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Data-giant Google's revenues from APAC growing faster than elsewhere

The company's profits in India have multiplied three-fold in the last five years

Google has trained 40,000 people in cybersecurity so far: Vice President

The firm has committed to upskill 100,000 people, says Royal Hansen, adding that India was very similar to the US and Europe in terms of challenges and work in the domain of cybersecurity

YouTube creators contributed Rs 10,000 cr to India's GDP in 2021: Study

Video sharing platform supported more than 750,000 full-time equivalent jobs in the country

Google to merge Digilocker in Files app to access official docs in India

Google on Monday announced that it will integrate "DigiLocker", a government-issued document storage service, into the Files app on Android so users can access government-verified documents

Google's India focus for 2023 & beyond: Harness AI to solve huge problems

Under the Google for India Digitization fund, the firm will continue to support innovation ecosystem, with special focus on early-stage and women-led start-ups

Google removes around 7,599 YouTube channels over spam reports in China

Google removed thousands of YouTube channels last month, including 7,599 channels, 1 AdSense account, and 3 Blogger blogs as part of investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to China

Google's client-side encryption for Gmail enters beta

With this, the customers will retain control over encryption keys and the identity service to access those keys

Fitbit Versa 4: Unboxing fitness smartwatch with Google Maps built-in

Health and fitness wearable maker Fitbit is now Fitbit by Google. Among the company’s first smartwatches to come with Google’s services is the Versa 4. With Google Maps built-in, this fitness-focused smartwatch offers over 40 exercise modes, real-time stats, built-in GPS and Active Zone Minutes. Priced at Rs 20,499, the Fitbit Versa 4 comes with a six-month premium membership for new and returning customers. The Fitbit Premium comes with additions such as Daily Readiness Score and Sleep Profile, and over 1,000 workout and mindfulness sessions. #Fitbit #Google #Versa4

Google Chrome introduces feature to give price drop notifications

This feature is available on desktops and Android devices in the US and can be turned on by selecting 'track price' in the Chrome address bar

Google enables Matter on Home, Nest, and Android devices: Details here

Matter is a universal connectivity standard for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Google said its Matter-enabled devices are ready to connect to Matter devices from other brands

Linux Foundation partners with tech giants take to compete Google Maps

In order to create complete, accurate and updated map data as the physical world changes, Overture members will combine their resources

Google tests 'Digital Driver's License' support in its Android Wallet app

The feature was announced during Google's developer-focused I/O keynote in May, when a slide showed US State Maryland as the first ID available for the upcoming feature

Apple partners with Google, Mozilla web browsers to develop Speedometer 3

Speedometer is a benchmark for web browsers that measures Web application responsiveness by timing simulated user interactions on various workloads

Google adds 'Search Status Dashboard' to provide real-time service outages

This dashboard will report the widespread issues occurring in the last 7 days, with some details and the current status of the incident

Google Docs rolls out canvas feature to display code with code blocks

The new feature gives users the ability to visualise code with industry standards, making code readable and collaboration much easier

Sundar Pichai coming to India; govt to discuss 'Made in India' Pixel phones

According to a recent media report, Google plans to shift half the production of Pixel devices out of China, and the Indian govt wants India to become an assembly base as well

MeitY, Google to help 100 Indian startups scale their app business

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Startup Hub and Google announce they will help 100 more Indian startups with the second edition of Appscale Academy

YouTube introduces new feature to warn users against their abusive comments

The company says it will send a notification to people whose abusive comments have been removed for violating the platform's rules

46% Indians have low or zero trust in Google reviews, ratings: Survey

A total of 47% respondents were from tier-1, 33% from tier-2 and 20% from tier-3 and tier-4 and rural districts

YouTube announces to show users estimate process time for uploads

In an announcement from its 'TeamYouTube' account on Twitter, the video-sharing platform wrote, more info, less guessing