White House meets Microsoft, Google CEOs on AI dangers
The White House is hosting CEOs of top artificial intelligence companies, including Alphabet Inc’s Google and Microsoft, on Thursday to discuss risks and safeguards as the technology catches the attention of governments and lawmakers globally. Generative artificial intelligence has become a buzzword this year, with apps such as ChatGPT capturing the public’s fancy, sparking a […]
Competition Commission of India fines Google Rs 1,338 crore for anti-competitive practices
NEW DELHI: The Competition Commission on Thursday imposed a penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in the Android mobile device ecosystem. Besides, the fair trade regulator has directed the internet major to cease and desist from unfair business practices. In a release, the Competition Commission of […]
JioPhone Next, co-developed with Google, to be most affordable smartphone globally: Mukesh Ambani
NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday said Jio and Google have jointly developed Made for India ‘JioPhone Next’, a power-packed and affordable smartphone that will be available from September 10. Ambani promised that JioPhone Next will be the most-affordable smartphone, not just in India but globally, although the pricing was not disclosed. […]
Google claims new IT rules not applicable to its search engine, Delhi High Court seeks Centre’s stand
NEW DELHI: US-based Google LLC has contended that India’s new IT rules for digital media are not applicable to its search engine, and urged the Delhi High Court on Wednesday to set aside its single judge order which applied them on the company while dealing with an issue related to removal of offending content from […]
Google, Facebook updating website to reflect new grievance officer appointed under IT rules
NEW DELHI: Large digital companies like Google and Facebook have begun updating their websites to reflect the appointment of the grievance officers under the new social media rules that came into effect recently. According to government sources, large social media companies like Google, Facebook and WhatsApp have shared details with the IT Ministry as per […]
Enact law to make Facebook, Google pay for news: BJP’s Sushil Modi
NEW DELHI: Taking a cue from Australia, India should enact a law to make tech giants such as Facebook and Google pay local publishers of news content, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi demanded in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, the former deputy chief minister of Bihar said, […]
Google threatens to block Australians over media law
By Andrew LEESON Google threatened Friday to block Australians from using its search service unless the government changed landmark legislation to make the internet giant pay news outlets for their content. Google Australia managing director Mel Silva warned a Senate committee in Canberra that the world-first media law was “unworkable” and would undermine the functioning […]
Parler goes offline after Google, Apple and Amazon ban over US Capitol siege
NEW DELHI: Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc have suspended Parler from their respective App Store and web hosting service, saying the social networking service popular with many right-leaning social media users has not taken adequate measures to prevent the spread of posts inciting violence. The action by Apple and Amazon follows a similar move by […]
Mukesh Ambani sold dreams to tech giants for $27 billion, Now he has to deliver
By Anto Antony P R Sanjai and Saritha Rai NEW DELHI: Mukesh Ambani spent much of 2020 convincing Facebook Inc., Google and a clutch of Wall Street heavyweights to buy into his vision for one of the world’s most ambitious corporate transformations. Now flush with $27 billion in fresh capital, Asia’s richest man is under […]
Google, Mithril Capital infuse $145 million in Roposo owner Glance
NEW DELHI: Glance, a subsidiary of InMobi Group and owner of video-sharing social media platform Roposo, on Tuesday announced it has closed a $145 million investment round from Google and existing investor Mithril Capital. The funding will be used to deepen artificial intelligence (AI) capability and product offerings, including expanding its technology team, across markets […]
CCI approves 7.73% stake buy by Google in Jio Platforms
NEW DELHI: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Wednesday said it has approved internet major Google’s proposed purchase of 7.73 per cent stake in Jio Platforms. In July, it was announced that Google has agre ed to invest Rs 33,737 crore to buy a 7.7 per cent stake in the Reliance Industries’ technology venture. […]
YouTube generates $5 billion in advertising revenue for Google in Q3
NEW DELHI: YouTube brought in $5 billion in advertising revenue in the third quarter of 2020, signaling that there has been a rebound in advertising revenue for both Google and YouTube. YouTube now has over 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, and over 35 million including those on free trials. YouTube TV now has […]
Paytm targets a million apps on its mini app store to take on Google
By Sankalp Phartiyal, Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI: Alibaba-backed Indian fintech firm Paytm is aiming for a million apps on its “mini app store” by the first quarter of 2021, it said on Thursday, seeking to challenge the dominance of Alphabet’s Google in India’s mobile web economy. Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma called Google “judge, jury […]
Paytm takes on Google, unveils India’s own Android Mini App Store
NEW DELHI: Digital payments platform Paytm on Monday launched an Android Mini App Store to support local developers take their innovative products to the masses. Paytm said it will provide listing and distribution of these mini-apps within its app without any charges. For payments, developers will be able to give a choice of Paytm Wallet, […]
Google defers 30% Play Store app fee for developers in India till March 2022
NEW DELHI: Facing intense criticism over its Play Store billion policy, Google on Monday said it has extended the time for developers in India who use alternative payment system, to integrate with the Play Store billing system till March 31, 2022, thus deferring the enforcement of 30 per cent commission on in-app purchases of digital […]
Google to invest Rs 33,737 crore in Jio Platforms
NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries Limited, Jio Platforms Limited (Jio Platforms) and Google LLC (Google) today announced the signing of binding agreements for an investment of Rs 33,737 crore by Google into Jio Platforms. This investment by Google values Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs 4.36 lakh crore. Google’s investment will translate into a […]