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"Still Working On That, Dad": Sundar Pichai On Driverless Cabs On Indian Roads
Addressing the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi with PM Modi in attendance, Sundar Pichai, a native of Chennai, recalled his college days in southern India.
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Google Appoints Ex-Apple Executive Mitul Shah To Lead Pixel Business
Google has roped in the former head of consumer sales at Apple India Mitul Shah to lead its Pixel smartphone devices and services business in the country, according to a social media post.
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Google Launches Accessibility-Focused Project Gameface on Android to Offer Hands-Free Navigation
Google has expanded its Project Gameface, an open-source project aimed at making tech devices more accessible, to Android, and now it can be used to control the smartphone interface. The project was first introduced during Google I/O 2023 as a hands-free gaming mouse that can be controlled using head movements and facial expressions. These were des...
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IIT Madras Graduate Pavan Davuluri To Head Microsoft Windows
Pavan Davuluri, an IIT Madras alumni, was appointed the new head of Microsoft Windows and Surface, making him the latest Indian to take on a leadership role at a Big Tech company much like Google's Sundar Pichai and Microsoft's Satya Nadella.
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CCI's Google Order Will Bring ‘Cataclysmic Change’: Indian Internet Firms Hopeful as SC Backs Antitrust Ruling
Indian Internet firms have expressed hope about finding space for their apps on Android devices as Google failed to find relief in the Supreme Court on an NCLAT and CCI order against the internet giant. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud granted a week’s time to the US firm to deposit 10 per cent of Rs. 1,337 crore penalty imposed on ...
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Former Google Executive Shares Pic Of "Most Precious" Snack He Takes Back From India
Parminder Singh, former Managing Director of Google and Twitter, recently shared a picture of a beloved snack that he packs in large quantities every time he heads to Singapore.
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Google Antitrust Penalty Amount 'Provisional'; CCI Awaits Requisite Financial Details
The Competition Commission's penalty amount of Rs. 1,337.68 crore imposed on Google is "provisional" as the regulator has asked the internet major to furnish requisite financial details since the data was not presented in a reliable manner. In a statement on Friday, Google said it will review the CCI order and termed it as a "major setback" for Ind...
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WhatsApp Pay India Head Manesh Mahatme Said to Quit Firm Ahead of Plans to Ramp Up Payments Service
WhatsApp Pay India head Manesh Mahatme has quit the company ahead of the service's plans to expand in the country and compete with Alphabet's Google Pay, Ant-backed Paytm, and Walmart's PhonePe. The executive, who joined the Meta-owned messaging service in April 2021, is said to have joined Amazon India as director of product in the company's e-com...
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Google India Onboards former NITI Aayog Joint Secretary as its New Public Policy Head
Gulati is a long-term Indian government employee, having worked until March 2021 as a joint secretary for digital communications at NITI Aayog. She previously worked as a senior official at India's antitrust body, the Competition Commission of India.
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Facebook, Twitter Should Be Overseen by New Regulator, India Parliamentary Panel Recommends
An Indian parliamentary panel has recommended treating social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook as publishers and setting up a regulatory body to oversee them, potentially opening the companies up to more liability for user-generated content.
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"Still Working On That, Dad": Sundar Pichai On Driverless Cabs On Indian Roads
Addressing the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi with PM Modi in attendance, Sundar Pichai, a native of Chennai, recalled his college days in southern India.
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Google Appoints Ex-Apple Executive Mitul Shah To Lead Pixel Business
Google has roped in the former head of consumer sales at Apple India Mitul Shah to lead its Pixel smartphone devices and services business in the country, according to a social media post.
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Google Launches Accessibility-Focused Project Gameface on Android to Offer Hands-Free Navigation
Google has expanded its Project Gameface, an open-source project aimed at making tech devices more accessible, to Android, and now it can be used to control the smartphone interface. The project was first introduced during Google I/O 2023 as a hands-free gaming mouse that can be controlled using head movements and facial expressions. These were des...
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IIT Madras Graduate Pavan Davuluri To Head Microsoft Windows
Pavan Davuluri, an IIT Madras alumni, was appointed the new head of Microsoft Windows and Surface, making him the latest Indian to take on a leadership role at a Big Tech company much like Google's Sundar Pichai and Microsoft's Satya Nadella.
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CCI's Google Order Will Bring ‘Cataclysmic Change’: Indian Internet Firms Hopeful as SC Backs Antitrust Ruling
Indian Internet firms have expressed hope about finding space for their apps on Android devices as Google failed to find relief in the Supreme Court on an NCLAT and CCI order against the internet giant. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud granted a week’s time to the US firm to deposit 10 per cent of Rs. 1,337 crore penalty imposed on ...
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Former Google Executive Shares Pic Of "Most Precious" Snack He Takes Back From India
Parminder Singh, former Managing Director of Google and Twitter, recently shared a picture of a beloved snack that he packs in large quantities every time he heads to Singapore.
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Google Antitrust Penalty Amount 'Provisional'; CCI Awaits Requisite Financial Details
The Competition Commission's penalty amount of Rs. 1,337.68 crore imposed on Google is "provisional" as the regulator has asked the internet major to furnish requisite financial details since the data was not presented in a reliable manner. In a statement on Friday, Google said it will review the CCI order and termed it as a "major setback" for Ind...
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WhatsApp Pay India Head Manesh Mahatme Said to Quit Firm Ahead of Plans to Ramp Up Payments Service
WhatsApp Pay India head Manesh Mahatme has quit the company ahead of the service's plans to expand in the country and compete with Alphabet's Google Pay, Ant-backed Paytm, and Walmart's PhonePe. The executive, who joined the Meta-owned messaging service in April 2021, is said to have joined Amazon India as director of product in the company's e-com...
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Google India Onboards former NITI Aayog Joint Secretary as its New Public Policy Head
Gulati is a long-term Indian government employee, having worked until March 2021 as a joint secretary for digital communications at NITI Aayog. She previously worked as a senior official at India's antitrust body, the Competition Commission of India.
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Facebook, Twitter Should Be Overseen by New Regulator, India Parliamentary Panel Recommends
An Indian parliamentary panel has recommended treating social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook as publishers and setting up a regulatory body to oversee them, potentially opening the companies up to more liability for user-generated content.
