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Google plans to test AR glasses in public from August to 'help users'

With an aim to help users, tech giant Google has announced that it is planning to test augmented reality (AR) glasses in public beginning next month

Airtel approves allotment of 71.1 mn shares to Google at Rs 734 per share

Google will hold 1.2 per cent of the total post-issue equity shares of the company, Bharti Airtel said

Google honours Romanian physicist Ștefania Mărăcineanu on her140th birthday

One of the pioneering women in the discovery and research of radioactivity, Mărăcineanu formed Romania's first laboratory for study of Radioactivity after returning from the Astronomical Observatory

Journalists under pressure amid erosion of press freedom: Google News Lab

Misinformation is top of mind almost everywhere in the region, and journalists feel as if it's their cross to bear

Google paying more than 300 European publishers for news, will add more

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries for their news and will roll out a tool to make it easier for others to sign up too, the company told Reuters.

Russia blocks Google News service due to 'unreliable information' on Moscow

The access to the online resource news.google.com has been blocked, the telecoms regulator told Interfax on Wednesday

Google signs 5-year licensing deal with AFP for paid news subscription

Alphabet Inc's Google will begin paying Agence France-Presse for its news content as part of broad five-year partnership

Google announces first cohort of media startups under GNI initiative

The GNI Startups Lab is a 16-week catalyst programme that aims to help the next generation independent Indian news startups achieve financial and operational sustainability

Google fined $593 mn by French antitrust agency over news content issue

Google ignored a 2020 decision to negotiate in good faith for displaying snippets of articles on its Google News service

German competition authority launches probe into Google's news showcase

Google said that its Showcase product, which was launched last autumn, was one of many ways it supported journalism

Google launches Showcase, to train 50,000 journalists in digital skills

The Google New Showcase, launched late last year,currently active in several countries, will show content from Indian publisher partners in English and Hindi in dedicated News Showcase panels.

Google planning to lower commission rate for in-app purchases in S Korea

Google has announced a plan to newly introduce the 30 percent commission to all in-app digital goods purchases in South Korea later this year

Facebook has agreed to lift its Australian news ban, announces govt

Facebook blocked Australian users from accessing and sharing news after the House of Representatives passed the draft law late Wednesday last week

Major Australian media company strikes news pay deal with Google

Seven West Media has become the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism

Google's $76 mn deal with French publishers leaves many outlets infuriated

The move infuriated many other French outlets, which deemed it unfair and opaque

Google opens paid-for Aus news platform to undercut Canberra's payment law

Only rolled out previously in Brazil and Germany, the News Showcase platform was originally slated for launch last June

Microsoft supports Australian plan to make Google pay for news content

Although Bing is Australia's second most popular search engine, it has only a 3.6 per cent market share, according to web analytics service Statcounter

Google pauses plans for 'news showcase' product in Australia: Report

The company doesn't oppose a code, but the arbitration system outlined in the draft is "unworkable," Mel Silva, Google's vice president in Australia and New Zealand said

Google drops Australia from News Showcase launch amid regulator rancour

Alphabet Inc unit dropped Australia from the product's launch this week because its antitrust body has since pushed for laws forcing Google to pay royalties for content industry-wide

Google to pay publishers in 5 nations $1 bn over 3 years for news content

The internet search giant said Thursday that it has signed agreements for its news partnership program with nearly 200 publications in Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the U.K. and Australia