NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google is ramping up cloud infrastructure in India with a second cluster of data centres in and around capital New Delhi to meet increasing customer demands in a key growth market, senior company executives said. The Google cloud region in Delhi and its outskirts is the U.S. tech giant’s […]
Google, Walmart Help Drive India Payments Past 1 Billion Transactions
A payments platform created by India’s largest retail banks surpassed a billion transactions in October, a milestone that affirms the tremendous growth of services offered by U.S. giants from Walmart Inc. to Amazon.com Inc. and Google. Indian digital payments took off when the government pushed demonetization in 2016, invalidating most of the country’s high-value currency notes in a move to curb corruption […]
Google gets ‘Neighbourly’, to add more cities in India
Google has announced the national roll-out of a new app from its ‘Next Billion Users’ team called ‘Neighbourly,’ which helps people source local information from their neighbours. With more than 1.5 million downloads and half-a-million people on the waitlist, Google is rolling out ‘Neighbourly’ starting with Bengaluru and Delhi, which topped the waitlist. Read the […]
Google suppresses memo to launch a censored search engine in China
Google bosses have forced employees to delete a confidential memo circulating inside the company that revealed details about a plan to launch a censored search engine in China. The memo disclosed that the search system, codenamed Dragonfly, would require users to log in to perform searches, track their location — and share the resulting history […]
EU to fine Google record 4.3 billion euros over Android: source
The European Commission will fine Google a record 4.3 billion euros ($5 billion) over its Android mobile operating system. The fine represents just over two weeks of revenue for Google parent Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL.O) and would scarcely dent its cash reserves of $102.9 billion. Read the full story at https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-google-antitrust/eu-to-fine-google-record-4-3-billion-euros-over-android-source-idUSKBN1K80U8 SOURCE: Reuters (19)
Google A.I. Chief Jeff Dean on Google’s newest developments in A.I.
CNBC’s Josh Lipton sat down with Google’s head of AI, Jeff Dean, to talk about the latest developments from Google I/O in AI, Google assistant and more. Watch the story at https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/05/08/google-a-i-chief-jeff-dean-on-googles-newest-developments-in-a-i.html SOURCE: CNBC (37)
Google will translate street signs for you
Google has expanded the offerings of its Translate app to introduce offline translations and instant visual translations in Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Read the full story at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/google-will-translate-street-signs-for-you/articleshow/60511697.cms SOURCE: Times of India (72)
One of Asia’s largest slums is luring shoppers with the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) is coming to a 535-acre slum in the heart of Mumbai. Home to more than one million people, Dharavi is one of Asia’s largest slums. Shanty-homes line its narrow alleyways where open drains run along the ground and electric cables hang overhead. The slum’s manufacturing and retail ecosystem is worth […]