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Google's Area 120 unveils Qaya to create web storefronts for creatorS

With an aim to allow creators to easily set up new web storefronts for their audiences, tech giant Google's Area 120 has come up with a new service called Qaya

Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will be fired: Report

Alphabet Inc's Google told its employees they would lose pay and eventually be fired if they do not follow its COVID-19 vaccination rule, a report said

Google threatens to fire employees who are not unvaccinated, says report

Employees had until December 3 to declare their vaccination status and upload documentation showing proof, or to apply for a medical or religious exemption: Report

Govt issues urgent warning for Google Chrome internet browser users

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a 'high severity' warning for Google Chrome Internet browser users.

Google & Apple have 'vice-like' grip on users, says UK regulator

The regulator said it had provisionally found that the two groups were able to leverage their market power to create largely self-contained ecosystems

Google won't raise every employee's salary to keep up with inflation

A top Google executive has said that the tech giant would not automatically adjust all employees' salaries to account for inflation.

Google extends Play Store billing deadline for developers to Oct 31, 2022

Digital goods on the Play Store have to use its billing system, allowing Google to collect a percentage of in-app purchases as fees

Wankhede sues internet platforms, says they are 'spreading misinformation'

The matter is scheduled to be heard on December 17

Google to give all employees additional bonus of $1,600 this year

The latest benefit is in addition to Google's work-from-home allowance and well-being bonus

Cryptocurrencies, meme stocks atop Google's year in search in 2021

In entertainment, Walt Disney's Marvel franchise dominated the top five searched movies

Olympics to vaccination: Google India releases top search trends of 2021

Free Fire was the lone gaming entry that made it to the overall trending list, reflecting the massive popularity of the battle royale game

Covid vaccine, Squid Game among top searches in 2021: Google

According to the company, this year, searches for "how to heal" reached an all time high

Consumer spend on Apple, Google app stores to hit $133 bn in 2021

The global consumer spending on Apple App Store and Google Play Store is set to reach $133 billion in 2021, a 19.7 per cent (on-year) growth from $111.1 billion in 2020, a new report has said.

Tech giant Google rolls out voice, video call features to Gmail app

The company said that users can now start or join meetings and audio calls from one-on-one chats in Google Chat

Is Google facing less scrutiny in India than Facebook?

Google has mostly avoided controversies that have plagued its rival Facebook in India. What is the reason for Google enjoying a gentler political environment despite its size? Listen to this podcast

Important to balance open internet, regulations, says Google CEO

Speaking at the HT Leadership Summit 2021, Pichai said the tech giant remains committed to playing a strong enabling role in supporting growth of the Indian market

Google delays mandatory return to office beyond Jan 10 amid Omicron fear

Alphabet Inc's Google said it is indefinitely pushing back its January return-to-office plan globally amid growing concerns over the Omicron variant o

Microsoft nudging Windows users to stop downloading Google Chrome

Microsoft's new prompts come after the company first started testing ways to warn Windows 10 users not to install Chrome or Firefox a couple of years back

Removed 48,594 content pieces in Oct in India: Google compliance report

Google received 24,569 complaints from users and removed 48,594 pieces of content based on those complaints in October, the tech giant said in its monthly transparency report. In addition to reports from users, Google also removed 3,84,509 pieces of content in October as a result of automated detection. Google had received 29,842 complaints from users and removed 76,967 pieces of content in September, while 4,50,246 pieces of content were removed as a result of automated detection. The US-based company has made these disclosures as part of compliance with India's IT rules that came into force in May. Google, in its latest report, said it had received 24,569 complaints in October from individual users located in India via designated mechanisms, and the number of removal actions as a result of user complaints stood at 48,594. These complaints relate to third-party content that is believed to violate local laws or personal rights on Google's significant social media intermediaries (S

Google says will ban political advertising ahead of Philippine election

Alphabet Inc's Google said will ban political advertising on its platform in the run-up to Philippine elections in May next year