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Apple, Google, Ford, other US brands join corporate wave shunning Russia

Apple stops sales of iPhones and other products in Russia, makes changes to its Maps app to protect civilians in Ukraine.

Google removes over 100,000 pieces of bad content in India in January

The 104,285 pieces of content were removed under various categories like Copyright, Trademark, Court Order, Graphic Sexual Content, Circumvention, and others

Russia:Google, Meta face penalties as deadline passes to open local offices

Russian legislation has obliged foreign social media companies with more than 500,000 daily users to open local offices since July 2021 or be subject to restrictions as severe as outright bans

Google to discontinue Chrome's 'Lite Mode' on Android with its v100 update

Google explained that the reason for sunsetting the feature is the "decrease in cost" for cellular data plans, as well as other improvements Chrome has made to data usage

Google brings back massages, gyms as San Francisco Covid-19 worries ease

Those who enter Google's work sites will be required to be fully vaccinated or have an approved exemption.

Meta, Google face data doomsday as key European Union decision looms

Irish watchdog to rule on data transfer contract terms

Google to shut down 'Currents' in 2023, users to be moved to 'Spaces'

Currents was to enable people have meaningful discussions and interactions across organisation, helping keep everyone in the know and allowing leaders to connect with their employees

High attrition, employee cost casts spell on IT stks; buy on dips: Analysts

The nervousness in the IT stocks, analysts believe, is on account of rising employee costs at a time the business growth has been modest year-on-year in the December 2021 quarter (Q3FY22)

Google testing adding visual look-up tool Lens to desktop Search on web

According to a user browsing with Incognito Mode, Lens on google.com appears in the search field next to the voice microphone

Google removed 94,173 content pieces in December in India

Google received 31,497 complaints from users and removed 94,173 pieces of content based on those complaints in December, the tech giant said in its monthly transparency report

Google to invest $1 bn in Airtel in partnership for cheap smartphones, 5G

Deal includes investment of $700 million to acquire 1.28 per cent ownership in Airtel.

Apple submits plans to allow alternative payment systems in S. Korea

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) had requested Apple Inc and Alphabet's Google to submit compliance plans after the bill was passed in August last year.

Google delays mandatory return to office beyond Jan 10 amid Omicron fear

Alphabet Inc's Google said it is indefinitely pushing back its January return-to-office plan globally amid growing concerns over the Omicron variant o

Reliance's cheap JioPhone can unleash a credit revolution across the globe

A small band of policy influencers may unlock the next big prize for banks: the billions who operate outside the formal finance sector.

Google parent Alphabet reaches record quarterly revenue, profit in ad boom

Alphabet said revenue from Google advertising rose nearly 70% to $50.44 billion

Google publishes report under new IT rules, removes 59K pieces of content

The total number of complaints received by Google in the reported period was 27,762, of which 96.2 per cent related to copyright issues, 1.3 per cent were related to trademark, 1 per cent defamation

Google is at its peak, but employees see cracks and question CEO Pichai

Employees say Google is rocked by workplace culture fights, and Pichai's attempts to lower the temperature had the opposite effect.

Google unveils new features to keep users clicking after lockdown

Google has seen an increase in usage of search, video-conferencing and other tools in the past year, as lockdowns and other pandemic restrictions forced people to shop and communicate online

France embraces Google, Microsoft in quest to safeguard sensitive data

Google and Microsoft, along with market leader Amazon, dominate the realm of data storage worldwide, fuelling concerns in Europe over the risk of surveillance by the United States

Driverless taxis to cancer drugs: Google's moonshots are serious business

Alphabet could be underinvesting in the sustainability of its prosperous main business while overinvesting in adventurous sidelines.