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Italian anti-competition watchdog probes Google over data portability abuse
The Italian Competition Authority on Thursday launched an investigation against Google for a possible abuse of dominant position in violation of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU
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Airtel approves allotment of 71.1 mn shares to Google at Rs 734 per share
Google will hold 1.2 per cent of the total post-issue equity shares of the company, Bharti Airtel said
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Google to slow hiring for the rest of the year as recession looms
Sundar Pichai said the company will focus on hiring "engineering, technical and other critical roles," in 2022 and 2023
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Instagram, TikTok eating into Google's core services, suggests top exec
The TikTok threat to Google's business is not just limited to YouTube, but core Google services, including Search and Maps, are also being impacted
All-new Chromecast with Google TV launches in India for Rs 6,399
Google on Monday announced the launch of new Chromecast with Google TV in India for Rs 6,399
Google offers to split ad-tech biz to avoid antitrust lawsuit: Report
New entity could be valued at tens of billions of dollars, depending on what assets it holds
Google offers to split ad-tech biz to avoid anti-trust lawsuit: Report
According to the Wall Street Journal, the deal was part of multiple concessions the tech giant offered the US Department of Justice to avoid lawsuits alleging anti-competitive practices.
'Take it down': Indian requests to social media firms at record highs
Twitter got the largest rise in government demand about content compared to the pre-pandemic period
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Google announces Startup School India for small-city entrepreneurs
Idea is to bring together investors, successful entrepreneurs and programmers that startups from smaller cities can to tap into and learn from the best; Google aims to tap at least 10,000 startups
Google announces innovation challenge for news publishers in Asia Pacific
The company said that the projects will be evaluated against several criteria, including impact on the news community, innovation, feasibility and a willingness to share knowledge
Google to erase more location info as abortion bans expand in US states
Google will purge information about users who visit abortion clinics or other places that could trigger legal problems now that the US Supreme Court has opened the door for states to ban abortion
Google to delete location data of users visiting an abortion clinic
In a blog post, Google said it would remove location history data about some "particularly personal" places from a Google account shortly after someone visits
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Google bans several malicious India-linked domains used for attacking users
Apart from India, Google has also provided examples of the hack-for-hire ecosystem from Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in order to help users
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Gboard's split keyboard beta makes it simpler to type on foldable phones
With a split keyboard option, Google's Gboard keyboard app for Android is offering a benefit to users of foldable phones (or, at least, for the time being, to beta users of the programme)
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Fossil collaborates with Google to make its new companion app compatible
It has been intriguing to track the shift to Wear OS 3 for smart wearables, and with each fresh piece of information, we can slowly see how Wear OS will develop in the long run
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Google to auto-delete abortion clinic visits from users' location data
Google has announced to automatically delete visits to abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, weight loss clinics, and other potentially sensitive locations from users' location data
Google to pay $90 million to settle lawsuit with app developers
The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco
Google updates its built-in password manager for Chrome and Android
According to The Verge, the most significant ability will be to manually add passwords to the service, rather than simply relying on Chrome's offer to save credentials when you use them.
Google's Switch to Android iOS app supports all Android 12 devices
Google upgraded its Switch to Android iOS app because it appears to believe that more consumers are converting from iPhones to Android smartphones
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YouTube launches new tool to combat comment spam, account imitators
Impersonators often leave comments on other videos to bring people over to their fake page
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