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Google releases new Chrome 64 update to its users

This update will enable users to mute reminder ads in apps and on websites.

25 Jan 2018 8:19 PM IST

Google is stepping up efforts to filter out annoying online ads as part of an effort to improve the browsing experience. (photo: AFP)

Alphabet launches Chronicle, a cybersecurity company

he company is building a cybersecurity intelligence platform which will enable organisations manage and understand their...

25 Jan 2018 4:19 PM IST

Alphabet, Apple employee buses attacked by vandals during commute

An Apple bus was hit by an unknown object, and four more of the companies' shuttles and a shuttle of Alphabet were hit.

19 Jan 2018 2:50 PM IST

The Nest Cam IQ camera. As people get voice-activated speakers and online security cameras for convenience and peace of mind, are they also giving hackers a key to their homes? Many devices from reputable manufacturers have safeguards built in, but safeguards arent the same as guarantees. (Photo: AP)

Thermostat maker Nest shifts to Google

The company said that they hoped integration of their teams would supercharge Nest's mission to make homes safer and...

8 Feb 2018 8:02 AM IST

Google and Facebook may face higher tax bills in Europe as the EU rushed to change rules so that more of Silicon Valleys mega profits fall into public coffers. (photo: AFP)

Google Fiber announces its new CEO, Dinesh Jain

Dinesh Jain, who left Time Warner Cable as it merged with Charter Communications Inc in 2016, started in the new role at...

7 Feb 2018 9:46 AM IST

Microsofts suite is reliable and IT managers have little incentive to gamble on something new.

Google's G Suite is no Microsoft killer, yet attracts users

Most of those customers are small and medium-sized companies.

2 Feb 2018 11:21 AM IST

Online search giant Google has filed an appeal at the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) against a judgment from Indias competition watchdog.

US Supreme Court to listen Google privacy settlement dispute

The justices will take up an appeal by opponents, challenging the $8.5 million that Google agreed to pay in 2013.

30 April 2018 9:17 PM IST

Google wants users to visit the websites that host these images and bring traction to their pages, thus aiding their businesses. (Representative Image: Pexels)

Publishers reprove Google's interpretation of EU privacy law

The company has also irked publishers by saying that rather than being a processor of data as defined by GDPR, it wants...

30 April 2018 7:51 PM IST

In case the video makers do not have their own scripts or professional captioners at hand, they can depend on YouTube automatic speech recognition technology (LASR) to auto-generate captions.

YouTube renews kid's app after complaints about content

The updates rolling out soon are a response to complaints that the YouTube Kids app has repeatedly failed to filter out...

26 April 2018 7:45 AM IST

Alphabet shares slipped slightly in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings report.

Google parent Alphabet profit leaps on ad growth

Profit in the first three months of 2018 soared more than 70 per cent from a year ago to $9.4 billion.

24 April 2018 9:38 AM IST

Alphabet shares slipped slightly in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings report.

Alphabet trounces profit estimates as Google reins in costs

Alphabet's $32.66 billion in second-quarter revenue, 86 per cent of which came from Google's advertising business.

24 July 2018 8:23 AM IST

The tablets, which are tamper-proof and unable to access the internet, allow inmates to exchange emails with people on an approved list of contacts. (Photo: Pixabay)

Alphabet to deploy balloon Internet in Kenya with Telkom in 2019

The technology was used by US telecom operators to provide connectivity to more than 250,000 people in Puerto Rico after...

20 July 2018 9:57 AM IST