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As Sundar Pichai becomes Alphabet chief, founders get $2-bn retirement gift
The Google co-founders added more than $1 billion each to their net worth as the firm's shares rose 1.9 per cent in New York
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Era ends for Google as founders step aside from a pillar of tech
The move confirms the ascendancy of Pichai, 47, as one of tech's most powerful people
To improve digital wellbeing, Google rolls out new feature-Focus Mode
The feature for Android devices allows one to turn off distractions such as social media updates or email notifications until they want to focus on a particular task
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Google takes down UK Conservative Party YouTube ad with BBC material
British political parties are pushing the boundaries of internet campaigning in the upcoming general election
A thorny crown: Pichai now sole target for Google's all regulatory battles
Pichai was named to the additional post of CEO of Alphabet on Tuesday, making him the public face of a company long associated with co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin
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Genius sues Google, seeks $50 mn in damages for allegedly copying lyrics
Genius, a platform that music fans can use to look up and annotate lyrics, said the tech giant has been copying its lyrics for years
Top Headlines: Pichai named Alphabet's CEO, Chidambaram gets bail and more
Google CEO Indian-American Sundar Pichai (47), is set to assume the role of Alphabet CEO
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A big question before Alphabet: Is Pichai up for a gruelling top role?
The second question is whether the Alphabet structure has outlived its usefulness
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Sundar Pichai named CEO at Google parent Alphabet after founders step down
In his statement, Pichai made it clear that the transition will not affect the Alphabet structure or the work they do day to day
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Nine of 10 Indian users consume content in local languages: Google India
Nearly 40 million users of Internet who were added from 2015-18 and nine out of ten such new user is Indian language user, Nidhi Gupta, senior product manager, Google India said
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The dance of the media elephants
As the big boys of media push for consolidation, scale is emerging as the killer app
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Workers fired from Google to file complaint, allege 'unfair retaliation'
Company officials wrote in a memo that four workers were fired for searching for and sharing business information that was not connected to their jobs
EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google's data collection
Last week, the EU competition enforcer sent out questionnaires to several companies, asking them about Google's data practices and giving them a month to reply.
Google, Facebook and Twitter scramble to hold Washington at bay
Facebook has hired two crisis PR firms, and it plans to bring on as many as 1,000 people to screen ads
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Meet the people who'll defend Google, Facebook and Twitter before lawmakers
Here's who will appear in the congressional hearings
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London mayor asks Facebook, Twitter to act over abuse or face clampdown
Mayor Sadiq Khan said, with skills and resources these companies have at their disposal, I believe it's possible to go further and faster
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US drafts order to probe Google, Facebook over possible online 'bias'
The order is in its preliminary stages and hasn't yet been run past other government agencies, said a White House official
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New Zealand plans digital tax on online giants like Google and Facebook
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the proposed digital services tax would tax multinational online companies at about 2 or 3 per cent on the revenue they generate in New Zealand
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Google Photos now lets you manually tag people in images: Details here
Face tagging feature still relies on the Google's algorithm and its ability to detect person or pet's face
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After WhatsApp snooping row, now Google warned 12,000 users
According to a recent report 'Phishing - Baiting the Hook' by Akamai, Microsoft, PayPal, DHL, and Dropbox were the top targeted brands when it came to phishing
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