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Truecaller, Google join hands to improve video calling

Leading communication app Truecaller has tied up with Google to integrate the tech giant's video calling app Duo within the Truecaller app. "With valuable partners like Google, we are bringing all your mobile communications and transactions under one roof with the safest and most efficient experience possible," said Nami Zarringhalam, co-founder and CSO of Truecaller, …

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March 28, 2017

Google Maps to ease transit in seven more Indian cities

Google India on Thursday expanded the transit feature on Google Maps to seven more Indian cities to help users better plan their local commute. The newly added cities are Chandigarh, Lucknow, Vadodara, Indore, Mysore, Surat and Coimbatore. "Google Maps is your guide to the world around you and this launch is part of our effort to reflect …

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March 16, 2017

Google’s Allo app can reveal your searches to friends

In yet another disturbing news for online privacy advocates, a media report has claimed that Google's mobile messaging app Allo can reveal your search history to friends and those you message. Allo lets users include Google Assistant in conversations. Google recently announced plans to make Assistant available on Android phones. According to a Re/code report …

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March 15, 2017

Google in talks with China to stage a comeback

China and Google are in talks for the internet giant's return to the Chinese mainland after it was pulled out seven years ago following a bitter spat with Beijing over censorship rules. "China has been in touch with Google through various channels. Last year, leaders of our country's important department had further communication with Google," …

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March 12, 2017

Google unveils Cloud Video Intelligence API

Google has unveiled a cloud-based Video Intelligence Application Programming Interface (API) that helps locate the exact frame from a large video database. "The API is the first-of-its-kind, enabling developers to easily search and discover video content by providing information about entities, for example, dog, flower or human inside video content," said Chief Scientist Google Cloud …

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March 10, 2017

Himachal Pradesh launches mobile App ‘Mera Hunar’

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today launched mobile App and website 'Mera Hunar HP', a first of its kind in the country. 'Mera Hunar' is a web based platform where the skilled, semi-skilled persons can apply for various jobs as per their convenience like plumber, carpenter, mechanic, security guards, drivers, tourists guides, etc online. …

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March 8, 2017

How Google can help save our ecosystem

Using nearly 100,000 images extracted from Google Street View, a team of researchers has developed a method to map and quantify how street trees regulate ecosystem services. With urban populations exploding in megacities like Tokyo, Shanghai and Delhi to well over 20 million people, it is important to understand how green spaces contribute to urban …

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March 1, 2017

Google rolls out AI tool to combat online trolls

Google said it will begin offering media groups an artificial intelligence tool designed to stamp out incendiary comments on their websites. The programming tool, called Perspective, aims to assist editors trying to moderate discussions by filtering out abusive "troll" comments, which Google says can stymie smart online discussions. "Seventy-two per cent of American internet users …

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February 25, 2017

Google, Microsoft agree to crack down on Internet piracy

Websites that stream or host pirated material may find it harder to feature on the first pages of two leading search engines as Google and Microsoft, which uses Bing search engine, have agreed to a new code of conduct designed to demote such websites in Britain, media reported on Monday. The code brokered by Britain's …

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February 20, 2017

Google to provide internet in rural areas through balloons

Google has announced that it was "years closer" to deliver internet to remote parts of the world using high-flying balloons. Researchers at Google's Project Loon — part of the company's X research lab — said it was now able to use machine learning to predict weather systems, meaning the firm has a greater control over …

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February 18, 2017

Kid wants job with Google, Sundar Pichai encourages her

For most of the kids, toys are what fascinate them. But this seven-year-old girl from Britain wrote a letter to Indian-born Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking him for a job — and received an encouraging reply. According to a report in Business Insider on Thursday, Chloe Bridgewater, who lives in Hereford, Britain, sent a hand-written …

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February 16, 2017

Google acquires Twitter’s mobile app developers platform

In a bid to help developers build better apps and grow their business, Google has acquired Twitter's mobile app developer platform Fabric. Twitter launched Fabric as a modular SDK in 2014 to allow developers improve their apps, and it now serves apps reaching 2.5 billion users built by 580,000 developers. Fabric will join Google's Developer …

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January 19, 2017

Google Doodle honours inventor of worldwide standard time

Google has honoured Sandford Fleming, a Canadian inventor and engineer of Scottish birth known for his invention of worldwide standard time, with a Doodle. "Today's Doodle reflects Fleming's legacy on this, the 190th anniversary of his birth," Google said in a statement on Saturday. It is widely believed that Fleming missing a train in Ireland …

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January 7, 2017

Google Glass may slow down brain’s response time

Using heads-up display technology like Google Glass may slow down the brain’s response time, a new study has warned. That could pose issues for people driving, when a delay of a few seconds could mean the difference between life and death, researchers said. Heads-up display technology offers lots of information to users in seconds, literally …

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November 23, 2016

Google Arts and Culture unveils virtual exhibition on Indian women

Technology giant Google has on Saturday, through its cultural arm Google Arts & Culture, unveiled a virtual collection of artworks and exhibitions on the life of Indian women in history — spanning 2,500 years and from 26 cultural institutions across the country, the company said in a statement here. 'Women in India: Unheard Stories,' is …

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November 19, 2016

South Korea refuses Google access to official mapping data

November 18, 2016

Google rolls out new themes, smart stickers for Allo

Ramping up the user experience in its smart messaging app Allo, Google on Thursday released a new set of updates including smart smileys, chat themes and an exclusive “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” sticker pack. With smart smiley, Google Allo makes it easier to find and send the perfect emoji or sticker based …

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November 17, 2016