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'Removing layers': Sundar Pichai hints at more layoffs at Google in 2024
Google CEO Sundar Pichai's remarks followed a day after the tech giant handed pink slips to around 1,000 employees in the advertising sales team in the first layoff wave of 2024
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Google Pay signs agreement to expand UPI for international payments
This will enable Indian travellers to transact digitally outside the country while also establishing systems similar to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in other countries
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Google confirms fresh round of layoffs; 1,000 employees receive pink slips
Google aims to enhance support for small & medium businesses by restructuring its ad team through job cuts, as well as using AI to enhance efficiency
YouTube making money off new breed of climate denial, monitoring group
The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) used artificial intelligence to review transcripts from 12,058 videos from the past six years on 96 of Alphabet Inc's YouTube channels
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Google to add more real-money game apps on Play, charge a service fee
The "expanded RMG support" will be launched in June for developers in India, Mexico, and Brazil, with plans to extend the service to more countries later
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Google's $2.7 bn EU antitrust fine should be upheld, says court adviser
The European Commission handed down the fine to the company in 2017 for using its own price comparison shopping service to gain an unfair advantage over smaller European rivals
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Google teams up with Samsung yet again, renames Nearby Share to Quick Share
Quick Share will start rolling out to current Nearby Share enabled devices next month, said Google
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Google News Initiative announces second cohort of startup labs in India
The three-month-long programme aims to assist independent, early-stage Indian news startups in achieving financial and operational sustainability
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Indians downloaded 26 billion apps on mobile devices in 2023, shows data
Among app categories, gaming led the download numbers with 9.3 billion, followed by social (over 2.36 billion), and photo and video (1.86 billion)
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Google, Meta, Tiktok's debts removed from Russian state bailiffs' database
But the database, accessed by Reuters on Wednesday, still includes X (formerly Twitter) and Twitch, with fines totalling 51 million roubles ($560,730) and 23 million roubles ($252,879), respectively
Google settles $5 bn lawsuit over tracking people using 'incognito mode'
Plaintiffs also charged that Google's activities yielded an unaccountable trove of information about users who thought they'd taken steps to protect their privacy
Black Box eyes 3x growth to $2 bn by 2027 with focus on critical infra
Indian IT company Black Box is expecting a threefold increase in revenue to $2 billion over the next three years, driven by demand for critical technological infrastructure
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Google makes it easy to unsubscribe emails on Gmail app for iOS: Report
This is the first time Google has brought a new feature to iOS before rolling it out on their own Android powered devices
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Google rejected Play Store fee changes due to revenue impact: Epic Lawsuit
Google created Project Everest in 2021 to reconsider the Play Store billing model, according to the documents, which were released as part of an antitrust suit by Epic Games Inc
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Rebranded Nearby Share, battery health indicator and more coming to Android
Android's Nearby Share is getting rebranded to Quick Share, which is expected to roll out in coming week. Another feature coming to Android is Battery Health Indicator, which may take time to arrive
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Wearables: Do you want Mark Zuckerberg snooping around in your closet?
Now companies like Google and Meta have an opportunity to watch our real-world lives through wearables, which could make today's online surveillance business look like something out of the Stone Age
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Russian court fines Google $50.8 mn over 'fake' Ukraine information
A Russian court fined Alphabet's Google on Wednesday 4.6 billion roubles ($50.84 million) for failing to delete so-called "fake" information about the conflict in Ukraine
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Google plans restructuring 30,000-people ad sales unit as automation booms
Sean Downey, who oversees ad sales to big customers in the Americas, said at a department-wide meeting last week that Google plans to restructure its ad sales teams
Google announces India-first AI-powered experiences for Maps: Details here
Among the new AI-powered experiences is the address descriptors, lens integration, and live view walking navigation. Below are the details of the features soon coming to Google Maps
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Google Messages gets wallpapers to distinguish RCS chats from SMS: Report
Google is expected to rollout the feature soon with more customisation options for background
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