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Google, Walmart join US effort to speed up coronavirus testing
Google would offer a website to help people determine whether they needed tests and retailers would set up drive-through testing in parking lots
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Google to develop website to help with coronavirus test: Donald Trump
Trump said the search giant would create a website to help determine whether individuals need a coronavirus test or not
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Coronavirus: Bengaluru shuts down; firms ask employees to work from home
Google techie tests positive for Coronavirus; Amazon, Uber India, Microsoft ask all employees to work from home if they can
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COVID-19: Google Bengaluru employee infected; staff told to work from home
After Dell India and Mindtree, this is the third case where an employee of a tech giant has been diagnosed with coronavirus in the country
Google restricts visits to offices to curb deadly coronavirus risk
Google was already among technology companies, including Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon that have given employees the option of working from home instead of going to the office
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Microsoft says two employees have been diagnosed with coronavirus
Microsoft had asked workers who can to do their jobs from home through March 25, and that guidance remains unchanged based on the new cases.
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'Hey Google, read it': Now, you can tell assistant to read web articles
You can choose the reading speed and voice
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After Mumbai, Google to launch its cloud infrastructure in Delhi by 2021
Projected to launch in 2021, the Delhi cloud region will have three zones to protect against service disruptions
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Coronavirus forces Google to cancel its annual developer conference
Google becomes the second FAANG member after Facebook Inc to cancel its conference as the virus, that originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, spreads globally
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Google, Facebook threaten to suspend services in Pak over new regulations
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf government announced a new set of rules to regulate social media activity
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India's Patent office rejects Google's application for wearable electronics
The company, in its patent specification, said that the invention comprises of electronic devices provided in shoes or ankle bracelets
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FB, Twitter, Google threaten to shut services in Pak over new internet law
The new set of regulations makes it compulsory for social media companies to open offices in Islamabad, build data servers to store information and take down content upon identification by authorities
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Google updates terms of service in plain language after EU scrutiny
Google has been updating its policies and tweaking what is and isn't allowed on its sites for the past couple of years as scrutiny of the tech industry heats up across the US and Europe
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EU privacy body warns of privacy risks in Google, Fitbit $2.1 bn deal
Google announced the deal in November last year, as it seeks to compete with Apple and Samsung in the crowded market for fitness trackers and smart watches
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Google-backed Dunzo raises Rs 78 cr from Alteria, expands into other cities
The delivery and local e-commerce firm is steadily expanding deeper into other cities
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Google to wind down free WiFi services under Station programme globally
RailTel to continue service at the 415 stations where Google provided tech support
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Google in talks with publishers to pay for displaying news items
News executives have been calling on Facebook and Google to pay for the rights to host their articles
Google says HR chief stepping down as company faces worker activism
Google added more than 70,000 employees during Eileen Naughton's time as head of human resources.
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Google looking to expand mixed mode commute option to cities across India
Fitzpatrick listed 14 features that Google has incorporated in the maps
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Worried about abuse of social platforms for revenge porn, fake news: Prasad
He also asserted that identification of the originator of messages was still a problem with regard to WhatsApp
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