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Pixel 7 series: Google set to return to India's premium smartphone market

Unveiled at the Google's developer conference earlier this year, the Pixel 7 series is set to launch globally on October 6 at 'Made by Google' hardware launch event

Google rolls out tool to let people remove personal info from Search

Earlier this year, Google updated its policies around removing personally identifying information

YouTube announces new ways for creators to make money through Shorts

Over the last three years, YouTube has paid creators, artists and media companies more than $50 billion

Google's new feature allows users to buy train tickets in select countries

Once you select the train that works best, there's a direct link to complete your booking on the partner's website

Honor Pad 8 coming to India as a Flipkart exclusive on Sep 23: Price, specs

The Honor Pad 8 features 12-inch IPS 2K screen, eight speakers with DTS: X ULTRA, and metallic unibody design. Here are the detailed specifications and features of the tablets

Google asks loan apps to display link to partner bank, NBFC: Report

Google also said that the digital lending apps that fail to comply with the rules, will be deleted from the Google Play Store

Google CEO Pichai visits Indian Embassy in US, meets envoy Taranjit Sandhu

In a first, Google CEO Sunder Pichai visited the Embassy of India here in the American capital and held discussions with India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, on various aspects of the tech company's activities in the country, particularly its aggressive push towards digitization. Thank you Ambassador Sandhu for the great conversation, Pichai said in a tweet after his visit to the Indian Embassy in downtown Washington DC late last week. This is for the first time that a top Indian American tech CEO has visited the embassy here. Appreciated the chance to discuss Google's commitment to India and look forward to continuing our support for India's digital future, said Pichai, who in January this year was named among the 17 awardees to receive Padma Bhushan. Technology that transforms; ideas that enable! tweeted Sandhu. Delighted to receive Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai at the Embassy, he said. Exchanged thoughts on expanding India-US commercial, knowledge & tech

WinZO sues Google for Play Store's new policy allowing only fantasy sports

Google is set to run a pilot test for the local developers to distribute their daily fantasy sports (DFS) and rummy games apps on Play Store in India, as e-sports become big in the country

Winzo sues Google to stop new gaming policy, calls it discriminatory

Online gaming platform Winzo has sued Google to stop the tech giant from allowing real-money games for fantasy sports and rummy on its platform

Google's chipset Tensor G2 to improve GPU performance over its predecessor

The benchmark test reveals the Tensor G2's CPU system, featuring two Core X1, two Cortex A76, and four Cortex A55 cores as last year

Google pilot to keep political campaign emails out of Gmail spam launched

The US Federal Election Commission had approved the Google programme in August

Thomson QLED Google TV 55-inch review: An affordable yet competent smart TV

The Thomson QLED Google TV 55-inch is not perfect, but its affordable price tag makes up for its limitations. The TV impresses with premium design, good audio-visual experience, and modest performance

Google faces pressure in India to help curb illegal lending apps: Report

While RBI requires that any lending apps listed on app stores be backed by regulated entities, it is up to Google to enforce this and monitor compliance

YouTube concludes experiment that showed 10 unskippable ads to some users

YouTube has given a statement in this regard informing that this experiment with advertisements has now concluded

Several app developers may soon have to pay 6% commission to Google: Report

This comes after Google announced a change in its billing system allowing the developers to pay via mechanisms other than the Google Play billing system

Google cuts jobs and funding at new 'idea incubator', says report

Some teams at Area 120 were notified this week that their projects had been reorganised or cancelled

Google working on 'Pixel Mini' small screen phone with punch-hole display

Tech giant Google is said to be working on a new Pixel mini smartphone that might come with a small screen

Google to show Play Store reviews based on your device, says report

The update, promised to occur in "early 2022" in August 2021, now has arrived as Google prepares to introduce its own tablet and wearable, reports The Verge

EU court largely upholds $4-bn fine on Google for Android OS antitrust

One of the European Union's highest courts has largely upheld a huge fine issued to Google by the bloc's antitrust enforcers in 2018 over its Android mobile operating system. The European Court of Justice's General Court on Wednesday mostly confirmed a European Commission decision to slap Google with a fine of more than 4 billion euros for stifling competition through the dominance of Android. The court said it was appropriate to give Google a fine of 4.125 billion euros (USD 4.155 billion), slightly lower than the original 4.34 billion euro penalty.

South Korea's privacy watchdog fines Google, Meta over privacy violations

South Korea's privacy watchdog has fined Google and Meta a combined 100 billion won (USD 72 million) for tracking consumers' online behavioUr without their consent and using their data for targeted advertisements. T South Korea's Personal Information and Protection Commission said it fined Google 69.2 billion won (USD 50 million) and Meta 30.8 billion won (USD 22 million) after a meeting where officials agreed that the companies' business practices might cause serious privacy infringements. The fines were the biggest ever penalties imposed by South Korea for privacy law violations, the commission said in a press release. According to the commission, Google and Meta, which operates Facebook and Instagram, didn't clearly inform users or obtain their consent as they collected and analySed information about their online usage patterns and used the data they gathered to create individually customised advertisements. The commission ordered the companies to provide an easy and clear proce