Google Photos to let users search for text in images
San Francisco, Aug 24 (IANS) Google is rolling out new AI features to its Lens platform that would let users search their Google Photos library …
Google cracks whip on political debates at workplace
San Francisco, Aug 24 (IANS) Google has cracked down on its employees who encourage political speech and internal debates at workplace, restricting the company’s historically …
Google’s Privacy Sandbox to protect users’ privacy on web
San Francisco, Aug 23 (IANS) In a bid to protect users’ privacy as they open ads on the web, Google has announced a new initiative …
Google disables China-backed YouTube channels
San Francisco, Aug 23 (IANS) Google has disabled 210 YouTube channels that China used to sow discord among protesters in Hong Kong. The tech giant …
Google ditches desserts, unveils Android 10
San Francisco, Aug 22 (IANS) Breaking the 10-year history of naming Android releases after desserts, Google on Thursday announced it had officially named the next …
Microsoft joins Google, Intel for data protection consortium
San Francisco, Aug 22 (IANS) Microsoft has joined other industry partners like Google and Intel to create the Confidential Computing Consortium, a new organisation that …
Bose adds Google Assistant to its smart speakers
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Google on Thursday announced an automatic software update that would bring the Google Assistant to all existing Bose smart speakers …
Infosys, Google Cloud expand partnership for digital services
Bengaluru, Aug 21 (IANS) Global software major Infosys on Wednesday expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to help its clients accelerate their digital transformation. “As …
Telangana inks pact with Google for ‘Digital Telangana’
Hyderabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Continuing to build on its vision of ‘Digital Telangana’, Google India and the Telangana Government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of …
Lighter ‘Google Go’ search available for all Android users
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) After a successful testing in India and other emerging markets, Google has made the lighter version of its Search engine …
Google removes 27 apps that guided users to fake Play Store
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Google has removed 27 apps that prompted users to install a fake Play Store after researchers from Pune-based Quick Heal …
Google, Gmail down for some users in US
San Francisco, Aug 20 (IANS) Google and its popular email service Gmail experienced issues on Monday as thousands of users, especially in the US, were …
Trump again slams Google for manipulating 2016 election
Washington, Aug 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has once again lashed out at Google for manipulating millions of votes in the 2016 presidential electionsin …
Google Assistant beats Alexa, Siri again on smartphones
San Francisco, Aug 19 (IANS) As the war between digital assistants intensifies, Google Assistant has once again beaten Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri when it …
Google’s Android, undisputed leader of smartphone OS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) If you just look at the number of people using Android phones in the world, it would appear that Apple’s …
Google removes 85 adware apps from Play Store
San Francisco, Aug 17 (IANS) Google has removed 85 apps from its Play Store after security researchers at Trend Micro found a particularly annoying adware …
Google’s enterprise Gmail suffers outage, later restored in India
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Google’s enterprise Gmail for businesses suffered an outage on Friday but services were restored soon after. Some users in India …
Google ‘Password Checkup’ to be built into Chrome
San Francisco, Aug 16 (IANS) The leak detection feature of Password Checkup, which checks if a user’s password is compromised and alerts the users by …
Google Assistant to send reminders to family, friends
San Francisco, Aug 16 (IANS) Google is adding a new feature to its Assistant that lets people send reminders to their friends and family on …
Google’s enterprise Gmail suffers outage in India
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Google’s enterprise Gmail for businesses suffered an outage on Friday as some users in India faced problems while refreshing, sending …
Google rolling out new features to Chrome OS in Aug
San Francisco, Aug 16 (IANS) Google is rolling out a major Chrome OS update for the month of August, complete with new features like improved …
Fingerprint verification comes to Google services on Pixel phones
San Francisco, Aug 13 (IANS) You will soon be able to log into Google websites and services using fingerprint-based verification rather than a password. The …
Google invites startups for 3rd batch of Launchpad Accelerator India
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Google on Monday said it is inviting early-stage startups to apply for its third batch of Launchpad Accelerator India. Now …
Google Doodle celebrates Vikram Sarabhai’s 100th b’day (2nd Lead)
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) As Chandrayaan-2 cruises to reach the moon by August 20 and drop a lander called ‘Vikram’ on the Earth’s sole …
Google Doodle celebrates Vikram Sarabhai’s 100th b’day
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) As Chandrayaan-2 cruises to reach the moon by August 20 and drop a lander called ‘Vikram’ on the Earth’s sole …
Google Doodle celebrates Vikram Sarabhai’s 100th birthday
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) As Chandrayaan-2 cruises to reach the moon by August 20 and drop a lander called Vikram on the Earth’s sole …
Can Huawei’s Harmony operating system topple Google Android?
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The ongoing US-China trade war has done something good for the deep-pocketed Huawei: Create its own ecosystem where it does …
Bug that stopped fresh content in Google News fixed
San Francisco, Aug 10 (IANS) Google said it has resolved an issue that prevented news stories from appearing in Google News. According to The Verge, …
Google Search encountering issues with indexing
San Francisco, Aug 9 (IANS) Google Search is facing some indexing issues because of which users from several parts of the world — including India, …
US lawmakers ask Google to explain relationship with Huawei
San Francisco, Aug 8 (IANS) Three US senators have written to the Google CEO Sundar Pichai demanding answers about the companys relationship with Chinas Huawei. …
Google Pixel 4 may bring super smooth display: Report
San Francisco, Aug 8 (IANS) A leak on Google’s upcoming Pixel 4 and 4XL smartphones suggest that the devices could include a super smooth display …
Google updates Images section to focus on shopping
San Francisco, Aug 7 (IANS) Google has updated its Images section to show users shoppable results when they enter specifications like “green dress” or “black …
Viral memo alleges Google of discriminating against pregnant women
San Francisco, Aug 6 (IANS) A memorandum written by a female Google staffer that accuses the tech giant of discriminating and retaliating against her for …
Contrary to policy, Google shows shopping results for guns
San Francisco, Aug 6 (IANS) At a time when the US is bleeding red from the recent mass shootings in Texas that left over 30 …
Google to neutralise carbon emission for device shipments by 2020
San Francisco, Aug 6 (IANS) Tech giant Google has announced a string of sustainability pledges for its hardware and has said that it aims to …
Soon, Google Assistant can read WhatsApp texts
San Francisco, Aug 6 (IANS) Google’s virtual assistant is reportedly getting the ability to read messages from non-Google apps like WhatsApp, Slack and Telegram. Google …
Google shutting down its travel planning app
San Francisco, Aug 6 (IANS) In favour of steering users more towards its Maps, Google has shut down its travel planning app, Trips. The features …
Google Fit now track users’ sleep patterns: Report
San Francisco, Aug 5 (IANS) Google Fit now tracks users’ sleep patterns from applications that share their data, thus, giving them a better sense of …
Ex-Google man restoring India’s water bodies, 93 and counting (IANS Special Series)
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Turning a blind eye to trash might be natural for many, but for Chennai-based environmentalist Arun Krishnamurthy, watching garbage being …
Google bets big with several ‘India first’ features
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) From alerting Google Maps users when their vehicle goes off-route to partnering with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs …
Google, Apple stop listening to users’ conversations
San Francisco, Aug 2 (IANS) After facing flak, tech giants Google and Apple have now stopped snooping on users’ conversations. While Apple has suspended the …