NEW DELHI: Google on Monday announced the appointment of Preeti Lobana as its new Country Manager and Vice President for India.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday met a delegation from Google and discussed potential areas for collaboration.

NEW DELHI: Google has announced to help Indian developers build more from its Maps platform, like free access to Routes, Places, and Environment application programming interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs).

NEW DELHI:Tech giant Google on Monday announced a partnership with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to bring quality education to far corners of India.

NEW DELHI: Google’s DeepMind team has unveiled an AI model for weather prediction called GenCast which has outperformed the top weather forecast system in the world.

NEW DELHI: I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC), Technology Innovation Hub of IIT Delhi, and Google for Startups have partnered to organise a three-day intensive bootcamp to support 33 early-stage startups on their Artificial Intelligence (AI) journey, the institute said on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: In a bid to combat the rising air pollution woes of India, tech giant Google on Wednesday launched Air View+ -- an artificial intelligence-based solution that can help the government and the people with useful hyperlocal air quality information.

SAN FRANCISCO: As the White House race entered the crucial counting stage, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees to make sure that “the products we build” are “a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief.”

NEW DELHI: Digital business and IT services company NTT Data on Monday said it currently has 2,600 Google-certified engineers in 50 countries and plans to certify at least 1,000 more in the Asia-Pacific region, while aiming to grow its cloud business in APAC by over 10 times in three years.

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Tom Holland has revealed that he often looks up his girlfriend Zendaya on Google.

NEW DELHI: Google India has posted 6.1 per cent net profit to Rs 1,424.9 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2024, compared to previous fiscal year’s (FY23) net profit at Rs 1,342.5 crore.

SAN FRANCISO: Tech giant Google has announced that it is working with iFixit to make it easier for independent repair professionals and skilled consumers with the relevant technical experience to access the genuine Google parts they need to repair Pixel phones.

NEW DELHI: To help companies keep up with the fast pace of change, Google has developed a machine learning model that automatically identifies if business hours are likely wrong and then instantly updates them with AI-generated predictions.

NEW DELHI: Google has introduced multi-search on its platform that allows people to use text and images at the same time to find the most relevant results.

NEW DELHI: In a bid to protect users from installing outdated apps which can put their data at risk, Google has announced to block and hide apps on Play Store that have not kept up with latest Android operating system (OS) updates.

NEW DELHI: In a bid to protect users from installing outdated apps which can put their data at risk, Google has announced to block and hide apps on Play Store that have not kept up with latest Android operating system (OS) updates.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Wednesday announced a new Data Cloud Alliance to make data more portable and accessible across business systems, platforms and environments -- with a goal of ensuring that access to data is never a barrier to digital transformation.

SAN FRANCISCO: In a bid to improve the quality of writing and fix straightforward grammar and spelling errors, tech giant Google is adding several new assistive writing features in Google Docs for its users.

NEW DELHI: Google has started asking users on Windows, macOS, and Linux to update Chrome builds to version 99.0.4844.84, after finding a new vulnerability.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google Maps suffered a massive outage as a result of which several users were unable to get the directions on the maps for a long period of time.

NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Ukraine on Sunday asked its stranded nationals in the war-torn country to fill up a registration form containing their location and several other important information that might help in their evacuation.

NEW DELHI: A dangerous Android banking malware that steals victim's credentials and SMS messages has been downloaded thousands of times via Google Play Store, researchers have warned.

NEW DELHI:Google removed 104,285 pieces of bad content based on user complaints in January this year -- an increase from 94,173 pieces of bad content it removed in December, the tech giant said in its monthly report in compliance with the new India IT Rules 2021.

SAN FRANCISCO: In a major update to Covid-19 protocols, Google will no longer mandate vaccines as a condition of employment for US workers.

NEW DELHI: A Delhi High Court judge on Wednesday recused himself from hearing pleas by Google and social media giants Facebook and Twitter challenging a single-judge order asking them to globally remove links to a video containing defamatory contents against yoga guru.

SAN FRANACISCO: Tech giants Twitter and Google blocked advertisements of a special issue of medical journal Health Affairs that focused on racism and health, the companies have claimed.

NEW DELHI: Google on Wednesday announced a multi-year initiative to build the Privacy Sandbox on Android, with the goal of introducing new advertising solutions and improve user privacy without putting access to free content and services at risk.

NEW DELHI: Lots of people quit jobs in 2021 owing to the pandemic and Google Search has revealed that over the past year, people were most interested in jobs that involve helping others, travel and working in real estate -- ideally in a role that doesn't require a traditional boss.

SAN FRANCISCO: Tech giant Google has announced that it will shut down G Suite app, Currents, that was introduced in 2019.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google's video calling app Duo has now surpassed the 5 billion download milestone over on the Play Store.

NEW DELHI: E-commerce giant Amazon has disclosed revenue from its fast-growing advertising business for the first time and in the fourth quarter of 2021, its advertising services grew 32 per cent (on-year) to $9.7 billion globally.

NEW DELHI: Reiterating his vision to help India join the digital bandwagon, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said the ongoing investments are a reflection of the company's confidence in the future of the country and its digital economy.

NEW DELHI: WhatsApp users on Android will not be able to have an unlimited backup option on Google Drive soon.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google's parent company Alphabet has registered a record $257 billion in annual revenue for full year 2021 -- a 41 per cent (on-year) jump from previous year, as the pandemic accelerated digital transformation across sectors.

SAN FRANCISCO: Tech giant Google is reportedly testing adding Lens to desktop Search on the web.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google Cloud has announced a new dedicated team to boost Blockchain efforts and help companies build secure Blockchain-based infrastructure.

NEW DELHI: Google on Thursday announced a new India-first feature on Maps where users can access their current location to find the Plus Codes address for their home.

NEW DELHI: Google has abandoned FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts), its earlier idea to replace tracking third-party cookies on Chrome, and has rather announced Topics, a new Privacy Sandbox proposal for interest-based advertising.

SAN FRANCISCO:Google has now been sued in the US for 'deceptive' collection of location data on Android devices.

MUMBAI: Google on Monday announced plans to open a new office in Pune this year, that will hire professionals for building advanced enterprise cloud technologies.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google has moved to court against an antitrust lawsuit in the US that alleged Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg were involved in a secret ad collusion plot.

SAN FRANCICO: Google is reportedly working on its own in-house smartwatch and now a popular tipster has revealed that the tech giant might release it on May 26 this year.

SAN FRANCICO: Google is reportedly working on its own in-house smartwatch and now a popular tipster has revealed that the tech giant might release it on May 26 this year.

SYDNEY: An Australian government committee on Thursday grilled Meta (formerly Facebook) and Google about the spread of misinformation and cyberbullying across their platforms.

SAN FRANCISCO: Tech giant Google is reportedly launching a limited beta of its app to bring Android games to Windows PCs.

NEW DELHI: Google manipulated the advertising marketplace before pocketing the money and giving it to publishers who gave the company preferred access, it has been claimed in a bombshell lawsuit, Daily Mail reported.

SAN FRANCISCO: Pro-Palestine activists have hit Facebook with a coordinated campaign where they have been successful in pushing down the app review rating of the social networking platform on both Apple and Google app stores.

NEW DELHI: If you have an Android device with Google Phone app on, you will now be able to hear who is calling when the phone rings.According to 9to5Google, the company is rolling out a new feature for its Phone app that will announce the name and number of any incoming calls — a move to help users screen unwanted calls.

NEW DELHI: Google on Tuesday announced it has rolled out News Showcase in India with 30 news publishers including national, regional and local news organisations like Indo Asian News Service (IANS), ABP LIVE, India TV, Zee News, Amar Ujala, Deccan Herald, Punjab Kesari, The Tribune, Kalinga TV and others.

SAN FRANCISCO: A week after streaming media player Roku removed the YouTube TV app for new users, Google is countering by bringing the cord-cutting service to the main YouTube client.

NEW DELHI: After Apple gave users more control over their data sharing with app developers, Google has now pre-announced an upcoming safety section in Google Play that will help people understand the data an app collects or shares.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google has accidentally revealed its upcoming "Pixel Buds A-Series" on Twitter. However, the post has now been deleted.The official Android account on Twitter tweeted a photo of the "Pixel Buds A-Series" and said the earbuds "have arrived".

GURUGRAM: In order to meet the demand for liquid medical oxygen in private hospitals, the Gurugram district administration has asked all hospitals and nursing homes to fill up a Google form which appears on clicking the website covidharyana.in.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube is now making it easier for users to change their channel's name without needing to make any sort of alterations to the associated Google account.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google Cloud and industrial automation and software leader Siemens have come together to help optimise factory processes and improve productivity on the shop floor with AI/ML driven solutions.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google has announced features coming to Google Assistant, with the most notable feature for Apple users being the ability to locate a lost iPhone using the digital assistant.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google has announced to shut down its mobile shopping app for both iOS and Android devices by June this year.
The mobile shopping app will, however, be available on the desktop (web) version. It means that shopping.google.com website will remain active.

SAN FRANCISCO: After cancelling its developer conference last year, Google has announced that its I/O 2021 will be virtual and free to attend and will run from May 18-20.Google I/O 2021 will feature Consumer and Developer Keynotes followed by Technical Sessions for "product announcements and how to adopt new features".

SAN FRANCISCO: Google Home has rolled out new settings to make it easier for users to customise the Feed tab in the app.
Through the new settings, users can customize the Feed tab to "choose the types of events" that can appear in the tab.

SAN FRANSCISCO: John Krafcik, the CEO of Googles self-driving car project Waymo, has announced to step down and kick off new adventures.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google has announced that it is bringing back the compass widget within Maps on Android devices.
In a support post, Google said it has decided to bring back the compass due to "overwhelming support" for the feature.

LONDON: Google has announced to contribute 25 million euros towards the European Media and Information Fund to strengthen media literacy skills, fight misinformation and support fact checking.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google is testing an upgraded feature called Memory that will help its virtual Assistant save and find things like your to-do list, note app, reading list and Pinterest-like collection board, among others.

NEW DELHI: Google on Tuesday said it has resolved the issue with WebView that caused some apps on Android to crash for users globally including in India.

NEW DELHI: Some Android users globally including in India on Tuesday faced crashing issues with apps on their Android devices, and Google said it was working on a fix.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google blocked over 99 million Covid-related ads in 2020, including those for miracle cures, N95 masks due to supply shortages and fake vaccine doses.

NEW DELHI: Google Go has crossed the 500 million download mark on the Play Store, indicating the brisk sale of Android Go devices over the past four years.

NEW DELHI: In an effort to give parents more controls over their kids watch time, Google has introduced families.google, a website with resources for family as kids begin using technology.

NEW DELHI: Google has announced to allow third-party developers to create custom Tiles for its Wear OS (operating system) for smartwatches.
First introduced in 2019, Tiles have become one of the most helpful and useful features on Wear OS by Google smartwatches.

NEW DELHI: In a fresh bid to secure Google Pay users in India, the company on Thursday announced more choices and controls to manage transaction data on the digital payments platform.

NEW DELHI: Google has marked 10 years of Chromebooks by unveiling new features for Chrome OS (operating platform), including a new Phone Hub feature that connects an Android phone to a Chromebook.

NEW DELHI: Google on Monday announced separate profiles for kids on Google TV that will let parents choose which apps are appropriate for them to watch.Parents can add an existing Google account for a child or create a new profile with just their name and age.

SAN FRANCISCO: Several Google employees have said that the company allegedly suggested them to go for mental health counselling or apply leave when they complained about racism or sexual harassment at workplace, the media reported.

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has finally allowed iPhone users in select countries to transfer their images and videos from iCloud library to Google Photos, and the content transfer will take between three days to a week.

Google has announced that gambling and betting apps will be available on its Play Store in 15 more countries from March 1, 2021. This is a significant change to the current situation where these apps are only permitted in Brazil, France, Ireland, and the UK.

NEW DELHI: Google Cloud has achieved a full Cloud Service Provider (CSP) empanelment after completing an audit from the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), a top company official said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Google has quietly added Apple iOS privacy labels to its Gmail app which is yet to come as an official update for billions of users.

SYDNEY: Top tech giants like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, TikTok and Twitter have agreed on adopting the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation that aims to address the spread of fake news and disinformation on online platforms.

NEW YORK: The use of the words like sacrifice, share and help more than doubled on Twitter and Google from before the pandemic to the period after March 13, according to new research, saying that internet trends suggest Covid-19 spurred a return to earlier values and activities among people.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google has fired another artificial intelligence (AI) ethics leader Margaret Mitchell who was the the co-lead of its Ethical AI team, following an investigation into her use of corporate email.

NEW DELHI: As the NASA successfully landed its Perseverance rover in a deep crater near the planet Mars' equator called Jezero, Google on Friday added a virtual fireworks on its page for a specific search.