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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

Google doodle celebrates the onset of Spring 2020

The spring season will soon arrive on the Northern Hemisphere by March 20 and will last till June 21.

Mar 19, 2020

Google employee in Bengaluru tests positive for COVID-19

After Dell India and Mindtree, this is the third case where an employee of a tech giant has been diagnosed with coronavirus in the count

Mar 13, 2020

Two Amazon employees tested positive for COVID-19, Twitter restricts all non-essential business travels

The company is also looking to curb travels for its employees in Japan and South Korea.

Mar 2, 2020

Google, Facebook and Twitter oppose new set of internet regulations, threaten to suspend services in Pakistan

Failure by social media giants to comply with the new set of digital regulations imposed by Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaaf government will result in heavy fines and possible termination of services.

Mar 1, 2020

Google gets aggressive against ad fraud; bans 600 apps from play store

One of the biggest names in this crackdown is Cheetah mobile, a Chinese company that is publicly traded.

Feb 20, 2020

Hanuman Chalisa played four times every minute India professes love for Alexa

Every two minutes, someone proposes marriage to Alexa. People are concerned about "her" well-being also as somebody asks "How are you" or " Kaisi ho" to it 11 times per minute.

Feb 5, 2020

Seize phones of members of WhatsApp groups: Delhi HC directs cops on JNU attack

The Delhi HC has asked WhatsApp and Google to preserve and provide information - messages and photo - related to the JNU violence to the police.

Jan 14, 2020

Will US Fed take Digital India's help on Google cue and replicate UPI system?

Google has cited Google Pay experience with India's flagship mobile real-time payments system UPI launched in 2016; the system topped 120 crore transactions in November valued at Rs 1.89 lakh crores.

Dec 15, 2019

Google co-founders step aside as Sundar Pichai takes helm of parent Alphabet

Alphabet, which owns more than a dozen companies including self-driving car technology business Waymo and health care software company Verily, emerged in 2015 as part of a restructuring of Google.

Dec 4, 2019

Google, YouTube pull over 300 Trump ads as US prez poll nears

Political advertisements on social media have become a growing concern as the 2020 US presidential election approaches and tech giants are under fire over political ads.

Dec 3, 2019

Getting on the AI wagon: Meet the 12-year-old who works as data scientist in Hyderabad

Siddharth Srivastav Pilli, a student of class 7 at Sri Chaitanya School, was hired as a data scientist at a software company.

Nov 26, 2019

Google announces restrictions for political ads of 2020 US elections

The move coincides with pressure on social media platforms over their handling of political advertising ahead of the US presidential election in 2020.

Nov 21, 2019

Say bye to internet censorship in India, China with this new AI tool

The team ran Geneva on a computer in China with an unmodified Google Chrome browser installed to demonstrate that Geneva worked in the real world against undiscovered censorship strategies.

Nov 15, 2019

How Google's secret project gathers health data of millions of Americans

St Louis-based faith-based healthcare organisation Ascension is sharing lab results, diagnoses and hospitalisation records with Google.

Nov 13, 2019