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Pixel 7a review: Google's entry-level phone is mixed bag of hits and misses
Pixel 7a delivers on imaging and software experience, which are core features for Google smartphones. However, the otherwise solid smartphone is set back by weak on-battery time and thermal issues
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Google to take 'necessary steps' to enforce new in-app billing policy
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October 2022 directed the company to make significant changes to its Play Store policies after it found several anti-competitive practices on the platform
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Google says in compliance with CCI order, pushes ahead with in-app billing
Google on Wednesday said its Google Play's payments policy is compliant with the anti-trust watchdog CCI's order and it is pushing ahead with plans to enforce the policy in the country
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Play Store service fees lowest among major app stores, says Google
Google estimates that out of more than 200,000 Indian developers on Google Play, less than 60 could pay a service fee of above 15 per cent
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Google's new AI-tools to help accelerate drug discovery, precision medicine
Google Cloud announced two new AI-powered life sciences solutions to accelerate drug discovery and precision medicine for biotech companies, pharmaceutical firms, and public sector organisations.
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Out of 0.2 mn developers around 60 pay service fee above 15%: Google
Google defended its position on Play Store fee for developers and its stance on user choice billing policy, saying that service fees are actually lowest among major app stores
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Haven't checked your old Gmail account in a while? Google may delete it
Google will start by deleting accounts that were created but never used again, and the company will issue repeated reminders in the months leading up to a deletion
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Smaller firms can still compete in AI depending on product mkt fit: Nadella
Nadella pointed to search as an example of how AI has sparked fresh competition in a space dominated by Google's engine
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Google to delete all personal accounts that have been inactive for 2 years
Google's internal analysis shows that abandoned accounts are at least 10x less likely than active accounts to have 2-step-verification set up
Alphabet Inc adds $115 billion in value after defying AI doubters
With excitement around AI building, Alphabet had largely missed out on the stellar gains seen by many of its tech peers
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Google rolls out AI Bard's new update to improve summaries, sourcing
With the new update, users will be able to ask Bard to summarise a specific article or story, or to provide a quick explanation of a topic without going into too much detail
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Google's pre-written texts to tackle suicide, aid people to ask for help
Google is also expanding its work with mental health organisations, especially those focused on helping certain populations like children and veterans
AI-generated image: This Google Search tool helps detect synthetic photos
Google has announced that its new 'About this image' tool in search will assist users in identifying the origins of an image and label other AI-generated images in search results
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AWS, Microsoft, Google capture 64% Cloud services market share globally
Worldwide cloud infrastructure services spending increased 19% to $66.4 billion in Q1 2023
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Google Android 14: What's new, rollout timeline, beta eligible smartphones
Google released the second beta version at the I/O, which is now available for partner phones, tablets and foldables. Below are the details
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Google to expand its Dark Web monitoring tool to all Gmail users in US
Google has announced that it will expand its Dark Web monitoring to all Gmail users in the US and later to international markets
Google co-founders see biggest gain since Feb 2021 as AI boost lifts stock
Google will start experimenting with a more conversational search engine and has made its AI-powered chatbot available more broadly, the Mountain View, California-based company said
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Top headlines: CCI inquiry on Google, Karnataka elections results and more
Business Standard brings you top news at this hour
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CCI asks Google to share policies on data sharing, in-app billing
Move based on complaints that tech giant failed to comply with directive on third-party billing
HC asks media houses, Google to block articles claiming forceful conversion
During the hearing, advocate Mamta Jha, representing Google, said since the FIR has already been registered, the originators of the videos need to be enquired
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