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Google Vs Oracle: Oracle Revealed Google's Android Revenue Secret

22Jan By PriyankaNo Comments

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Google Vs Oracle: Oracle Revealed Google's Android Revenue Secret

Google's Android operating system has generated revenue of about $31 billion and profit of $22 billion since its release, an Oracle Corp lawyer told a U.S. court hearing the software company's copyright lawsuit against Google. A lawyer for Google did not discuss the figure, according to a transcript of the hearing in a Northern California federal court last week. But he said the Alphabet Inc unit might be willing to disclose more information about the revenue produced by Android as part of the court proceedings. The Android mobile operating system began with the release of the Android alpha in November 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released in September 2008. Oracle is accusing Google of using its Java software without paying for it to develop Android. Google sa...

Google’s ‘Driving Mode’ will determine your destination

14Jan By No Comments

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Google’s ‘Driving Mode’ will determine your destination

ANI: Internet giant Google will soon make travel a lot easier by making its navigation software even smarter. The new map mode termed as 'Driving Mode' may take into account an individual's current location and will determine the destination. The app is also expected to give you information about the prevailing traffic in the route travelled. According to the Verge, Google Maps version 9.19, the one with Driving Mode, is not yet available on the Google Play Store. This will be the first major update for the Google maps in 2016 and also feature audio control and timeline changes. Currently, Google maps has predictive features when it comes to destinations but it is restricted to already saved labelled addresses like home or office which only appear when one taps the search bar i...

Sundar Pichai Announced Date and Venue For Google I/O 2016

13Jan By NitishNo Comments

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Sundar Pichai Announced Date and Venue For Google I/O 2016

Sundar Pichai, CEO Google, has revealed the date and venue for the company's annual developer event Google I/O 2016. The event will be held in Mountain View, California on May 18 through May 20 later this year. The company's decision to hold the event in its own backyard certainly could be seen as the new beginning for the company, which announced a major reshuffle last year, creating a holding company, Alphabet Inc Pichai shared the news on social media, I/O'16 coming to neighborhood where it all started 10 yrs ago: Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, May 18-20. More details soon. #io16 — sundarpichai (@sundarpichai) January 12, 2016 Google is expected to introduce Android N and showcase some of its features at Google I/O 2016. One feature that everyone is ta...

Book Review- “Pichai: The Future of Google”

10Jan By NitishNo Comments

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Book Review- “Pichai: The Future of Google”

(IANS) - Title: Pichai: The Future of Google; Author: Jagmohan S. Bhanver; Publisher: Hachette India; Pages: 164; Price: Rs.199 Sundar Pichai has become a household name in India. He has become an inspirational figure for young dynamic Indians. This book takes us through the journey of the man from a self-driven school boy to the chief executive of search engine giant Google, a position he assumed last August. Born on July 12, 1972, in Madurai, Sundar Pichai's childhood was spent in Chennai. His father was employed as a senior engineer with a British multinational that made switch gears. His mother gave up her job after Sundar and his brother were born. The Pichai's' simple lifestyle helped keep the children grounded. The author, Jagmohan S. Bhanver, who has worked with three of t...

Google coming back in china after 5 years

7Jan By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Google coming back in china after 5 years

Internet giant Google is mulling a comeback in China five years after it moved to Hong Kong following the fallout with the Chinese government, according to a media report. The buzz that Google Inc may move back to the Chinese mainland became louder this week after the Internet giant's numerous job postings appeared on social media. On professionals' online network Linkedin alone, Google advertised as many as 60 jobs in Beijing and Shanghai, state- run China Daily reported today. What started as a trickle of job postings in December gained momentum around the year-end and acquired dimensions of a vacancy deluge this week, as if to reinforce that whatever Google does tends to be on an epic scale, it said. Google has not officially announced a return to the Chinese mainland yet. ...

What Google and Richard Branson Can Teach Us About Success

28Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

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What Google and Richard Branson Can Teach Us About Success

It’s all about seizing opportunities. The Entrepreneur Insider network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in America’s startup scene contribute answers to timely questions about entrepreneurship and careers. Today’s answer to the question “What’s something you wish you knew before starting your business?” is written by Alexander Goldstein, founder and CEO of Eligo Energy. The main thing to remember whenever you decide to become an entrepreneur is that, at some point, your idea and your business will grow far beyond you while simultaneously taking over your entire life. It sneaks up on many aspiring entrepreneurs, and they’re left wondering how it all happened so fast. One day you have a great idea, and the next you’re on your way to become the next Ri...

Google’s new YouTube video shows you more stuff as you move your phone around

26Dec By No Comments

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Google’s new YouTube video shows you more stuff as you move your phone around

Google "Special Delivery" 3D, virtual reality video is now on YouTube Google has released an interactive video called "Special Delivery" that shows you more of the film as you move your phone around.It's the first of Google's new "Spotlight Stories" which showcases new kinds of interactive 3D videos. While anyone can view the short YouTube cartoon on any PC or device, this video comes to life by viewing it on the YouTube app on a smartphone or tablet. That's because it's full of "Easter Eggs," i.e. special hidden things you can only see on the YouTube app, as you move the phone. It's particularly designed to work with Google Cardboard, the cardboard box that turns a smartphone into a 3D virtual reality device. But you don't need the Cardboard to see the film in 3D mode. ...

JustRide in Google Launchpad list, to get equity-free seed funding

25Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

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JustRide in Google Launchpad list, to get equity-free seed funding

Self-drive car rental aggregator JustRide will get up to $50,000 (around Rs 3.3 million) in equity-free seed funding from Google as part of being selected for the internet giant’s startup accelerator programme, Google Launchpad. Google Launchpad is specifically for mobile startups in India, Brazil and Indonesia. The Launchpad accelerator provides a two-week mentorship programme, up to $50,000 in equity-free seed funding and a further $250,000 of assistance including access to Google’s products such as Maps and Adwords and financial assistance for office space. The accelerator programme kicks off on January 18 in Silicon Valley with its first batch of companies. JustRide is currently in the process of raising Series A round of funding which it plans to use to scale services to o...

Google is working on a ‘smart’ messaging service to take on Facebook

23Dec By No Comments

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Google is working on a ‘smart’ messaging service to take on Facebook

Google is working on a new "smart" messaging service Google is working on a new "smart" messaging service that will be able automatically answer users' questions, sources with knowledge of the plans tell The Wall Street Journal's Alistair Barr. Although the report is sparse on concrete details, the app sounds like a combination of Google's current Hangouts service - which lets users message their friends -and Facebook M, the virtual "personal assistant" which, in its beta phase, can complete tasks for users like ordering flowers or booking flights. Facebook aims to build M so that the service will use artificial intelligence to complete various tasks, although its early incarnation relies on humans, who oversee the AI. Google is also looking to weave AI into the mix. The app wo...

The Top 10 Companies to Work for in 2016

9Dec By AdityaNo Comments

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The Top 10 Companies to Work for in 2016

If you are a business owner, providing perks for your employees is a great way to boost morale and increase productivity. Perks like health insurance (visit this website for more information) and paid sick days are vital to keep your employees happy. If you are a small business then you obviously can't provide massive perks like multi-billion dollar businesses are about to. Every year jobs and career site Glassdoor publishes the 10 best large companies to work for, as ranked by employees. Typically, it's not hard to predict who will make the list. Benefit-happy tech companies like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are safe bets. Case in point: Last year, Google nabbed the top spot. This year, however, Google's place on the throne has been usurped by a dark horse candidate. In fact, in t...

9Dec By No Comments

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Apple releases first Arabic version of Siri

Reuters- Apple Inc on Tuesday released a version of its virtual personal assistant Siri for Arabic speakers in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, potentially making its iPhones more attractive in a largely affluent market of more than 30 million people. The move, part of Apple's latest software updates, means people in those countries will be able to use Siri in their native tongue on iPhones, iPads and the Apple Watch. It follows Google, whose Android phones' voice search function already offer some support in Arabic. "This is part of the consumerisation and personalisation of IT-based services that we're seeing at all levels of the industry," said Paul Black, director of telecoms and media at IDC Middle East, Turkey and Africa. Apple and its primary smartphone competitor...

8Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

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Google Allegedly Planning To End Gmail- Source

It appears that search engine giant Google is slowly killing its hugely popular e-mail service, Gmail. No, this doesn't mean that you are losing your e-mail account, but Google is migrating its e-mail services to ‘Inbox By Gmail’. The company has reportedly started notifying users of its experimental 'Inbox By Gmail' service that the new service has replaced their existing Gmail account. Inbox was launched in October 2014 with aims to help Gmail users better organize emails and display information such as appointments, flight bookings and package deliveries in a more user-friendly way. The app is available on the Web as well as on Android smartphones and iPhones.