Product Management: News

25 Jun 2020

ICICI Bank

Google Pay could soon start offering loans to small businesses

Google Pay, the payments arm operated by Google, may soon start offering business loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India.

Google Meet gets AI-powered noise cancellation: Here's how it works

In a bid to take on Zoom and cash in on the exploding demand for video conferencing, Google is updating its premium virtual meeting app, Google Meet, with the much-needed noise cancellation capability.

27 May 2020

Android

Google announces new Android 11 Beta Launch show: Details here

Every year in May, Google hosts the I/O developer conference to unveil new software and hardware products.

09 Apr 2020

Google

Hangouts Meet is now called 'Google Meet'

Google's Hangouts Meet, the service that goes against Zoom in the video-conferencing arena, has been given a new title - Google Meet.

06 Feb 2020

LinkedIn

Meet Ryan Roslansky: The new CEO of LinkedIn

After International Business Machines (IBM), LinkedIn, the social network for working professionals with over 600 million users, is witnessing a major management change.

09 Jan 2020

X

Twitter will let you choose who can reply to tweets

In a major development, Twitter has announced a new feature to let users control who can reply to their tweets.

13 Nov 2019

Facebook

Facebook bug turned on iPhone cameras without users' permission

Despite drawing flak (and a humongous fine) for poor grip on user data, Facebook is apparently not learning its lessons.

23 Aug 2019

Google

Google says no more desserts for Android: Here's why

Just as the world continues to wait for the next flavor of Android, aka Android Q, Google has made some major changes to the whole brand.

20 Mar 2019

India

Here's how to book train tickets via Google Pay app

Google Pay in India now lets you book, cancel and check the status of train tickets in India.

11 Dec 2018

Facebook

Instagram promotes Vishal Shah to Head of Product post

Following the departure of Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in September, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform was going through a leadership crisis.

18 Nov 2018

YouTube

Now, you can watch free movies on YouTube: Details here

In a major, albeit quiet, move, YouTube has started offering free movies for its users.

29 Sep 2018

Facebook

Got logged out of Facebook? Well, your account was breached

On Friday, millions of user started getting abruptly logged out of Facebook. Some, including myself, even got logged out of Messenger.

10 Jul 2018

iOS

Google Pay now supports peer-to-peer payments, mobile ticketing

Google is rolling out a bunch of updates on its Google Pay platform.

12 Apr 2018

Google Home

Google Assistant has received 4.5 lakh marriage proposals in India

Technology has impressed all and sundry. However, in case of AI-powered smart assistants like Siri, Cortana, Alexa or Google Assistant, users have taken that love for technology to a whole new level. Literally.

31 Jan 2018

Pune

150 "Google Stations" offering free Wi-Fi deployed across Pune

Two years after launching free public Wi-Fi initiative called "Google Station" to bring millions of Indians online, Google has partnered with engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro to bring 150 "Google Station" hotspots to Pune.

20 Oct 2017

Android

Google offers $1,000 reward for finding bugs in Android apps

In a bid to have bug-free apps on Play Store, Google is partnering with bug bounty platform HackerOne to launch "Google Play Security Reward Program".

21 Oct 2016

Facebook

Facebook's Marketplace to disrupt India's classifieds market?

With Facebook recently adding a new popular feature, Marketplace, for enabling users to buy and sell items, many experts predicts that it will be a boon to India's classified market.