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India key market, committed to bring digital revolution: Google India MD

Google sees India as "a very important market" both from users and research and development perspectives, India MD Roma Datta Chobey said on Thursday asserting that the global tech giant is geared up and fully committed to playing a significant role in India's digital revolution. In an interview with PTI, Chobey said Indians are adopting and adapting AI in a big way, and added that the company is sharply focused on leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to democratise information and opportunities and keen to play a significant role in developing a thriving AI ecosystem here. The Google India top boss also outlined the company's big bets in the country in areas such as AI, payments and device manufacturing. To a question on regulatory structures that are taking shape in India, she said that Google believes that AI should be regulated, in a way that ensures user benefits and fosters innovation. "Google believes in regulations...we believe that technology should be regulated and ...

Google plans to bring AI to every Indian as it completes 20 yrs in country

Google Cloud also announced plans to combine the power of Beckn-enabled open networks and Gemini through an open-source Gemini Agent Framework

Google for India: Gemini Live available in Hindi, more languages to follow

Alongside local language support for Gemini Live, Google announced AI-generated summaries of reviews in Google Maps and an AI Overview on Search with video feature

Pixel 9 Pro XL review: Strong third contender in premium smartphone segment

With a focus on AI, a refined design, and a stellar camera system, the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL takes on top contenders like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and iPhone 15 Pro Max

Google to expand AI initiatives in India, target language barrier, farming

Google is intensifying its focus on India with the introduction of advanced AI tools aimed at breaking down language barriers and enhancing agricultural practices, a senior company official said. Abhishek Bapna, Director of Product Management at Google DeepMind, highlighted the importance of reducing language barriers in India's economic development. Language is very essential for economic development. For instance, a language barrier should not hinder someone from explaining their medical issues to a doctor or accessing banking services, Bapna said during his short visit to IIM Calcutta. The tech giant has launched Google Gemini, formerly known as Bard, an artificial intelligence chatbot that supports more than 40 global languages, including nine Indian languages. Bapna added that Google's ongoing focus is on continuously improving language quality and expanding support for more Indian languages in the future. Currently, the chatbot supports nine Indian languages - Hindi, Bengali

Google expands India operations with self-owned after-sales centres

Google to open walk-in service centres in Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai as part of its localised support strategy

Google announces rolling out of locally assembled Pixel 8 in India: Details

The Pixel 8 is the only smartphone being locally manufactured currently and Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8a are not included

Google makes U-turn, dropping plan to remove cookies on Chrome browser

In a blog post on Monday, Google said it decided to abandon the plan after considering the impact of the changes on publishers, advertisers and everyone involved in online advertising industry

Google planning to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser

Cookies are packets of information that allow websites and advertisers to identify individual web surfers and track their browsing habits, but they can also be used for unwanted surveillance

Google tried to offer $512 mn package to derail Microsoft antitrust pact

While Google has long trailed Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft in the cloud market, it's begun to see impressive results

No competition law violations found; complaint junked against Google India

The Competition Commission of India has dismissed a complaint against Google India alleging the tech giant abused its dominant position to favour Truecaller in the market for caller ID and spam protection apps, as it found no evidence of violation of competition law. While dismissing the complaint, the fair trade regulator said, "The Commission finds that no prima facie case of contravention of the provisions of Section 4 of the Act is made out against Google in the instant matter". Section 4 of the Competition Act, deals with the abuse of dominant position. The ruling came on a complaint filed by Rachna Khaira (informant) accusing Google of granting exclusive access to Truecaller to share private contact information while prohibiting other apps from doing the same. Further, she alleged that this practice has distorted the market and created a monopoly for Truecaller. The informant also alleged that Google's developer policy prohibits unauthorised disclosure of non-public contacts

Paytm eyes expansion in travel, ties up with Skyscanner & Google Flights

The firm recorded a 19 per cent year-on-year increase in flight bookings on the platform in Q4FY24

Google launches Gemini Chatbot service in India, other South Asian nations

This announcement marks a significant step in Google's efforts to broaden the reach of its chatbot technology beyond select markets, as per reports by GSM Arena

Google launches Gemini app in India with support for 9 local languages

Smartphone users can type, talk, or upload an image to get answers to their queries

Google CEO Pichai testifies at Ozy trial, denies $600 million offer

Pichai on Friday told the jury in Brooklyn, New York, federal court that an acquisition of Ozy was never discussed but that Google did consider hiring Watson as head of its news programming

Sundar Pichai 52nd b'day: Lessons to be learnt from his successful life

Today, on June 10, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, turned 52 years old. In Silicon Valley, Pichai now leads one of the largest tech companies in the world, Google, which is worth a trillion dollars

YouTube toughens policy on gun videos in attempt to safeguard youth

YouTube is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. The video sharing platform owned by Google said Wednesday it will prohibit any videos demonstrating how to remove firearm safety devices. In addition, videos showing homemade guns, automatic weapons and certain firearm accessories like silencers will be restricted to users 18 and older. The changes take effect June 18 and come after gun safety advocates have repeatedly called on the platform to do more to ensure gun videos aren't making their way to the site's youngest users, potentially traumatising children or sending them down dark paths of extremism and violence. Katie Paul, director of the Tech Transparency Project, said the change was welcome news and a step in the right direction. But she questioned why the platform took so long to issue a new policy, and said her group will look to see how effectively YouTube enforces its new rule. Firearms

Can Google make India a hub for mobile phone assembly like Apple?

Apple Inc sold more than 7.5 million iPhones in India last year, according to estimates

Google's new project Astra represents future of AI-powered assistants

According to Google, some features of Project Astra could come to Gemini, the company's powerful AI model, toward the later half of this year

Google I/O 2024: Gemini AI gets new capabilities to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT

Google said Gemini AI is set to become the foundational model powering its services such as Search, Photos, Workspace, Android, and more