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…]
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Microsoft could become the first trillion dollar company: Analyst
A Redmond, Washington analyst thinks that Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkenIn will push the tech giant to become the first company with a $1 trillion market value, reported GeekWire. Analyst Michael Markowski writes for Equities.com that Microsoft will reach that threshold before other big companies like Amazon, Google, Facebook[Read More…]
Here’s everything you need to know about Google Pixel
Google introduced Pixel, the first ever Google phone to carry exclusive Google branding on Tuesday. The company hosted an event in San Francisco on Tuesday to unveil a series of products, including two new phones, a virtual reality headset and the Chromecast Ultra. Pixel is being called as the “first[Read More…]
Tech giants Google, Yahoo, Microsoft to block info on sex determination
Search engines Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have enabled a system to block information on sex determination online, the government told the Supreme Court on Monday. A system called auto block will stop any information including ads on sex determination tests. The companies told the court that they have identified 22[Read More…]
Google says you cannot die from Chikungunya: Delhi health minister
For Delhi health minister Satyendra Jain Google is the most reliable source of information as according to him chikungunya cannot cause deaths because the search engine told him so. The minister said that four of the five supposed chikunguniya deaths in Delhi were reported from the same hospital, which seems ‘suspicious’. Jain[Read More…]
Google’s cute little doodle for India’s Teacher’s Day
Google’s doodle for Teacher’s Day 2016 is a teacher teaching her students as they walk. Standard? Well, Google doesn’t do standard. The teacher and her cute little students are pencils! Teacher’s Day is celebrated in India annually on September 5, honouring the birthday of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second president[Read More…]
Google shows PM Modi as ‘top criminal’ in search, Allahabad court orders FIR
A district court in Allahabad has issued a notice to global search giant Google, its CEO and its India head for portraying Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a controversial search query. The query which became the topic of discussion back in June 2015, showed an image of PM Modi (among[Read More…]
Flipkart ranked no 1 followed by Amazon in Linkedin India’s most preferred employers
The Linkedin Professional networking site that recently announced the Top Attractors report across the countries. These companies are the companies who hire the top talent and regards to be the most attractive in the Industry. Several tech companies are listed in the survey which includes apart from India several countries like[Read More…]
Google, Facebook are blocking extremist content
Online platforms like YouTube, Google and Facebook are eliminating violent propaganda content, like Islamic State videos for example, on direction from the US government. They are deploying unique digital footprints called “hashes” that are assigned to specific videos and can subsequently detect similar content. This content is removed rapidly. The[Read More…]