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All About the Newly Launched Pixel 3 and Other Google Devices

10Oct By Gauri SinghNo Comments

Tech

All About the Newly Launched Pixel 3 and Other Google Devices

The technology giant Google launched its third edition of Pixel smartphone, a Google Home smart speaker with a display and its first tablet computer on Tuesday. The company with these launches is making a larger push into hardware. Google Pixel has been a great success since its launch and the topped Amazon in smart speaker sales in recent quarters. Google’s Android software has gone from being an also-ran to the brains of most of the world's smartphones. The new smartphone Pixel 3 is priced at $799, and its larger sibling Pixel 3 XL is priced at $899. With Google’s latest entries into a phone lineup it hopes will someday be as popular as Apple's iPhone. The new Pixel 3, Pixel Slate and Google Home Hub. All the big #madebygoogle news, right here for you. pic.twitter.com/...

Google Introduces New App Called Intra on Play Store

9Oct By Gauri SinghNo Comments

Tech

Google Introduces New App Called Intra on Play Store

Google has always been introducing new technologies and come up with new softwares for the public. This time, Google's cybersecurity unit "Jigsaw" has launched a new application called "Intra" to the Google Play Store. This app has been rolled out to protect users from Domain Name System (DNS) manipulation attacks. Talking about DNS, it is basically the phonebook of the Internet from where users access information online through domain names. It converts domain names to IP addresses so browsers can load Internet resources. "DNS manipulation attack is used to block access to news sites, social media platforms and messaging apps says Jigsaw, and this new application is expected to prevent that," Android Headlines said. The new app Intra is also expected to protect users against phishing...

Google Shuts Down its Social Network Google+

9Oct By Gauri SinghNo Comments

News

Google Shuts Down its Social Network Google+

Alphabet-owned technology giant Google has announced that it is shutting down the consumer version of its failed social network Google+. This is being done because the company reported that private profile data of at least 500,000 users may have been exposed to hundreds of external developers. Shares of its parent company Alphabet closed down 1% at $1155.92 following the latest in a run of privacy issues to hit big U.S. tech companies. However, Google has chosen not to disclose the security issue due to fears of regulatory scrutiny. Also, the company stated that none of the thresholds it requires to disclose a breach were met after reviewing the type of data involved. "Users have the right to be notified if their information could have been compromised," said Jacob Lehmann, managing...

You Can now Pay For Your Uber Rides Via Google Pay

28Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

Tech

You Can now Pay For Your Uber Rides Via Google Pay

Google’s digital payments platform Google Pay has partnered with Uber to let users pay for their Uber rides easily and seamlessly in India. Initially, the company has an offer in which users can also avail up to Rs. 1,000 when they use Google Pay for 10 Uber rides. This may toughen the competition for other payment platforms such as Paytm, PhonePe among others. Google has also announced that more than 22 million people in India are already using Google Pay on a monthly basis and over 1.2 million small businesses in India are using it to enable mobile payments. To make the use of Google Pay for your Uber rides, the users need to add Google Pay as a payment method on the Uber app. To do this, they need to go to the Payment section after tapping the hamburger icon from the top-left corn...

Google Celebrates its 20th Birthday with a Special Doodle

27Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

Tech

Google Celebrates its 20th Birthday with a Special Doodle

World’s largest and most popular search engine Google has completed 20 years of its existence that have fully changed the lives of people all over the world. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students. The company has been growing rapidly since its establishment and has triggered a chain of products, acquisitions, and partnerships beyond Google's core search engine. Google is the most valuable brand in the world as of 2017 and continues to be as important in 2018 as well. Today, the technology giant is celebrating its 20th birthday with a special doodle on its platform. It comprises a 1.37-minute-long video which ‘takes a stroll down memory lane by exploring popular searches all over the world throughout the last two decades.’ ...

Google Pay Updates its Privacy Policy Soon After Paytm’s Complaint

22Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

Tech

Google Pay Updates its Privacy Policy Soon After Paytm’s Complaint

Google has reportedly updated the privacy policy of its Indian digital payments application Google Pay, days after the homegrown rival Paytm complained that the tech giant's platform allowed disclosure of customer data for advertising and other purposes. In a letter to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Paytm complained that Google Pay's privacy policy amounted to "clear disregard for a consumer's need for privacy". Google Pay's privacy policy had stated that it could "collect, store, use and/or disclose" personal data and "any communications made through Google Pay". Further, Google stated that it had updated its privacy policy and dropped the word "disclose" from its privacy clause. Also, it stated that the changes were made to make it easier for customers to unders...

Google Pay Crosses 25 Million Monthly Active Users in India

19Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

Tech

Google Pay Crosses 25 Million Monthly Active Users in India

The digital payments platform that was recently rebranded from Tez to Google Pay by the technology giant Google has crossed the milestone of 25 million monthly active users who have in total carried out about 860 million transactions over the past year. Recalling the progressive one year since the launch of Google’s payment offering in India, Caesar Sengupta who is the vice president for payments in the company stated that the app has seen widespread adoption from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu to Mandvi in Gujarat and Dimapur in Nagaland. “You are using Google Pay for your bills, your rent, the chaiwallah, the plumber and even your bus rides,” Sengupta said. Google claimed about 1.2 million businesses in India have adopted its payment platform as their preferred mode of payment. Google Pa...

Google to Shut Down its Mailing App ‘Inbox’ from March 2019

14Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

News

Google to Shut Down its Mailing App ‘Inbox’ from March 2019

The technology giant Google that has been launching a lot o new apps for a long time, is now set to shut down its alternate mailing app "Inbox". The platform will discontinue from March 2019 and the company is giving users time to shift to the traditional Gmail by the time. Inbox was launched by Google in 2014 as an innovative new email app that lived alongside Gmail. It acted as an experimental platform for the company to try newer mailing features that could be incorporated in Gmail later. But unfortunately, the new platform could not attract a good number of user base and updates to justify its existence and thus, Google has taken a step to shut is down forever."We want to take a more focussed approach to help us bring the best email experience to everyone. As a result, we're planning t...

Google Neighbourly Rolls Out in Five More Indian Cities

13Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

BUSINESS

Google Neighbourly Rolls Out in Five More Indian Cities

The local information app Neighbourly which was launched by Google recently has reportedly expanded to five more Indian cities including Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Mysore, Vizag and Kota. The app, which helps users with local information like nearby shopping arcades, parks, fitness, food and tuition centres, was launched by Google in beta in May and is now available in seven cities. "With 'Neighbourly', we are able to address the local information needs of India's fast-growing internet users in their neighbourhood," said Josh Woodward, Group Product Manager, Next Billion Users team, Google. The improved version of the app has higher quality voice input, thus, enabling people to ask and respond to questions in their own languages and quicker replies. Also, it has "similar answers" feature ...

10Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

Tech

Google’s ‘Area 120’ Launches its New Travel Guide Website

Google's in-house start-up incubator "Area 120" has launched a travel guide website known as "Touring Bird" that lists tours, attractions and activities for travellers and tourists in popular travel destinations. "Area 120" is a workshop for the tech giant's experimental products. As of now, the platform provides information about 20 cities including New Delhi, Prague, Chicago, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin and Las Vegas among others. However, they are planning to increase their coverage in the coming months. "When you select a destination city, you'll see popular attractions, suggested tours and activities along with prices, options for free guided tours and recommendations from locals and travel bloggers," Touring Bird website said in a statement. The app consists of a "build-you...

Google Launches Blog Compass App for Indian Bloggers

7Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

Tech

Google Launches Blog Compass App for Indian Bloggers

India is emerging as an important market for various businesses and with this, Google is also continuing with its focus on the Indian market with the launch of an app to serve the need of Indian bloggers with an app called “Blog Compass.” After launching apps like Tez for payments, Areo for food ordering, Neighbourly for communities, data-friendly versions of apps like Search and YouTube, and others, the company is all set to serve the needs of the Indian web users even more. The new mobile application is listed on the Google Play Store as 'exclusive to India'. It is compatible with WordPress and Blogger.com blogs. This app helps bloggers manage their sites and find topics to write about based on Google’s trending topics. Also, the app helps bloggers in man...

Google & Xiaomi Eyeing Investment in ‘Where is my Train’ App

31Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

FUNDING

Google & Xiaomi Eyeing Investment in ‘Where is my Train’ App

Technology giant Google and Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi are eying an investment in an app called ‘Where Is My Train’ that provides live updates on trains without the use of internet and GPS. Google is in talks to acquire the two-year-old startup, whereas Xiaomi has held discussions for an investment. It is expected that Google will acquire the company for $30-40 million in the near future. However, the transaction has not yet been finalized. "The talks with Google are more advanced and they are likely to buy the company as a part of their Next Billion Users initiative," a person familiar to the matter stated. Where Is My Train is owned and operated by Sigmoid Labs, and is one of the most downloaded train-based apps in the country. It was was founded by five former executives of Ti...