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Fact Check: No, Mark Zuckerberg wasn't grilling meat during Anti-trust hearing

The viral video that shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg smoking meat in his backyard during the US Congress hearing on tech CEOs is a spoof.

5 days ago

'Google steals content from honest businesses': CEO Sundar Pichai questioned

Though it was Jeff Bezos' first congressional testimony, he appeared the least fazed. Cook drew fewer barbed questions than Bezos and handled them efficiently. Zuckerberg took the most damage, stumbling at times when confronted with internal emails.

5 days ago

CEOs of Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook to defend before US Congress by citing competition

The chief executives of four of the world's largest tech companies, Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc, Apple and Alphabet's Google. plan to argue in a congressional hearing on antitrust on Wednesday that they face intense competition from each other and from other rivals.

7 days ago

Coronavirus impact: Google employees can work from home until June 2021

Google had said in May it would begin reopening more offices globally as early as June this year, but most Google employees would likely work from home until the end of this year.

7 days ago

Reliance-Google smartphone deal in India threatens Chinese firms

A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet's Google will collaborate with India's Reliance Industries on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world's second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say.

15 days ago

Google to invest Rs 33,737 crore for 7.73% stake in Jio Platforms

With Google's investment, strategic and financial investors have committed a total of 1.52 trillion rupees in the last few months, Mukesh Ambani said at the company's annual shareholders meeting hosted via a webcast.

20 days ago

Google, Facebook join lawsuit against student visa restrictions

Google, Facebook, Microsoft and other tech firms have joined the lawsuit filed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) last week to block Donald Trump administration's decision to ban foreign students taking only online courses.

21 days ago

Google to invest Rs 75,000 crore in India to boost digitisation, says CEO Sundar Pichai

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that this will be done through a mix of equity investment, partnerships and an operational infrastructure ecosystem in India.

22 days ago

Paytm ropes in Anubhav Sharma, NCPI's UPI head amid rising competition from Google Pay, PhonePe

Anubhav Sharma, who was heading the Unified Payments Interface and Immediate Payment Service at the National Payments Corporations of India, has joined Paytm. However, his exact role at Paytm Payments Bank is yet to be ascertained.

Jun 22, 2020

Google CEO Sundar Pichai pledges $175 million to help black entrepreneurs

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced to give over $175 million towards supporting Black business owners, startup founders, job seekers and developers.

Jun 18, 2020

Online searches for Sushant Singh Rajput rise over 1400 percent: Study

The statistics were revealed by SEMrush study, which shows that on June 15 and June 16, the number of tweets on #SushantSinghRajput, #GoneTooSoon, and #ripsushant remained high.

Jun 17, 2020

Google to support Indian startups creating solutions for the new normal

In addition to the fresh call for applications, Google for Startups also announced the launch of 'Emerging stronger: Playbook' for startups to face the Covid-19 Challenge.

Jun 17, 2020

New Google tool to help users find Covid testing centres in India

The users will now see a new "Testing" tab on the search result page providing a list of nearby testing labs along with key information and guidance on the services.

Jun 12, 2020

Google Cloud, Deloitte global alliance to help Indian firms go digital

The Deloitte-Google Cloud alliance has developed over 40 industry solutions on Google Cloud platform for financial services, retail/consumer, manufacturing, life science and healthcare.

Jun 10, 2020

Here's why Google is mulling stake in debt laden Vodafone Idea

As per the order of the Supreme Court, Vodafone Idea owes as much as Rs 54,000 crore in adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues to the government.

May 29, 2020

Google to reopen offices from July 6, gives workers $1,000 each

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company will restart opening more buildings in more cities from July 6.

May 27, 2020

Kerala's Bev Q app clears Google test, tipplers rejoice on reopening of bar outlets

As Google now permits the launch of the app, the beverages firm will have to carry out tests and trials to ensure the app is functioning without any problem.

May 26, 2020

Google employees to continue working from home till at least June 1

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has informed his employees that they will continue to work from home all through May as the novel coronavirus continues to rattle countries around the globe.

Apr 29, 2020

Stay Home, Save Lives: Google doodle gives exciting tips for the lockdown period

Google has come with its new doodle with an animated illustration that features the alphabets showing us the things one can do during the lockdown.

Apr 3, 2020

Mother of all deals: Facebook may buy 10 percent stake in Reliance Jio

India has emerged as a major market for global tech giants with its increased mobile and internet penetration.

Mar 25, 2020