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Google Store will take over official Fitbit website in October: Know more

Help section from Fitbit began migrating to the Google support framework in January, and its online store has already been replaced by the Google Store in April

Google's Sundar Pichai praises PM Modi's vision for 'digital India' | PM Modi in US

How Google allegedly monopolised ad technology market: All you need to know

Antitrust enforcers alleged that Google gave special access and privileges to its own ad products

Google faces EU ultimatum in fresh attack on search dominance

The EU's preliminary findings could be issued before the end of October, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke under condition of anonymity

Google antitrust trial: Documents say one thing, witnesses something else

The judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over technology that matches buyers and sellers of online advertising must choose whether to believe what Google executives wrote or what they have said on the witness stand. The Justice Department is wrapping up its antitrust case against Google this week at a federal courtroom in Virginia. The federal government and a coalition of states contend Google has built and maintained a monopoly on the technology used to buy and sell the ads that appear to consumers when they browse the web. Google counters that the government is improperly focused on a very narrow slice of advertising essentially the rectangular banner ads that appear on the top and along the right side of a publisher's web page and that within the broader online advertising market, Google is beset on all sides from competition that includes social media companies and streaming TV services. Many of the government's key witnesses have been Google managers and ...

Google's plea against CCI order in android mobile case mentioned in SC

Google LLC on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the arguments in the case related to the tech giant's alleged anti-competitive practices in the Android mobile device matter may take five-six days. On March 29 last year, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) had handed out a mixed verdict on Google's alleged anti-competitive practices in the case -- upholding a fine of Rs 1,338 crore but scrapping conditions like allowing hosting of third-party app stores on its Play Store. The top court is seized of cross-pleas of Google and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) challenging a verdict of an appellate tribunal in a case related to the tech giant's alleged anti-competitive practices in the Android mobile device matter. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra has already listed the cross-pleas for hearing on Thursday. The pleas, however, are unlikely to reach for hearing during the day as the bench is seized of ...

YouTube announces Community, 'Hyped' videos, and ads on paused screens

At Made on YouTube event, the video streaming platform from Google announced several new features for both viewers and creators

Google enhances AI experience on Android with free Gemini Live: Know more

Gemini Live has not yet been widely launched for all free users on Android but is expected to be available to more users in the coming days

Google urges tribunal to scrap $9.3 bn UK lawsuit over search 'dominance'

The lawyers asked the Competition Appeal Tribunal to certify the case to proceed towards a trial, a very early step in any mass lawsuit. Google, however, says the case is seriously flawed

Google explores RCS encryption for Chats between Android and iPhone users

Google is reportedly working on new features related to RCS messaging, including cross-platform end-to-end encryption (E2EE) between Android and iPhone

Google wins fight over $1.7 billion EU fine for online advertising abuse

Judges at the EU's General Court in Luxembourg backed the Alphabet Inc. unit's challenge to a fine doled out in 2019, saying regulators made mistakes in their probe

Google expands cross-device sharing features to more Android users: Report

Google announced the Android cross-device features at the Google I/O 2024 developer conference in May, and are currently limited to call casting and internet sharing

Vietnam's Communist Party chief Lam to meet Google, Meta in US next week

The US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC), which is one of the organisers of the Sept. 23 event, declined to share a list of participants

Google to rethink developing data centre in Chile over water worries

Google on Tuesday said it would halt plans to develop a major USD 200 million data centre in Chile to address environmental grievances, a decision reflecting growing concerns about the impact of the power-thirsty projects around the world. The US technology company first obtained permits in 2020 to construct the vast project in Chile's capital, Santiago, as demand for the server farms skyrocketed across the globe, fuelled by a surge in cloud-based technologies and a craze for generative AI. But months after a Chilean court partially reversed the centre's authorisation over water usage concerns, Google announced Tuesday that it would revise the project to comply with more stringent environmental requirements and change its water-intensive cooling system. A new process will start from scratch, Google said in its statement. Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do, and the way we design and manage our data centres is no exception. Community complaints in the drought-stricken

Google could enable notification syncing across Android devices: Report

Google is reportedly developing a solution to address the issue of duplicate notifications, as indicated by code found in the latest Android 15 beta

US justice dept says Google saw ad startup AdMeld as threat and bought it

The purchase of the company was portrayed by the Justice Department in its monopolisation trial against the Alphabet Inc. unit as an example of so-called killer acquisitions

Google's millisecond ad auctions targeted in illegal monopoly claim

It happens in milliseconds, ideally, as you browse the web. Networks of computers and software analyze who you are, what you are looking at and buy and sell the advertisements you see on web pages. The company that most likely determines which ads you get, and how much an advertiser paid to get on your screen, is Google. In fact, the Justice Department and a coalition of states say Google's dominance over the technology that controls the sale of billions of Internet display ads every day is so thorough that it constitutes an illegal monopoly that should be broken up. A trial under way in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, will determine if Google's ad tech stack constitutes an illegal monopoly. The first week has included a deep dive into exactly how Google's products work together to conduct behind-the-scenes electronic auctions that place ads in front of consumers in the blink of an eye. Online advertising has rapidly evolved. Fifteen or so years ago, if you saw an internet .

Even Facebook couldn't compete with Google, says ex-ad chief Boland

Boland likened the technique to Google being able to select the 30 best apples from a crate before anyone else got the chance to buy

EU antitrust order to Google's adtech business unlikely for now: Report

A break-up order could come at a later stage if Google continues its anti-competitive practices, they said, pointing to a precedent setting case involving Microsoft two decades ago

As regulators get tough, Big Tech's easy ride is coming to an end

Now Google and Apple are getting slapped for those blatantly unfair advantages