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Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Will Stop Showing Gender Test Ads After Supreme Court’s Rap
After Supreme Court of India scolded search engine giants Google, Microsoft and Yahoo for showing gender test advertisements, they have agreed to stop such ads with immediate effect.
Health Ministry of India, which was fighting this…
Google Starts Direct Selling Through Mobile Search Pages; Offers Curated Fashion Products
The world of search engines have now evolved from being a mere classified type resource to being a online marketplace of products wherein users can select, buy and even pay for the items.
However, Google is now venturing one step…
Google Wants To Teach Financial Planning To Indians; To Launch ‘Bharat Saves’ With Jan Dhan Yojana
Google is planning a jump into the lucrative financial products niche by their new initiative: Bharat Saves, which would be a website and an app. Via this new venture, Google wants to teach financial planning to Indians, explain them…
Google’s 26 Tbps Undersea Cable To Asia Will Ensure Lightning Speeds For All Google Services!
While internet speeds in India are the lowest in Asia Pacific, Google has some good news for you. A trans-pacific high speed internet cable system was decided to be installed between the United States and Japan in 2014, and the system…
Google Renames Nexus Lineup to Pixel; Will launch Two Smartphones in October
Google unveiled its new operating system version, Android Nougat 7.0, about a month back, and the time is ripe for the company to launch its two most awaited smartphones in the last quarter of 2016.
There were rumours that Google is…
Google Allo Test Version Leaks with Voice Messaging, Self-Destructing Texts and Private…
Google Duo’s better half, Allo, was announced at Google I/O this year and will be making way to Android Play Store very soon. However, the folks at Android Police seem to have got access to its preview test version and there are a host…
Google Duo Will Feature Audio Calls Soon! Would it Threaten WhatsApp?
It hasn’t even a day since the official launch of Google Duo, the one-to-one video calling app, and speculations have already started about what next Google will add to the service, apart from minor fixes and UI enhancements.
Google…
Google Duo Marks Arrival of Strong Rival To FaceTime & Skype!
One of the much awaited releases for this year, Google Duo, has been officially launched by the California-based tech giant. The company had promised a second half launch at the Google I/O 2016. Duo also has a second half, Allo, which…
Fuchsia, Google’s New Operating System May Work Uniformly on All Devices!
On Google’s Github page, the company has hinted at a new operating system it will be developing soon for integrating all the devices. The page simply mentions “Pink + Purple == Fuchsia” but that doesn’t let people from contemplating…
Google Maps Now Supports Full Offline Mode & SD Card Map Storage
Google Maps with ‘Offline areas’ has become a necessity these days. Think of any road trip, somewhere far where you have never been and you will automatically want to store that area in your Google Maps app (via offline places) and add…
Google integrates Zomato, Swiggy, Dineout & Bytplus In Search Results for Food Ordering and…
The California-based search engine giant, Google, has been integrating third-party apps on its search pages in quest to make it user friendly and offer all information without even leaving it. For example, Google Maps suggests you an…
Android Nougat Rolling Out on Aug 5 – 3 Things to Look Forward to…
Android’s latest build, Nougat, or Android version 7.0, was unveiled only a month back and usually Google announces the official version of Android with its Nexus family in late September or early October. In fact, Google I/O 2016 was…
Now, Google Allows You to Share Paid Apps With Upto 6 People Through Family Library!
Apple iOS users will be familiar with Family Sharing feature that came out in iOS 8. It allows iOS users to share iTunes purchases with six members of one’s family. So once the devices are connected, one of the family members can keep a…
Google Play Shrinks App Update Size By Up To 50%. Will Also Show Download Size
Android users have long been complaining about frequent app updates on Google Play. Many Android users who don’t get to use a WiFi connection much or are on a limited data plan often don’t update their apps with the fear of exhausting…
Google Maps Embrace Crowdsourcing; Billions Of Users Can Now Edit Maps, Insert Suggestions &…
Crowdsourcing is not entirely new for Google; services such as Google translate, Contributor, Local guide and even Map Maker directly or indirectly sought their users’ assistance for making the product robust.
But this time, Google…
Google To Train 2 Million Mobile Developers in India!
India produces more software engineers than any other country in the world, but does not equip them with the necessary skillsets to take on the real cases. Infact, a recently released report had found that less than 20 percent of…
Now, Google Maps Allows Multiple Stop Addition to Your Existing Journey
Early this year, Google released an update for its Maps software to allow users to add pit stops to their journey, but that was restricted to petrol pumps, grocery stores and a few prominent landmarks in India. Google has provided an…
Google Search Now Offers English & Hindi Result Pages Tabs
The big information giant Google now enables Indians to search for information easily switching between English and Hindi. One could easily type in their searches in Hindi and obtain information in English and Hindi. This makes it even…
Google To Launch its Own Smartphone by Year End; Following Apple’s philosophy?
Silicon Valley-based tech giant, Google has squarely dominated the smartphone market with its Android OS, used in over 80% of the smartphones used today. Even though it does not develop the hardware for these smartphones, the ‘open…
No Google Street View for Indians; Govt Cites Security Concerns!
In a very direct and firm note, Indian Government has rejected Google Street View’s expansion plans in the country. Thus, Google would not be able to cover Indian cities, monuments and tourist locations using Google Street View.
As…