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YouTube Shorts surpasses 15 bn daily views: Sundar Pichai
The YouTube Shorts platform recently added the ability for Shorts creators to sample audio from YouTube videos and says it is exploring ways to offer quick links from Shorts to YouTube videos they’ve taken samples from.
Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella engage in war over online news
“News organisations have ad inventory to sell, but they can no longer sell directly to those who want to place ads,” Smith said in a statement.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai pledges $25mn to empower women including in India
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Pichai also committed to help 1 million women in rural villages in India to become entrepreneurs through business tutorials, tools and mentorship, as part of the Google Internet Saathi programme.
Google not in race to buy TikTok: Sundar Pichai
TikTok which has 100 million users in the US has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over an executive order banning any US transactions with its parent company ByteDance.
‘Google’s continued success is not guaranteed’: Sundar Pichai
Pichai questioned the premise that Google was a monopoly with an iron grip on internet services ranging from search to e-commerce.
Google adding 30 lakh new users on Meet app daily: Pichai
There are now over 100 million daily Meet meeting participants, according to Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
US President Donald Trump hails Indian-Americans for revolutionizing technology
Thousands of Indians are working at some top American tech firms that are run by Indian-origin CEOs like Satya Nadella at Microsoft, Sundar Pichai at Google and Shantanu Narayen at Adobe, among others.
Fact Check: Google CEO Sundar Pichai did not vote in Tamil Nadu elections
Sundar Pichai visited his alma mater IIT Kharagpur in West Bengal in 2017
Lessons for India as Twitter refuses to attend House panel hearing
New Delhi: When Google CEO Sundar Pichai refused to attend a US Senate hearing on September 5 last year and instead let an empty chair and a nameplate represent him, the gesture left many lawmakers fuming. Google instead sent a letter to the Senate Intelligent Committee on why the company[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 sacks dozens over sexual harassment
San Francisco: Google has sacked 48 people including 13 senior managers over sexual harassment claims since 2016. In a letter to employees on Thursday, Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said the tech giant was taking a “hard line” on inappropriate conduct, reports the BBC. The letter was in response to a[Read More…]
Google challenges European Commission’s $5 bn Android fine
San Francisco: Google has appealed against the European Commission’s nearly $5 billion fine that was imposed on the tech giant in July for illegally using Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google’s Search engine. The Commission’s ruling gave Google 90 days to end the anti-competitive behaviours or face additional[Read More…]
Sundar Pichai to testify before US House in November: Report
Washington, Sep 29 (IANS) Google CEO Sundar Pichai met Republican lawmakers here on Friday and agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in November to allay concerns over privacy issues and the tech giant’s entry into the Chinese market. According to a report in USA Today, Pichai confirmed to[Read More…]
Sundar Pichai delivers on promise: Fixes ‘burger’ and ‘beer’ in just a month!
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has brought a strange gratification to the internet generation by resolving the most bizarre of issues over which a storm was blowing for weeks recently. I think we need to have a discussion about how Google's burger emoji is placing the cheese underneath the burger, while[Read More…]
‘Tez’ to take India closer to digital transformation, says Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Google’s Indian-born CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday tweeted that ‘Tez’ will help India move closer to digital transformation a day after the company launched its new digital payment app. “We hope that the launch of @TezByGoogle will help take India one step closer to your vision of @_DigitalIndia,” Pichai tweeted.[Read More…]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai replies to 7-yr-old’s job application
A seven- year old, Chloe Bridgewater, who lives in Hereford, has written a job application letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai without any expectations of a reply. However, she was in for a pleasant surprise when the CEO himself replied to the toddler with words of encouragement and motivationBridgewater’s letter[Read More…]
Google recalls staff after US immigrant scheme
I thought Gmail was a joke, says Google CEO Sundar Pichai recalling his interview
Recalling his Google interview, Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday said getting a job at the company wan’t as easy as one would have thought. Pichai, who joined Google in 2004, says he was interviewed on April Fools’day. Google had just introduced its email service Gmail, and much like many[Read More…]