Google: News

23 Aug 2017

Technology

Mini Google Home speaker to compete with Amazon Echo Dot

Google is reportedly planning to launch two Pixel smartphones and a Pixel-branded Chromebook at a hardware event expected to be held in October.

22 Aug 2017

iPhone

Apple hides 'secret' job, to attract the best talent!

It's an open secret. Crack it and you have a lucrative job waiting for you at one of the biggest tech firms in the world.

21 Aug 2017

Xiaomi

Xiaomi, Google working on the next Android One smartphone: Reports

Tech giant Google and Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi are reportedly collaborating to build the next Android One device.

16 Aug 2017

iOS

Google might pay $3 billion to Apple for default search

Apple and Google don't usually come in the same sentence unless we are pitting them against each other. However, there is more hobnobbing among them than they would like to show.

16 Aug 2017

BBC

Google, GoDaddy dump US neo-Nazi website, Daily Stormer

After disparaging Heather Heyer, who was killed while protesting at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia US neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer was forced to switch its domain name providers twice.

15 Aug 2017

Android

Your guide to lesser known Google apps

While most Android users are familiar with the usual suite of Google apps which come pre-loaded in almost all Android devices, they miss out on a lot by assuming that these apps are the only ones Google offers.

14 Aug 2017

Android

Phone went missing? Find your lost Android phone easily

Ever had a mini panic attack because you couldn't find your phone? We all did. The smartest thing you can do to prevent your phone from going AWOL is to setup some nifty measures.

10 Aug 2017

Business

Google vs. 60 female ex/present employees: Accusation? Sexism, pay gap

Oh, the irony of the entire situation! Days after Google tried to emerge as the champion of gender equality in the tech world, 60 current and former female employees of Google are mulling on bringing a class-action lawsuit against the firm.

10 Aug 2017

India

Google to soon launch Facebook-like personalized Feed in India!

Google is doubling its efforts to reach local language-speaking Indian users by focusing on regional content.

09 Aug 2017

Hate Speech

Google bats for gender equality, ends up hating free speech

Google has fired James Damore, the man behind the anti-diversity memo that caused widespread outcry both within and outside the firm in the last few days.

08 Aug 2017

Uber

Uber, to clear its name, shares ex-CEO Travis Kalanick's deposition

Uber, in order to clear its own name from the Uber versus Waymo self-driving car technology case, has now unsealed its former CEO Travis Kalanick's deposition for scrutiny.

08 Aug 2017

Microsoft

Facebook edges past Microsoft, Google in profit per employee

If reports are to be believed, it's not the old-school behemoths Microsoft and Google's parent company Alphabet but the new age social media platform Facebook, that made the maximum moolah per employee in the second quarter of 2017.

06 Aug 2017

Snapchat

Google to release Snapchat-like feature soon!

As Snapchat's popularity keeps soaring, other tech giants are trying to emulate its success.

06 Aug 2017

iOS

Google Play to show only good quality apps in search

People love using new apps/games, but those that don't work well, respond slowly, and often crash are really frustrating.

03 Aug 2017

Australia

Over 300 scam trading apps removed from Google, Apple stores

There are a lot less misleading financial apps in Google and Apple app-stores now, thanks to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

02 Aug 2017

India

Google's first App Excellence Summit: 'Made in India' initiative announced

India is going to have the world's largest developer base by 2018.

29 Jul 2017

Malware

Ransomware Business "highly profitable"; victims pay over $25mn in ransoms

The recent wave of ransomware threats across the world has escalated into a global crisis.

26 Jul 2017

Google Maps

Google adds SOS Alerts in Search results and Maps tools

Google will now show information about unfolding natural disasters, terrorism and similar crises in its Search and Maps tools.

25 Jul 2017

Android

Google's Android, learning from its past mistakes

Everyone will agree that the road to success is paved with failures.

Google Play Store will allow gambling apps from now on

When it comes to money, an online giant can be moral only for so long.

23 Jul 2017

Facebook

Is Facebook coming with 'modular' smartphone?

Facebook has now filed an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for a 'modular electromechanical device.'

23 Jul 2017

Technology

Hail the "robot lawyer" that has no degree or expertise

Modern day journalism, in a bid to make things "jazzy," sometimes presents things in a very different light.

22 Jul 2017

Technology

Google can now take you to outer-space! Find out how

Ever wondered what Earth looks like from space? Or wanted to take a tour of a spaceship?

20 Jul 2017

Facebook

Google introduces a new Facebook-like feed experience

Google wants to know users better to show content they may be interested in even before they Search.

19 Jul 2017

India

Google brings Hire to smoothen the recruiting process of businesses

After launching Google for Jobs and the job search feature to help prospective employees to find the right job, the online giant Google has now announced a new service called Hire.

18 Jul 2017

eBay

Google Glass is back, in a new overhauled avatar

Proving us all wrong, Google Glass is alive and well. Although it didn't live up to the earlier hype of being the portable computer that the company marketed it to be, it's doing fabulously in its new role.

18 Jul 2017

India

Google plans to double its headcount in India

According to reports, online giant Google is planning to double its workforce in India this year.

16 Jul 2017

Google Maps

How Google pays academicians to buy "influence"

With its tentacles spread into everything, way beyond the Internet, Google has become extremely powerful and influential.

13 Jul 2017

France

Google wins case against France, no more $1.26bn tax liability

Google has won a legal case against France that has removed a possible tax liability of 1.1bn euros ($1.26bn) from its head.

13 Jul 2017

Amazon

Internet websites, organizations will unite to protect net neutrality

Internet giants are coming together to protest against rolling back of the rules safeguarding "net neutrality."

13 Jul 2017

India

India's Halli Labs joins Google's Next Billion Users team

M&A (mergers and acquisitions) is the flavor of the season, it appears.The latest one was Google acquiring Bengaluru-based Halli Labs, a relatively new start-up which made its presence known on May 22 this year.

12 Jul 2017

Facebook

News Media Alliance fights back Facebook and Google's monopoly

When it comes to online publications, news outlets are at the mercy of Google and Facebook, the two platforms that run a near monopoly over online advertising and online news traffic.

12 Jul 2017

Music Concert

Despite warnings, Ed Sheeran's concert tickets in secondary market

Stuart Galbraith, Ed Sheeran's promoter has called out Google for the sale of the singer's 'Divide' tour tickets in the secondary market.

09 Jul 2017

Robots

Can robots write news? Well, Google thinks so!

When technology evolves, the tremors of it are felt even at the unlikeliest of places.

06 Jul 2017

Android

Google Android case will attract a bigger EU fine

Let's hope that Google has been saving up enough for rainy day expenses because right now, another major EU fine is looming overhead. It has already agreed to cough up the $2.7 billion fine levied for favoring its own shopping service over others. However, in its second case filed over its Android mobile OS the fine will be harsher.

05 Jul 2017

Mumbai

Mumbai local train's status to be available on Google Maps

The Western Railways (WR) is going to approach Google to link trains with Google Maps which will enable commuters to check live status and position of local trains on the maps.

04 Jul 2017

Microsoft

Apple, Google, Microsoft stocks fell prey to a data glitch

Prices of several big-wig stocks like Apple, Google and Microsoft listed on NASDAQ appeared to have gone through an unprecedented spike or plummet after the market closed on Monday.