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5G plan, Google stake in Jio Platforms see Voda Idea, Airtel slip up to 6%

Reliance Industries (RIL) in exchange filing today announced that Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of the Company, has signed binding agreements with Google International LLC

5G plan, Google stake in Jio Platforms see Voda Idea, Airtel slip up to 6%
Updated On : 15 Jul 2020 | 3:15 PM IST

Cook, Nadella and Pichai stand together in support of racial equality

Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, said the company has decided to share its support for racial equality in solidarity with the black community on Google and YouTube homepages in the US.

Cook, Nadella and Pichai stand together in support of racial equality
Updated On : 02 Jun 2020 | 2:40 AM IST

Google Chrome gets a new update; here's why you should get it immediately

Google Chrome update includes new setting controls, safety check feature, enhanced incognito mode, a redesigned location for Chrome extensions, and upgraded default security protocols for the browser

Google Chrome gets a new update; here's why you should get it immediately
Updated On : 21 May 2020 | 8:36 AM IST

You can now share albums on Google Photos directly with other Google users

Users can now share the entire album of photos and videos without the need of generating the URL, which was required earlier

You can now share albums on Google Photos directly with other Google users
Updated On : 20 May 2020 | 12:42 PM IST

White-collar companies race to be last to return to the office

Google, Facebook, Amazon, Capital One and others are extending work-from-home policies to September and sometimes far beyond.

White-collar companies race to be last to return to the office
Updated On : 09 May 2020 | 10:21 PM IST

Apple, Google team up to 'contact trace' the virus

The technology giants said they were teaming up to release the tool within several months, building it into the operating systems of the billions of iPhones and Android devices around the world.

Apple, Google team up to 'contact trace' the virus
Updated On : 12 Apr 2020 | 12:24 AM IST

Google ordered to pay for news taken from publishers in France

The French antitrust agency gave the Alphabet unit three months to thrash out deals with press publishers and agencies demanding talks on how to remunerate them for displaying their content.

Google ordered to pay for news taken from publishers in France
Updated On : 10 Apr 2020 | 12:52 AM IST

Coronavirus outbreak: India tally jumps to 2,547 with 478 new cases

The number of active cases stands at 2,322, while 162 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated, the ministry stated.

Coronavirus outbreak: India tally jumps to 2,547 with 478 new cases
Updated On : 04 Apr 2020 | 1:46 AM IST

Google bans political ads in Singapore ahead of polls; Oppn 'disappointed'

The ban was imposed under controversial new rules aimed at fighting disinformation in the city-state, which critics fear could be used to stifle dissent

Google bans political ads in Singapore ahead of polls; Oppn 'disappointed'
Updated On : 04 Dec 2019 | 5:47 PM IST

Google sent 12,000 warnings of govt-backed attacks in Q3, 500 in India

This is consistent with the number of warnings sent in the same period of 2018 and 2017, Google said

Google sent 12,000 warnings of govt-backed attacks in Q3, 500 in India
Updated On : 27 Nov 2019 | 10:07 PM IST

Google restricts targeted political ads, bans misleading information

The Alphabet Inc. unit said in a blog post on Wednesday it will no longer allow election ads to be targeted based on political affiliation on Google Search, YouTube and across the web

Google restricts targeted political ads, bans misleading information
Updated On : 27 Nov 2019 | 8:43 AM IST

Google unveils cloud acceleration programme for enterprises on SAP platform

The Cloud Acceleration Programme is an evolution of Lighthouse

Google unveils cloud acceleration programme for enterprises on SAP platform
Updated On : 19 Nov 2019 | 9:19 PM IST

US Regulator begins probe into Google deal to access patient's data: Report

"We are happy to cooperate with any questions about the project," Google said in a blog post later on Tuesday, regarding the federal inquiry

US Regulator begins probe into Google deal to access patient's data: Report
Updated On : 13 Nov 2019 | 11:21 AM IST

Google is gathering health data of Americans without consent: Reports

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

Google is gathering health data of Americans without consent: Reports
Updated On : 12 Nov 2019 | 11:13 AM IST

Alphabet Q3 profit misses analysts' estimates; shares down over 1%

Alphabet shares have underperformed relative to some peers, rising 17% in the last 12 months entering Monday, compared with a 33% gain for Microsoft and 29% for Facebook

Alphabet Q3 profit misses analysts' estimates; shares down over 1%
Updated On : 29 Oct 2019 | 2:55 AM IST

Google claims 'quantum supremacy'; experts say hold on a qubit

Official confirmation of the breakthrough in quantum computing came in a paper published in science journal Nature, after weeks of controversy following the leak of a draft

Google claims 'quantum supremacy'; experts say hold on a qubit
Updated On : 23 Oct 2019 | 11:15 PM IST

Right to be forgotten will be arduous as India frames data protection law

The Personal Data Protection (Draft) Bill, 2018, presented by the Justice B N Srikrishna panel, has a section on the right to be forgotten, even as it does not provide the right to erasure

Right to be forgotten will be arduous as India frames data protection law
Updated On : 29 Sep 2019 | 8:31 PM IST

Cash may be king in India, but Google is prince of mobile payments

The company has one of its fastest-growing hits ever with Google Pay, a two-year-old app that millions of consumers are using to spend and transfer tens of billions of dollars

Cash may be king in India, but Google is prince of mobile payments
Updated On : 19 Sep 2019 | 8:59 PM IST

Google employees urge company to pledge it won't work with US border forces

A group of employees called Googlers for Human Rights posted a public petition urging the company not to bid on a cloud computing contract for CBP

Google employees urge company to pledge it won't work with US border forces
Updated On : 16 Aug 2019 | 8:34 PM IST

US senators ask Sundar Pichai about Google's plan of censored China version

According to the letter, Google's project is "deeply troubling and risks making Google complicit in human rights abuses" in China

US senators ask Sundar Pichai about Google's plan of censored China version
Updated On : 06 Aug 2018 | 11:35 AM IST