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A/B test: How offline businesses are learning from Google to boost profits
An A/B test is when a company gives a user access to one of two versions of a website or app: the current version and the prototype
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Google begins rolling out 'Neighbourly' Q&A app across Indian cities
Part of the company's Next Billion Users (NBU) initiative, Neighbourly will be launched across India an a phased manner over the next two weeks
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Google to allow users to comment on search results, like and dislike them
It could also allow users to add comments to sports games while they are live
Google announces new sexual harassment policies after mass protest by staff
Some 150 Google employees participated in the walkout in India. The employees were from Hyderabad, Gurgaon and Mumbai offices
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Walkout prompts Google to reform policies on dealing with sexual harassment
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says in note company is ""sincerely sorry" for past policies a week after 20,000 workers around the world walked off their jobs to protest company's response to sexual harass
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Google plans war on privacy, to choke revenue of sites with stolen content
Google boasted that it has been generating more money for those who create or own digital content
Why Google workers rejected Silicon Valley individualism in walkout
For decades, Silicon Valley has been ground zero for a vaguely utopian form of individualism - the idea that a single engineer with a laptop and an internet connection could change the world
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Google walkout: Pichai says he's still the boss, protests won't sway him
On Thursday, thousands of Google employees walked out of their offices worldwide to protest the company's handling of alleged misconduct by some executives
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Google workers stage global walkout on its handling of sexual harassment
The report said Rubin received a $90 million severance package in 2014 even though Google concluded the sexual misconduct allegations against him were credible
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Google employees to protest company's handling of sexual harassment case
Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologised for the company's "past actions" in an email sent to employees Tuesday
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Google Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL go on sale: Know price, features, specifications
The Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are priced at Rs 71,000 and Rs 83,000 for the 64GB storage variant, whereas the 128GB variant retails at Rs 80,000 and Rs 92,000, respectively
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More than 1,500 Google employees plan walk-out against workplace harassment
A Google investigation found the woman's complaint to be credible
The 24x7 clean energy goal
In India, it is not easy for consumers to buy clean power. Nor is it easy for consumers to buy non-clean power, given the state of the power distribution companies
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Google makes it easier to review, delete search data: Here is how to use it
The feature is currently available for desktop and web platforms; it will be available in the Google app for iOS and Android in coming weeks, and in Google Maps from next year
Google is teaching children to 'be internet awesome' when it's not being so
The game is meant to help students from third grade through sixth guard against schemers, hackers and other bad actors
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Google seeks patent on technology that wipes out wind noise in recordings
This technology is expected to help users in various applications, including Google's own video streaming platform YouTube
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Phone makers in Europe to pay Google $40 per device to carry Google's apps
Google said it was updating the compatibility agreements with mobile device makers and may ask them to pay a fee for Google Play and other its other Android apps
Google files a patent application for its wind noise filtering technology
Videos recorded outdoors are susceptible to distortions created by the environment
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Google Plus lost out because it could not engage consumers
Google Plus had little 'adhesive' power; the average period of user engagement is just five seconds - so short, that it can be dismissed as accidental
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In a first, Sundar Pichai to publicly address Google's China-centric plans
Since China is an important market, Google is developing a censored search-engine for Beijing codenamed 'Dragonfly'