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Google Meet hosts can keep participants' microphones, cameras off
Google Meet is rolling out a new feature that would let the meeting host to turn off participants' microphones or cameras.
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Google's subscription fee cut good move, but still a 'Lagaan': Industry
What developers are asking for is fairness, not benevolence in the form of "reduced" commission percentages, says digital alliance
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Google Play cuts subscription fee from 30% to 15% starting Jan 1, 2022
Google Play currently charges 30 per cent fees for subscription services after 12 months. Now this will be 15 per cent for subscription services from the first day
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Monopoly power
Global digital ecosystem should be made competitive
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Swiss court rejects Google appeal over government cloud computing contract
A Swiss court has dismissed Google's bid to block the award of a government cloud computing contract worth up to 110 million Swiss francs ($119 million) to rival bidders
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Google's new Pixel phones and Android beef up iPhone competition
While Google's Android is the top smartphone operating system globally, the Alphabet Inc. unit has a minuscule market share in mobile handsets
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Sign up for metaverse: The virtual world Facebook's Zuckerberg is building
A metaverse could change how we see technology. It is likely to be a virtual world connecting work, play, meetings, and more
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Google tells suppliers to double production with Pixel 6 series: Report
Google has told its suppliers to double the production of its upcoming Pixel 6 smartphones from last year to more than 7 million units, the media reported on Tuesday.
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Recovery tracker: Slowdown in power generation, freight activity
Essential shopping up with rising pharmacy and grocery visits
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Green, sustainable: Google's new campus searches for carbon-free future
Google envisions its latest campus as the embodiment of a grander ambition to run its operations entirely free of carbon
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Google sent 50K warnings to targets of government-backed hackings
Google has said that so far in 2021, it has sent over 50,000 warnings to those whose accounts were the target of government-backed phishing or malware attempts
Biggest tech companies face US Bills on liability and competition
A measure from Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone and other leading House Democrats would revoke legal liability protections for platforms that use algorithms to spread harmful information
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India 6th most affected country by ransomware, says Google
Israel was far and away an outlier, with the highest number of submissions and nearly a 600 per cent increase in the number of submissions compared to its baseline.
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Google introduces continuous scrolling to Search on mobile
This new Search experience is starting to gradually roll out for most English searches on mobile in the US.
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Google will show cloud customers their carbon footprint: Report
Google will tell customers about the carbon footprint of idle or abandoned projects that continue to run on its servers
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Gmail suffers outage in India, says Downdetector
Users in India and in some other countries went to social media platforms complaining they were unable to access Gmail.
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AI: The origin story
Book review of Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook and the World
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Google set to launch 'Pixel Pass' subscription inspired by Apple One
Called 'Pixel Pass', the Google bundle plan has been detailed in a leaked image published by tech writer Brandon Lee.
Samsung Galaxy Watch4 Classic review: A promising debut with Google WearOS
At Rs 34,999 (Bluetooth, 46mm), the Samsung Galaxy Watch4 Classic is a solid smartwatch, which loses less and gains more from the Google WearOS platform
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India awaits finality on taxing global MNCs before removing 'Google Tax'
OECD agreement to be deliberated by finance ministers of G20 nations on Wednesday
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