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Search payments necessary to support Android ecosystem, argues Google

The competition between Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Apple is "as intense as it gets," said Jamie Rosenberg, testifying in the search giant's defence Wednesday

A toolkit for entrepreneurs

For people who want to start up but don't know how to go about it, Uri Levine's book offers a step-by-step guide to getting on with their entrepreneurial journey

Media consumption on internet is in a state of regression: Geert Lovink

Control is not just about what you are saying or the images you are using. Control is hidden in the formats you are using, said Lovink

Google, Microsoft bet on Stanford alum to make AI work for billion users

''Every year, big tech companies spend billions of dollars collecting training data for their AI" and machine learning models, said Manu Chopra

YouTube cracks down on ad-blockers, encourages users to switch to paid tier

In June this year, YouTube started restricting usage on devices with ad-blockers enabled in experiment. It display a message to users asking them to turn-off the ad-blocker or buy premium subscription

Google brings car crash detection feature on Pixel smartphones to India

According to Google Support page, the car crash detection feature will be available on Pixel 4A and later smartphones

Google Chrome for iOS: How-to move address bar to the bottom side of screen

Recently, Google added new address bar-related features on Chrome for desktop. These include smart auto completion and better search suggestions

Pixel 8 review: Google's software, AI in compact and cost-effective package

The Pixel 8 might be the right choice for you, provided you can accept and work around its shortcomings in the hardware department

Pichai defends paying for making Google default search engine on devices

Testifying in the biggest US antitrust case in a quarter century, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company's practice of paying Apple and other tech companies to make Google the default search engine on their devices, saying the intent was to make the user experience seamless and easy". The Department of Justice contends that Google a company whose very name is synonymous with scouring the internet pays off tech companies to lock out rival search engines to smother competition and innovation. The payments came to more than $26 billion in 2021, according to court documents the government entered into the record last week. Google counters that it dominates the market because its search engine is better than the competition. Pichai, the star witness in Google's defence, testified Monday that Google's payments to phone manufacturers and wireless phone companies were partly meant to nudge them into making costly security upgrades and other improvements to their devices, not just t

Paid $26 billion to be default search engine, says Google's Raghavan

The amount of money Google has paid other companies for default status for its search engine has more than tripled since 2014, Raghavan said

Google CEO lashes out at Microsoft in defense of search practices at trial

In testimony Monday morning, Pichai took a couple of swipes at Microsoft's browser, Internet Explorer

Alphabet shares slump over 8% as cloud unit services misses estimates

As Google's dominant search business matures, investors are looking to the cloud unit to take the lead on growth. The unit reported operating income of $266 million, missing estimates of $434 million

Google, US bank coalition pledge billions to underserved businesses

The Biden Administration announced a series of measures to boost small and minority-owned businesses ahead of its annual Freedman's Bank Forum

Google Pixel 8 bets on premium segment in India, but challenges galore

The Pixel range and its new Pixel 8 (which starts from Rs 75,999, aimed at the upper premium end of the market, where Samsung is the big boy it has so far not set the market on fire

How artificial intelligence is making phones intuitive and creative

AI has become prominent with the emergence of generative AI

Google resumes work on AR Iris glasses with built-in assistant: Report

The Iris glasses would be highly integrated with Google Assistant, which might work with gesture controls besides voice

With Pixel phones, Google set to be trusted Make in India partner

Tech giant commits to roll out first locally made Pixel phone by 2024

Google to manufacture Pixel smartphones in India, will roll out by 2024

The first India-made Pixel devices will come to market in 2024

Infosys to train 20,000 employees on Google Cloud's GenAI, aims expertise

The company is enhancing a wide range of its existing platforms and solutions with Infosys Topaz and Google Cloud GenAI features

Passkey: What it is, how-to setup password-less authentication using phones

Instead of using an alphanumeric password or two-step verification via SMS, Passkeys allow users to authenticate signing in requests by using biometrics such as fingerprints and facial scans