Washington: Despite assuring users to remain confident that Google will keep privacy and security paramount, the search giant is still reportedly allowing third-party app developers scan through Gmail accounts, the Wall Street Journal has claimed. Google continues to let hundreds of outside software developers scan the inboxes of millions of[Read More…]
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Google to verify advertisers buying political ads in US
San Francisco: Learning from the Facebook fiasco, Google has rolled out new policies for verifying election advertisers in the US that require additional verification for anyone who wants to purchase an election ad on Google in the country. “As a first step, we’ll now require that advertisers confirm they are a[Read More…]
Google rolls out new Search experience for job seekers in India
New Delhi: Continuing with its customised India-centric innovations, Google on Tuesday rolled out a new experience that will help jobs seekers easily find relevant employment opportunities in Search. Users can access this experience in English on the Search app in Android and iOS operating systems. Job seekers can use filters like[Read More…]
Google to kill its URL shortener
San Francisco: Google has announced it is winding down its URL shortener named goo.gl starting April 13 and asked users to consider using app-centric Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL) or similar popular services like Bitly and Ow.ly as an alternative. FDLs are smart URLs that allow one to send existing and potential[Read More…]
India denies permission for Google’s ‘Street View’ service
New Delhi: The government has refused Google’s proposal to launch its “Street View” service in India, Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said on Tuesday. Ahir told the Lok Sabha that Google had submitted a proposal on Street View for the government’s permission in July 2015, which allows[Read More…]
Paytm more preferred by Indian professionals than Google: LinkedIn
New Delhi: Professionals in India prefer home-grown tech and mobile Internet companies like Directi, Flipkart and One97 Communications (Paytm) more than global giants like Google and Amazon as their workplace, revealed a new LinkedIn report on Wednesday. The report includes the ranking of 25 companies in the country that are most[Read More…]
Google Maps introduces ‘wheelchair accessible’ routes
San Francisco: To make public transit work for the differently abled, Google on Friday introduced “wheelchair accessible” routes in Maps at major metropolitan transit centres around the world. The feature is rolling out in London, New York, Tokyo, Mexico City, Boston and Sydney. In city centres, buses and trains, often[Read More…]
Namaste! Google Assistant now available in Hindi
New Delhi: Google on Thursday rolled out Hindi support for its virtual assistant Google. The Assistant in Hindi will be available on Android phones 6.0+ (Marshmallow and above) and will soon come to Android 5.0 Lollipop, iPhones as well as Android Oreo (Go edition) devices. Google Assistant is already available in[Read More…]
Google AI that helped NASA find exoplanets now open for all
San Francisco: A Google model based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) that helped NASA discover two exoplanets, is now available for researchers to process data from Kepler Space Telescope. The “TensorFlow” model decoded massive sets of data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope to discover two exoplanets last[Read More…]
Facebook, Google making profits from ‘pop-up’ brothels: Report
London: Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has accused Facebook and Google of raking in profits from “pop-up” brothels on their platforms. According to a report in The Sunday Times, “Pop-up” sex clubs were discovered in Cornwall, Cambridge, Swindon and holiday cottages in the Peak district. The NCA accused Google and[Read More…]
Google sued for ‘bro culture’ leading to sexual harassment
San Francisco: A woman software engineer has sued Google alleging that it has a “bro-culture” that allowed her to be sexually harassed daily while the tech giant did nothing to intervene, media reports said. Loretta Lee, who began working for Google in 2008 and was fired in 2016 for poor performance,[Read More…]
Google to make Machine Learning education available for all
New Delhi: Google on Thursday introduced “Learn with Google AI” — a set of educational resources developed by Machine Learning (ML) experts at the company, for people to learn about concepts, develop skills and apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) to real-world problems. “Learn with Google AI” comes with existing content as well[Read More…]
Google partners with OEMs to bring AR service to China
San Francisco: To make further inroads in China, Google has partnered with three Chinese Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to bring its Augmented Reality (AR) service to the country. Company’s AR SDK for Android “ARCore” was launched in full in China following its announcement in November, Tech Crunch reported late Friday.[Read More…]
Hindi support coming to Google Assistant soon
San Francisco: Google Assistant is set to get smarter as the company makes it ready to be multilingual and be available in more than 30 languages, including Hindi, by the end of this year. The search engine giant’s digital assistant will be able to respond by text in Hindi, Danish, Dutch,[Read More…]
Facebook to launch smart home speakers in July: Report
San Francisco: Taking on Amazon, Google and Apple, Facebook is now set to officially roll out two smart home speakers in 2018. According to a report in Taipai-based website Digitimes, the two models — Aloha and Fiona with 15-inch touchscreens — will be launched around July. “Supply chain sources said that[Read More…]
Google removed 7 lakh malicious apps from Play Store in 2017
San Francisco: Google removed over seven lakh malicious apps from Play Store in 2017 that violated its policies – 70 per cent more than the apps it took down in 2016 — the company said on Wednesday. “Not only did we remove more bad apps, we were able to identify and[Read More…]
Google Maps to alert you when to get off the bus
Google Maps is adding a helpful new feature for commuters who tend to lose track of time during bus or train ride. It will now send a push notification when the user is approaching their destination. “It’s much easier for mass transit travellers to doze off or get distracted and[Read More…]
Google Maps introduces two-wheeler mode in India
To help bikers find the most suitable route in India, Google on Tuesday incorporated navigation routes for two-wheelers with Voice Assistant capabilities in its Maps feature. The new travel mode in Google Maps in India is seen alongside Drive, Train or Bus and Walk alternatives. “The India-first feature is the[Read More…]
Google working on feature to accurately estimate battery life
San Francisco: In an attempt to make battery life estimates more accurate, Google is set to introduce a new “on-device” feature named “smart battery” to Pixel smartphones. “Previously, your phone would estimate your battery loss with simple assumptions. If you’ve used about 10 per cent per hour over the past[Read More…]
Rukhmabai Raut, India’s first practicing woman doctor who also fought child marriage!
Google on Wednesday dedicated a special doodle to mark the 153rd birth anniversary of medico Rukhmabai Raut, who proved instrumental in getting the obnoxious practice of child marriages banned not only in colonial India but the entire British Empire. The Hindu woman also excelled as one of the first practicing[Read More…]
Review: OnePlus 5T – stellar flagship killer worth every rupee
When it comes to the premium smartphone segment in India, Samsung and Apple rule the roost, with Google round the corner. Now, almost doubling its market share in the premium category — capturing 28 per cent market share in the third quarter this year — Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has[Read More…]
Facebook, Google join ‘The Trust Project’ to fight fake news
In their bid to fight fake news and help readers identify trustworthy news sources, Facebook, Google, Twitter and several media organisations have joined the non-partisan “The Trust Project”. “The Trust Project” is led by award-winning journalist Sally Lehrman of Santa Clara University’s Markkula Centre for Applied Ethics. Starting from Friday,[Read More…]
Work with Google, Yahoo!, Facebook to block offensive videos: SC to Centre
The Supreme Court asked the Government to work together with firms like Google, Yahoo!, Facebook and WhatsApp to advise list of keywords that will help curb indecent videos. The order was passed in a bid to ensure explicit videos showing rape, gang rape and child pornography are not available for[Read More…]
Apple replaces Bing with Google search in Siri and Spotlight
Apple has shifted default provider of its web searches for Siri on iOS and Spotlight on the Mac to Google from Bing. Thus, if you ask Siri to search something on the internet, you will get Google results instead of Bing now. Apple’s browser Safari already uses Google search as[Read More…]
Google honours Asima Chatterjee, first female chemist in India on 100th birthday
Google Doodle on Saturday celebrates the 100th birthday of Asima Chatterjee, a noted Indian chemist. She was the first female Doctorate of Science in India from an Indian University. Born on 23 September, 1917, Asima has contributed immensely to the research of vinca alkaloids and the growth of anti-epileptic and[Read More…]