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Facebook is also awarding USD 100 million in grants and ad credits to assist small businesses. (Photo | Pixabay)

Facebook staff to get USD 1,000 bonus as they work from home amid corona outbreak

Employees will also get an automatic ‘exceeds expectations’ rating on their performance review

18 Mar 2020 4:41 PM

This file photo is of the launch of the Honor 9X Pro and Honor 9X last month. The company claims to have attracted 1 million app developers for Huawei AppGallery.

Honor 9X Pro coming this month-end but without Google suite, as Huawei blacklisted by US firms

The United States government barred its companies from supplying software and hardware to Huawei in May last year.

16 Mar 2020 5:24 PM

Indian users will of course have to go through a VPN to log on to YouTube TV to watch US TV shows

Now you can ‘mark as watched’ shows on YouTube TV

The YouTube algorithm will now stop annoying you with suggestions for episodes you’ve already watched

15 Mar 2020 8:12 PM

All eight of her family members are now moved to quarantine.(PTI)

Wife of Bengaluru techie booked by Agra police for fleeing quarantine

Husband says she was not aware of his condition before reaching Agra

15 Mar 2020 4:29 PM

A nurse at a drive-up coronavirus testing station set up by the University of Washington Medical Center uses a swab to take a sample from the nose of a person in a car Friday, March 13, 2020, in Seattle. US hospitals are setting up triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients. (Photo | AP)

How to know whether to test for coronavirus? Soon a dedicated Google website will tell you

Google is developing a website to determine whether a test is warranted and to facilitate testing for US citizens at convenient locations

14 Mar 2020 5:25 PM

Individual users on social media, rather than rogue state players, are the ones driving the spread of misinformation. (Photo | howtostartablogonline.net)

Beware of fake news, you can't self-test for coronavirus

Social media is filling up with fake news on COVID-19 despite steps taken by Facebook, Google, and Twitter to curb misleading information

13 Mar 2020 7:20 PM

In 2014 the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ordered Google and other search engines that operate in Europe to allow individuals to ask the sites to delist certain search results relating to a person’s name, if the information is “inadequate, irrelevant or excessive in relation to the purposes of the processing”.

Partial win for Google in Right To Be Forgotten case: Court decides search results display order

A man cleared of sexual abuse charges wanted Google to remove news of his trial, court ordered Google to display news of his acquittal first

07 Mar 2020 7:49 PM

The tech company has promised to refund the cost of the ticket by March 13.

Amid Coronavirus fears, Google cancels its biggest annual event - I/O Developers Conference

Typically, the tech company introduces new changes to Android and Google-powered hardware are typically at Google I/O

04 Mar 2020 8:38 PM

"In accordance with the advice of medical experts, and as part of that effort, we have asked our Dublin teams to work from home today,” a Google spokesperson said. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

Coronavirus fears: Work from home, Google's 8,000 staff in Ireland headquarters, Twitter global staff told

Working from home will be mandatory for employees at Twitter's South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan offices

03 Mar 2020 7:15 PM

180 staff lost their jobs as Australian Associated Press shut shop (Representative image | Flickr - Antony Mayfield)

Australia’s only news agency shuts down in the face of free content from Facebook, Google

Many credible news organisations have had to shut down or downsize in the face of free content, while their place is taken over by fake news

03 Mar 2020 4:48 PM

Under the new rules, social media companies will have to disclose any information or data to a designated investigation agency, when sought (Photo | Pexels)

Pakistan bid to snoop on social media faces opposition, rights groups boycott talks with govt

Google, Twitter and Facebook have threatened to suspend their services over regulations approved by the government on February 11

02 Mar 2020 5:51 PM

Admitting it was not possible to identify the gender of a person by appearance, Google said its image classification service Cloud Vision API would stop categorising people under gender labels (Photo | Pixabay - Elchinator)

Microsoft, IBM may have to tweak AI to drop gender labels, following Google's example

Research showed that the AI tools used by Microsoft and IBM were more likely to misidentify the gender of dark-skinned women

01 Mar 2020 9:28 PM

Google uses machine learning technology coupled with inputs from the Google Translate Community for languages without a lot of web content.

Google Translate adds new languages

The latest addition takes the total capabilities of Google Translate to 108 languages.

29 Feb 2020 7:40 AM

On new Huawei devices, apps including Gmail, Maps, YouTube, Google Play Store, and others will not be available for download.

Google explains why its apps don't work on your Huawei device

Google is prohibited from working with the company on new device models or provide apps for preload or download on these devices.

24 Feb 2020 7:52 AM

An emergency or safety alert app would have more chances of getting approval compared to an app with a store locator feature.

Android 11 will give users more control over location access for apps

Google will also update its Google Play policy by the end of the year.

22 Feb 2020 7:23 AM

Google developed a machine-learning based approach to detect when apps show out-of-context ads. (Photo: ANI)

Google Play Store removes 600 apps over mobile ad fraud

Nearly 600 apps have been removed from the Google Play Store and banned from ad monetisation platforms over mobile ad fraud.

22 Feb 2020 7:18 AM

On the surface, Google Suite is a free set of simple-to-use cloud-based tools, but there’s so much more once you dig in.

Access the power of Adobe Acrobat inside Google Drive

New integration in G Suite Marketplace delivers powerful PDF tools to individuals and enterprises, for work and life.

21 Feb 2020 7:13 AM

With this association, MobiKwik ensures a simpler and faster online recharge process for millions of Indians.

Google collaborates with MobiKwik to introduce Mobile Recharge Search in India

Simply search for “prepaid mobile recharge” on Google Search, and you will see options for recharging your mobile number.

20 Feb 2020 7:42 AM

The partnership runs until 2021, and the Stadia app will be preloaded onto every next-generation ROG Phone in participating territories.

ASUS ROG partners with Google Stadia to enhance its mobile gaming ecosystem

Game-changing ROG Phone is one of the first wave of smartphones to partner with the all-new Google Stadia gaming platform.

20 Feb 2020 7:35 AM

The Titan Security Keys are recommended for users at high risk of targeted attacks such as political campaign teams.

Google brings Titan Security Keys to more regions

The phishing-resistant hardware security keys for two-factor authentication are now available in more countries.

20 Feb 2020 6:20 AM

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