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Pixel 8a: How 2024 affordable Google phone compares to Pixel 7a, Pixel 8
A significant upgrade over the Pixel 7a, the Pixel 8a has several features from the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro such as Google Gemini AI and gesture-driven Circle to Search
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Google launches wallet app in India to help users store digital documents
The wallet app, which has gone live in the country, will cater to non-payment use cases and complement Google Pay - the payment app of the tech giant, said company
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Google Wallet now available in India: How is it different from Google Pay?
Unlike the Google Pay, which is a payments platform, Google Wallet offers options to save digital documents, gift cards, tickets, and boarding passes for quick access
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Best form of search will involve combination of narrative answers: Pichai
Pichai is playing the long game, and says Google-which dominates key real estate on the web-has plenty of time to win
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Google introduces private digital wallet for Android users in India
Google Wallet can be downloaded from Play Store. It is different from Google Pay app which helps manage money and finances.
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Google launches Pixel 8a, opens pre-order in India with introductory offers
Following suit with other models in the Pixel 8 series, the Pixel 8a is promised seven years of software support from Google, encompassing security updates, Android OS upgrades, and feature drops
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Google defends app store, fighting Epic Games' push for major reforms
Google made its filing in San Francisco federal court, where Epic last year persuaded a jury that the tech giant unlawfully stifled competition with its controls over apps downloads
Pixel 8a: What to expect from Google's upcoming affordable smartphone
Google is expected to offer seven years of software, security, and feature drop updates on the Pixel 8a, in line with other models in the Pixel 8 series
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Google, DoJ lawyers to present closing arguments in antitrust case
Google pays more than $10 billion per year for these privileged positions,' argued Kenneth Dintzer, the Justice Department's lead litigator, last September
Google Search tests custom filters for results based on keywords, domains
Users can save filters to their Google accounts with custom tags and use them across mobile and desktop for tailored search results
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Google slashes jobs globally, shifts core team roles to India and Mexico
Out of the total 200 job cuts, nearly 50 were removed from the California-based engineering team as the company now looks to hire cheap labour as part of its cost-cutting exercise
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Google made payments worth $20 bn to Apple in 2022, court documents show
The deal between the two tech giants is at the heart of the landmark case, in which antitrust enforcers allege Google has illegally monopolised the market for online search and related advertising
Google, Apple under attack by antitrust laws that helped build tech empires
It's an odd juxtaposition that has thrust regulators into battling two companies they helped create when they caged a colossus now angling to seize the mantle in technology's next frontier
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai nears billionaire status powered by AI boom
Pichai's net worth includes $424 million in current share holdings as well as roughly $600 million from share sales since he became CEO
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Now, Google Play Store lets you download two apps simultaneously: Details
Previously, the Google app store for Android devices, called Play Store, allowed one download at a time, pushing other requests for apps download to the queue
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Google I/O on May 14 to kick off with keynote on Android, AI, more: Details
Google has released a session list, which confirms that the agenda of its developer-focused annual event would focus mainly on Mobile, Web, AI, and Cloud platforms
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YouTube, Google Cloud to bring in $100 billion this year: Sundar Pichai
Alphabet reported revenue of $80.5 billion for the 2024 January- March quarter, up 15 per cent from last year, with operating income surging by 46.3 per cent and net income by 57 per cent
Alphabet Inc beats revenue estimates as AI fuels cloud growth in Q1
The company also said it would pay a dividend of 20 cents a share, its first ever, and repurchase an additional $70 billion in stock. The shares jumped 13 per cent in extended trading
Google fires 20 more employees over protest against Project Nimbus contract
Google's employees staged protests against the company's collaboration with the Israeli government on "Project Nimbus", a $1.2 billion cloud computing initiative
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Japan's watchdog orders Google to fix ad search limits affecting Yahoo
The alleged questionable practices by Google began about a decade ago and continued for more than seven years, according to the commission
