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Firms that didn't sign Google contracts became extinct, says CCI

Google's alleged anti-competitive agreements prohibited original equipment manufacturers from producing a version of the OS that had not been approved as Android-compatible by Google

Tech giant Google announces 'Android 13 QPR3 Beta 1', launch on March 13

Tech giant Google has announced that it will release its "Android 13 QPR3 Beta 1" update in the week of March 13

Google to now let beta users reorder devices in Home application

Beta users will now see a "Reorder" button at the bottom of the Favourites tab, while "Add" appears to have been renamed to "Edit"

Google announces to start its Chrome 111 update, will end Cleanup Tool

Google has announced that starting with the Chrome 111 update, it has turned down its Chrome Cleanup Tool an application distributed to Chrome users on Windows

Tech giant Google to promote fewer employees to senior roles in 2023

The L6 distinction refers to the first layer of the workforce which is considered senior and normally consists of people with roughly ten years of experience

VPN access expanding to Google One members, to be available in 22 nations

Tech giant Google has announced that it is expanding its VPN access to all Google One members, including members with the Basic plan that starts at $1.99 per month

Competition Commission of India squeezed by staff vacancies and workload

The Competition Commission of India, which has imposed million dollar penalties on Alphabet Inc.'s Google to Amazon.com Inc., is functioning with just two members

Google-backed startup unveils multilingual voice search technology

Slang Labs was co-founded in 2017 by founders who had earlier co-founded Little Eye Labs, the first and only Indian company to be acquired by Meta (Facebook)

Google, Meta file lawsuit against South Korean data watchdog's ruling

Google and Meta Platforms have filed a lawsuit against a ruling by the South Korean data protection watchdog to penalise the global tech giants for illegally collecting personal data here

Streaming platform YouTube Music gives update on 'Listening Room' programme

Google-owned music streaming platform YouTube Music has provided an update on its 'Listening Room' programme, for which the company opened and then quickly closed applications in January.

Google rolls out PDF drawing, highlighting tools on cloud service Drive

Google has rolled out new annotation tools on its cloud service Drive on Android, which will give users a quick way to draw on and highlight PDFs

Google Keep's new feature lets users pin notes to home screen on Android

Tech giant Google has announced that it is rolling out a new feature on its note-taking service 'Google Keep' that will allow users to "pin" a note or list to their home screen on Android devices

Google purges over 7,500 YouTube channels linked to malicious operations

Google took down more than 7,500 YouTube channels in Q1 2023 as part of its investigation into coordinated influence operations, and terminated 6,285 YouTube channels

Google-owned YouTube disables posts, new comments on English Help forum

Meanwhile, YouTube Music will soon introduce podcasts to the application for users in the US

Unicorn proptech start-up NoBroker raises $5 mn from Google for expansion

Unicorn proptech startup NoBroker has raised USD 5 million from technology major Google as part of its expansion plan. NoBroker has bagged funding from Google, which joins existing investors General Atlantic, Tiger Global and Moore Strategic Ventures in its Series E round, the Bengaluru-based firm said in a statement. In November 2021, NoBroker.com raised USD 210 million from investors, including General Atlantic and Tiger global to expand its business across 50 cities. The Series E funding round was led by General Atlantic, Tiger Global Management and Moore Strategic Ventures. NoBroker platform helps in renting, buying, selling, home services, financial services to society management services through NoBrokerHood. "One of the key areas where we will leverage this partnership will be to build unique solutions that help simplify the lives of the residents of NoBrokerHood societies. Our objective is to aggressively grow and reach 1 lakh societies in the next few years," said Akhil ..

Prop-tech startup NoBroker raises $5 mn from Google in extended Series E

With this, Google joins existing investors General Atlantic, Tiger Global and Moore Strategic Ventures; tech giant will also collaborate with NoBroker to enhance overall user experience

Google Chrome's latest update extends MacBook battery life: Report

Meanwhile, last month, the tech giant had rolled out the Memory and Energy Saver modes for Chrome on Mac, Windows, Linux as well as Chromebooks

Google's non-compliance will hit us hard, lament leading Indian startups

Leading startups gathered under one roof to brainstorm on implications of Google's User Choice Billing system, saying Google's non-compliance with CCI orders will only harm the startup ecosystem

Google's client-side encryption now available to users globally for Gmail

Google has announced that client-side encryption mode is now generally available for Gmail globally to customers with Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus

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