before the airline announces it. According to Google, Assistant will notify users on phones when its algorithms predict that their flights would be late.[Read More…]
Google’s ‘Game of the year’ is here to test your knowledge of what got trended in 2018
After Youtube Rewind, Google – Year in Search 2018, the Alphabet Inc has now come up with their “Game of the year” to test your knowledge of what caught the eyes of the netizens this year. The company’s game website gameoftheyear.withgoogle.com starts with the message, “A quiz based on the[Read More…]
Google to pump in $1 billion to build new offices
San Francisco, Google revealed that it would invest USD 1 billion in the construction of new offices in New York, an announcement that comes weeks after both Amazon and Apple made known their individual expansion projects in the Big Apple. In a posting on the company’s blog, Google Vice President[Read More…]
Google’s top 10 trending bikes of 2018 in India
2018 has been another great year for Indian bikers and manufacturers. India is now the largest two-wheeler market in the world and it’s no wonder that manufacturers have been setting new sales record regularly. This has also led two-wheeler brands to concentrate on introducing new products in a bid to[Read More…]
Google Search Trends: Padosi Desh Pakistan is a huge Bollywood fan
Google has just released “See what was trending in 2018” and its good news for the Indian entertainment industry. Bollywood heads the first five when it comes to the top movie searches made in India’s neighbouring state of Pakistan. The list under the “Movies” category for Pakistan Google Search is[Read More…]
Google just released “Year in Search” and YES! its better than YouTube Trash Rewind
Your YouTube feed suggested YouTube Rewind 2018 and you got all excited for the nostalgia that was about to hit you but it actually sent you in a headache. At least that was the case with me. While there is another good news that stayed good, actually it got better! Google[Read More…]
Why googling ‘idiot’ brings up Donald Trump photos, Congresswoman asks Sundar Pichai
Washington: US Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, in an effort to understand how Google search algorithms work, asked its CEO Sundar Pichai why so many pictures of President Donald Trump appear when she does a Google search for “idiot”. “Right now, if you Google the word ‘idiot’ under images, a picture[Read More…]
Google starts rolling out gender specific translation to reduce bias
San Francisco: In a bid to reduce gender biases in its translation service, Google has started rolling out a feature that provides feminine and masculine translations for some gender-neutral words on the Google Translate website. The feature is currently available only for a few languages, although Google plans to bring[Read More…]
Google may shutdown Hangouts in 2020
Google might soon call it a day for one of its communication platforms, Google Hangouts. According to various reports, the tech giant is planning to shut down the messaging platform by 2020. In 2017 only, Google announced the revamp of Hangout where it split the service into Hangout Chat and Meet. The step[Read More…]
Google’s hyper-local social network app ‘Neighbourly’ enters Delhi and Bengaluru
Neighbourly, Google‘s social network app which was earlier launched in Mumbai, has now been rolled out in Delhi and Bengaluru. This Google app allows users to communicate crucial information to people in their neighbourhood. The app is currently available only on the Android platform and has in just a span of[Read More…]
Tech giants must share mapping data: UK group
London, Tech giants Google, Apple and Uber must make mapping data openly available for all in order to drive innovation and economic growth, an influential Britain-based group has demanded. Making data from both the public and private sectors openly available and interoperable will mean more organisations can access data from[Read More…]
Google Home celebrates Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday with special features
San Francisco, Google is celebrating Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday with new special features on Google Home. The search-engine giant has introduced new Disney trivia, a Mickey Mouse adventure game and accessories to make “Google Home Mini” look like Walt Disney’s famous cartoon character. “Team up with Daisy, Donald, Goofy or[Read More…]
Google best Search engine, we keep Safari safe: Tim Cook
San Francisco: Google Search engine that was the default platform for iOS users is the best, Apple CEO Tim Cook has said, adding that they put in controls in their Safari web browser to safeguard users’ data. In an interview with Axios on HBO on Sunday night, Cook defended Apple’s[Read More…]