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Google announces India-first AI-powered experiences for Maps: Details here

Among the new AI-powered experiences is the address descriptors, lens integration, and live view walking navigation. Below are the details of the features soon coming to Google Maps

Google Messages gets wallpapers to distinguish RCS chats from SMS: Report

Google is expected to rollout the feature soon with more customisation options for background

AI may create more jobs than it can eliminate: Tech Mahindra's outgoing CEO

Generative AI technology can create more jobs than it is expected to eliminate, Tech Mahindra's outgoing CEO said, even as its ability to wreck the job market has been discussed on social media.

Google vs MakeMyTrip trademark case: A curious case of 'confusion'

The order has opened up a new debate on trademark infringement in the digital realm, revolving around whether it can create confusion among users

Google plans to phase out use of third-party cookies for users in 2024

The search giant is set to roll out the feature, called Tracking Protection, on Jan. 4 to 1% of Chrome users globally, that will restrict cross-site tracking by default

Google, Meta, Qualcomm team up to push for open digital ecosystems

Calling itself the Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems (CODE), the group said it wants to promote more open platforms and systems to boost growth and innovation in Europe

Google offers enhanced generative AI features for cloud customers

Google Cloud clients can use Gemini to create apps such as AI-powered chatbots, easy-to-query inventory databases and marketing presentations

Google supports women-led AI startups in tech innovation, sustainability

Google for Startups Accelerator programme is designed to enable women entrepreneurs who are using technology to solve complex problems and are making a positive impact on society

Indian developer community cheers Epic Games win against Google in the US

In the latest case, the jury also observed that the company hurt competition by tying Google Play store with its payment services

Google's Epic legal defeat threatens $200 billion app store industry

The loss - handed down by a San Francisco jury on Monday - is a blow to the two companies' business model in apps, where they charge commissions of as much as 30 per cent

Indian consumertech industry to reach $300 billion by 2027: Report

The unlocking of India's consumer potential is driven by digital public infrastructure (DPI) and population-scale solutions

Explained: Epic Games' win against tech giant Google in US Federal Court

A US Federal Court has said that Google has turned the Google Play app store and Google Play Billion service into an illegal monopoly. But what is the Epic vs Google case? Here's all you need to know

Google to bring Samsung Secure Folder-like 'Private Space' with Android 15

The built-in Private Space on Android smartphones is expected to debut with Android 15 next year

Google maintained monopoly by engaging in anticompetitive conduct: US Court

A federal court jury has decided that Google's Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire. The unanimous verdict reached Monday came after just three hours of deliberation following a four-week trial revolving around a lucrative payment system within Google's Play store. The store is the main place where hundreds of millions of people around the world download and install apps that work on smartphones powered by Google's Android software. Epic Games, the maker of the popular Fortnite video game, filed a lawsuit against Google three years ago, alleging that the internet search giant has been abusing its power to shield its Play Store from competition in order to protect a gold mine that makes billions of dollars annually. Just as Apple does for its iPhone app store, Google collects a commission ranging from 15 per cent to 30 per cent on digital

Alphabet loses Google Play Store antitrust battle with Epic Games

Epic largely lost a similar challenge to Apple Inc.'s app store two years ago and both companies have asked the US Supreme Court to review their dispute

Google trial focused on app store payments to be handed off to jury

A federal court jury is poised begin its deliberations in an antitrust trial focused on whether Google's efforts to profit from its app store for Android smartphones have been illegally gouging consumers and stifling innovation. Before the nine-person jury in San Francisco starts weighing the evidence on Monday, the lawyers on the opposing sides of the trial will present their closing arguments in a three-year-old case filed by Epic Games, the maker of the popular Fortnite video game. The four-week trial included testimony from both Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who sometimes seemed like a professor explaining complex topics while standing behind a lectern because of a health issue, and Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, who painted himself as a video game lover on a mission to take down a greedy tech titan. Epic alleged that Google has been exploiting its wealth and control of the Android software that powers most of the world's smartphones to protect a lucrative payment system within its Play Stor

Vaishali Kasture resigns as AWS India's interim country head in five months

Vaishali Kasture had taken over from the former president of commercial business, Puneet Chandok, in July this year

AI race gets fiercer: Is Google's Gemini a giant stride or leap of faith?

Gemini is currently available only in English but support for other languages are expected to come soon

Microsoft, OpenAI partnership draws UK antitrust regulator scrutiny

Brad Smith, Microsoft's president, said as recently as last month he doesn't "see a future where Microsoft takes control of OpenAI"

AI startups that help fight cancer, fraud picked for Google accelerator

20 companies will be mentored for solutions that 'positively impact various industries and transform lives', says tech giant