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The New Zealand Govt to impose a new tax on Google and Facebook

New Zealand's government announced plans on Monday for a new tax targeting online giants like Google and Facebook that earn plenty of money in...

Google to invest $13 bn in the US this year

Google will invest $13 billion in building new data centres and offices in over a dozen states in the US in 2019, the company's...

Google refocuses its ‘Android Things’ for Smart devices

Google is refocusing its Android-based platform for smart devices -- Android Things -- only on smart speakers and smart display categories. "We are refocusing Android...

India antitrust watchdog to investigate the acquisition of Google’s Android dominance.

India's antitrust commission is looking into accusations that Alphabet Inc's unit Google abuses its popular Android mobile operating system to block its rivals, four...

Google wants the US govt to make rules on AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the next-big-thing, which is partly useful and partly creepy. Having machines learn human behaviour to predict the needs is something...

Google, Facebook, and Microsoft spend big on U.S. lobbying in 2018

Alphabet Inc’s Google disclosed in a quarterly filing on Tuesday that it spent a company-record $21.2 million on lobbying the U.S. government in 2018,...

U.S. district court dismisses lawsuit against Google over facial reorganization software

A lawsuit filed against Google by consumers who claimed the search engine’s photo sharing and storage service violated their privacy was dismissed on Saturday...

Google announces the fourth edition of its Web Rangers contents for school students

On the 20th of December, Google announced the fourth edition of its annual "Web Rangers" contest which will reward school students who know...

Yelp and Consumer Watchdog lobby lose Google’s $2.7 billion intervention bid

Search company Yelp and lobby group Consumer Watchdog lost their joint bid to intervene in Google's challenge of a 2.4 billion euro ($2.7 billion)...

Sundar Pichai: Google has no plan to launch its search engine site in China

Google has "no plans" to relaunch a search engine in China though it is continuing to study the idea, Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told...

Google may shut down its news service in Europe

Google may shut down its Google News service in the European Union (EU) if a proposed "link tax" for using news stories comes into...

Google replaced Google Cloud CEO ‘Diane Greene’ with Thomas Kurian

Diane Greene, who was hired a three years ago by Google to run Google Cloud Business has been unexpectedly replaced with Thomas Kurian an...

Google adds 9 Indian language to expand its Safety center

Google has expanded its 'Safety Centre' aimed at providing users with more control over the data they share with the tech giant across its...

Google fired 48 employees including 13 top executives over sexual harassment

In an email sent by Google Inc, CEO Sundar Pichai to all its employees, in a response to New York Times report which was...

Google users can now easily review and delete their recent search visits

Google on Wednesday, announced its new privacy feature "which will allow the users to review and delete the data directly inside the Google products." In...

Google will now Charge Android Partners up to $40 per Device for Apps: Report

Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google will charge hardware firms up to $40 per device to use its apps under a new licensing system to replace...

YouTube Faces Global Outage Today

The Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube witnessed a worldwide outage today at around 7 AM IST. Users across the globe had reported numerous errors...

Google still considering a censored search engine in China: Sundar Pichai

Google is still considering whether to launch a censored version of its search engine in China, CEO Sundar Pichai has said, in rare public...

Artificial Intelligence can help you in finding Fake News

We live in an era where violence is real and the news is fake. In what can be termed as a grotesque violation of...

College Degree Not A Necessity Anymore for Job Hunt

With the economic boom in the recent years, the job market has opened up for everyone. Currently, it is not the playfield of ultra-educated,...

PhonePe all set to raise funds worth $1 billion: Report

With the rapid growth of payment processing apps in the Indian marketplace, the Flipkart owned PhonePe is in talks with a couple of investors...

The Middle-East Ride Hailing App Careem Functional in Oman Again

The Dubai-based ride-hailing app Careem has resumed operations in Muscat, Oman after signing an agreement with a local taxi company, the Middle-east firm said...

Stripe Inc. Is Now $20 Billion Company: Report

Reid Hoffman, the celebrity venture capitalist, has opined that his biggest investment is directed towards Stripe Inc. As each year passes by, it becomes...

Google CEO Sunder Pichai to Testify Before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee

As per sources, Google CEO Sunder Pichai has agreed to testify before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee later this year over Republican concerns that...

Liminal: Delivering Immersive VR Content via its Innovative Platform

In today’s tech-oriented marketplace, content creators and curators are immensely benefited by virtual reality (VR). VR comes at a time when the demand for...

Google faces heat from U.S Senate Committe due to Privacy Violations

Tech giant Google will now acknowledge its mistakes on privacy issues in a testimony that will be delivered to a U.S Senate committee. “We acknowledge...

The new European Union Law is a nightmare for tech giants like Google, Apple and others

Tech giants such as Google, Apple, Amazon, et al are about to face rules dictating their relationships with the smaller businesses for the first...

Ten Years of Android: A Glimpse of the impeccable journey

A major breakthrough disrupted the mobile market when Apple launched its first ever iPhone in 2007. This marked the end of simpler times and...

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