New Google camera makes copying artworks a snap
18 May 2016
Using what it calls the Art Camera, the Google Cultural Institute has scanned 1,000 works of art in record time and is now making the camera available to other cultural institutes, including in India, for free
EU antitrust regulator to fine Google record €3 bn for manipulating search results
16 May 2016
European antitrust regulators plan to impose a record €3-billion fine on Google in the days ahead for abusing its dominance of the online search market
Google to not display payday lenders' ads
12 May 2016
US regulators seek information about security updates for phones, software from technology majors
10 May 2016
Oracle, Google to face each other in legal battle over APIs
09 May 2016
If the dispute over API packages Google uses in the Android mobile operating system were to go Oracle's way, Google could end up owing the software giant up to $9 billion, far surpassing any other copyright verdict
Idea ties up with Google Play for card-less purchases
06 May 2016
Idea Cellular and Google have announced a partnership to enable more than 175 million subscribers of the mobile phone operator to make credit cards unnecessary for making purchases on Google Play
Apple hires GoogleX lab co-founder Yoky Matsuoka
05 May 2016
Winner of the MacArthur "Genius Grant", Yoky Matsuoka is a leader in the field of neurorobotics, which combines robotics with how the human nervous system coordinates muscle and skeletal movements
Google, Fiat Chrysler tie up for driverless cars
By By Jagdeep Worah | 04 May 2016
Under the arrangement, Fiat Chrysler will provide Google with an initial 100 hybrid minivans built specifically to accommodate Google’s self-driving features. By Jagdeep Worah
Google in overdrive to make driver-less cars street legal
02 May 2016
Google has been joined by others like Ford, Uber and Volvo in pushing for “one clear set of federal standards” for autonomous or driverless cars to bring them on US roads as early as possible
Google Street View car catches itself speeding
30 Apr 2016
Motorola ex-chief Rick Osterloh joins Google
29 Apr 2016
Google's parent Alphabet’s Q1 profit fails to impress at $4.21 billion
23 Apr 2016
Google's holding company Alphabet said the costs of traffic acquisition, or what it pays to other web sites for ad space totaled $3.8 billion and accounted for 21 per cent of advertising revenues during the quarter
Google remains India’s most attractive employer
21 Apr 2016
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