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Google to Launch its Online Storefront by November in India
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Google to Launch its Online Storefront by November in India

The festive season in India is arriving and all the companies are gearing up for it. The technology giant Google is also looking to capture the e-commerce market in the country. Google is planning to launch an online storefront for all its branded hardware products in November. This store will have the electronic devices including its flagship smartphone Pixel, Chromecast, Google Home smart speakers, and virtual reality headset, Daydream. The storefront will be a website where Google will merely display its branded and licensed hardware products, however, it will be able to gain access to customer data and have a stronger influence over the buying experience. “We are looking to launch a Google-branded online store for all hardware launched in India, with an authorized partner who wi...
Google’s Search For Non-ad Revenue Puts Spotlight on Cloud & Pixel
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Google’s Search For Non-ad Revenue Puts Spotlight on Cloud & Pixel

Alphabet's non-advertising business, which houses its cloud unit, Pixel smartphones and the Play store, has long been sandwiched between Google's advertising juggernaut and its moonshot ventures that have captured popular imagination. Not any more. The business, categorized as "Other Revenue" in its earnings report, posted a 49.4% jump in revenue to $3.10 billion on Thursday - a sum already bigger than Twitter's annual revenue. The business now represents about 13% of Alphabet's total revenue, compared with 10% a year earlier. That may not be a big jump but definitely shines a light on Google's efforts to cut down its dependence on revenue from advertising, where it competes with Facebook. "(Google) is doing a good job, a much better job in diversifying revenue than Facebook is...
Sundar Pichai Led Google Spends $3.2 Million on Television Ads of “Pixel Smartphone”
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Sundar Pichai Led Google Spends $3.2 Million on Television Ads of “Pixel Smartphone”

Search Engine giants Google's spends $3.2 Million in television ads in two days since it announced the upcoming launch of "Pixel" smartphone. The strategy of Google is to put Pixel in direct competition with the two dominant smartphone makers Apple & Samsung. One of Google ad executives expect Google will spend hundreds of millions more to keep up with rivals. While Google's brand is known around the world, and its Android operating system powers most of the world's smartphones, including Samsung's, it is not known as a consumer goods maker. It has made forays, such as the Chromecast streaming player, but not of this size. Many experts are saying that "This is the first time they are in the position of selling themselves to people, as opposed to selling themselves to brands". ...
Google Pixel Launch: 6 key Announcements That Google Made
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Google Pixel Launch: 6 key Announcements That Google Made

Internet giant Google on Tuesday challenged heavyweight rivals including Apple and Amazon with an array of new gadgets aimed at digital lifestyles.   Smartphone 'Made by Google'     Pixel is the first smartphone designed by Google, with the Silicon Valley powerhouse dictating the hardware, software and services the way Apple does with its iPhones. The Google-branded smartphone takes aim at flagship models by Apple, Samsung and others in the fiercely competitive market. Pixel, which comes in five and 5.5-inch (12.7 and 14-centimeter) screen sizes, boasts a fingerprint reader, a camera billed as the best in any smartphone, unlimited online storage for photos and videos, and quick charging combined with long battery life. Pixel is powered by the latest v...