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Meet architects of Aarogya Setu, the app meant to stem Covid-19 spread

Bibhu Ranjan Mishra on the tech wizards behind the mobile app that's meant to contain the spread of Covid-19

Covid-19: Google helps 'saathis' share credible health info in rural India

We are helping female internet "saathis" (or trainers) share authoritative health advice with their networks in rural villages in India, says the company

Apple, Google ban GPS tracking in apps using contract tracing framework

Both companies said privacy and preventing governments from using the system to compile data on citizens was a primary goal

Google, govt map food and night shelters for public during lockdown

Users can search on Google or Google Maps for 'Food Shelter Near Me' or 'Night Shelter Near Me' to find the closest roof

Google, LG premium phones might not get Qualcomm's flagship SoC: Here's why

HMD Global also did the same thing recently with the launch of the Nokia 8.3 smartphone

Google appoints Karan Bajwa as Managing Director for India Cloud business

Prior to IBM, Bajwa worked with Microsoft for nine years, his last role being the Managing Director for the company's operations in India

Google looking to expand mixed mode commute option to cities across India

Fitzpatrick listed 14 features that Google has incorporated in the maps

Disappointing revenue growth hits Google parent Alphabet shares in Q4

Alphabet shares slipped 4.7 percent in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings figures

Will do well only if others do well, Pichai rejects 'powerful Google risks'

Schwab asked him whether there is a risk that Google may become too powerful

'Techlash' hits college campuses

"There was this ambient glow of being part of a company that was changing the world," Stapleton said. "I was totally googly-eyed about it."

JNU violence: HC seeks response of WhatsApp, Google on plea to protect data

The plea was filed by three JNU professors and the court sought response from Delhi Police, Whatsapp, Google, Apple on the plea to preserve data, CCTV footage

YouTube's landmark privacy upheaval on kids video content begins

These changes have been expected for months, but their impact is still unknown

How are we checking child porn, Rajya Sabha panel asks Google and Twitter

New Delhi, 6 January An ad hoc committee of the Rajya Sabha met executives from online social media platforms Google, Twitter and ShareChat, as also the HERD Foundation, on the "alarming issue of pornography on social media and its effect on children and society as a whole". According to a person present, the MPs asked the companies about ways to curb child pornography on their respective platforms. The meeting was attended by Rahul Jain, the India manager for public policy at Google; Twitter India policy head Mahima Kaul; Berges Malu, head of public policy and policy communications at Indian language content platform ShareChat; and Amol Deshmukh and Suchika Gupta of HERD Foundation. Another person aware of the discussion said one of the executives suggested something on the lines of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act in America. That law is designed to limit the collection and use of personal information about children by operators of internet services and websites. The ...

Google fined $167 million in France amid crackdown on online advertising

The French authority found Google abused its dominant position in search when it set "opaque and difficult to understand operating rules" for its Google Ads advertising platform

To prevent data theft, Chrome to now warn if your password has been stolen

The browser will also offer real-time phishing protections on the desktop which warn when you visit malicious sites

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar among most searched personalities on Google

Google has unveiled its Year in Search 2019, which gives a glimpse into what India was searching for this year

2019 rewind: Lata Mangeshkar 2nd most searched personality on Google India

Superseded by much-celebrated Indian Air Force official Abhinandan Varthaman, the veteran singer was the most searched about personality on Google India this year.

Endgame most downloaded film on Google in India, Andhadhun close second

Indians' love for action and drama has made Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame the most downloaded movie of the year, followed by Ayushman Khurana's Andhadhun

Genius sues Google, seeks $50 mn in damages for allegedly copying lyrics

Genius, a platform that music fans can use to look up and annotate lyrics, said the tech giant has been copying its lyrics for years

Nine of 10 Indian users consume content in local languages: Google India

Nearly 40 million users of Internet who were added from 2015-18 and nine out of ten such new user is Indian language user, Nidhi Gupta, senior product manager, Google India said