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Google is Shutting Down its URL Shortener Platform goo.gl

12Apr By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

News

Google is Shutting Down its URL Shortener Platform goo.gl

Google’s URL Shortener platform ‘goo.gl’ will no more be available starting 13 April 2018. Existing users will still be able to shorten their URL and view their analytics data through the same platform for one more year until March 30, 2019 when the platform will be officially discontinued. Google URL Shortener is a feature of Google Inc that allowed users and non-users to shorten links and was useful when advertising links on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. The platform was launched in 2009 in a bid to facilitate the sharing of links while allowing registered users to measure their online data traffic. Additional URL shortening services then popped up and drastically changed the way internet users found content on the World Wide Web from desktop webpages to app...

29Mar By NitishNo Comments

FUNDING

O2O Platform Fynd Raises Funding From Google

Omni-channel platform Fynd closed Series C round of funding led by Google. The other active investor's group like Kae Capital, IIFL, Singularity Ventures, GrowX, Tracxn Labs, Venture Catalyst, Patni family office and Hong Kong-based Axis Capital among other angel investors in the round. Fynd's latest round of funding will enable the platform to further enhance the way it engages with consumers and retailers in a better way. With 8,000+ outlets on board, Fynd's unique proprietary inventory integrations enable customers to discover fashion in real-time and know the exact specifications of the products available. Earlier in April 2017, Fynd raised funds led by IIFL with participation from New York-based FJ Labs and Silicon Valley-based Rocketship among other participating existing...

Apple Plans to Launch a Low-Cost iPad For Students & Teacher

25Mar By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

Tech

Apple Plans to Launch a Low-Cost iPad For Students & Teacher

In an attempt to gauge back its student and teacher customer base from tech giants Microsoft and Google, Apple Incorporation is planning to launch a new low cost “iPad” in its education-focused event which is scheduled to be held in Chicago in the coming week. This move is likely to shift company’s focus back to education sector just like it did earlier in 2012 with its first-ever education dedicated event. As per the reports from Bloomberg, this device would be a lower cost version of its already launched 9.7 inch iPad. Apple is also parallelly working on developing a classroom software that could enhance the use of iPads in schools. It can be noted that how smartly Apple is using its iPad strategy to regain its reputation in the education market. While, as of now Apple has always...

Google Announces Ban on Cryptocurrency Ads

15Mar By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

News

Google Announces Ban on Cryptocurrency Ads

Google announced a ban on online advertisements sponsoring cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings as from June, this new policy forms part of a major crackdown on the promotion of a new type of high-risk financial products. Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company announced yesterday night the decision of updating its current ad policy stating the search engine giant will now be banning ads for “cryptocurrencies and related content.” This comes after Facebook similarly banned ads promoting the digital-currency sector in January. Hence, the two largest web-ad sellers are now out of bounds of the budding digital-currency sector. Google also announced it would start restricting ads for financial products which includes binary options. Currently, googling terms like “binary options” a...

Google Exposes Microsoft Edge Security Flaw

20Feb By Sabhyata AgarwalNo Comments

Tech

Google Exposes Microsoft Edge Security Flaw

The Microsoft Edge Browser has a security flaw that might help the hackers inject malicious code into a user's computer says Google. Google has publicly given the details of Microsoft's Browser defect whose patch hasn't been produced till yet. This might come as a stressing news for the Microsoft edge users as they might be dealing with some infectious agent unbeknown-st to them. The shortcoming of the browser which was earlier discovered in November 2017, by the Google's Project Zero informed Microsoft about the issue in November and gave the company the standard three months disclosure deadline. With the 90 day deadline over, the team force employed by the google tasked with finding zero-day vulnerabilities — Project Zero —went public with the details of the security flaw. Ac...

WhatsApp’s Digital Payments Could Change the Scenario for Other Digital Players

16Feb By PriyankaNo Comments

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WhatsApp’s Digital Payments Could Change the Scenario for Other Digital Players

Whatsapp has finally rolled out its much awaited payments feature across the country which is giving a huge boost to digital payments in India. Pixr8 also today published that digital payments in India will soon touch $1 trillion by 2023, which is for sure is good news for 'Digital India'. However, this is not the first time when WhatsApp tried foraying into the payments business. Last year it tried launching a payments app but was turned down by RBI, which says,"Non-bank entities applying for authorisation shall be a company incorporated in India and registered under the Companies Act 1956 / Companies Act 2013." WhatsApp, owned by Facebook is headquartered in United States hence it could not enter the payments market. However, after Modi's Starup India and Digital India campaigns, ...

Why Uber CEO is not Worried about its Losses?

16Feb By RishabhNo Comments

Entrepreneurs Talk

Why Uber CEO is not Worried about its Losses?

Speaking at a conference held in San Francisco on Monday, the cab aggregator giant Uber Technologies chief executive officer Dara Khosrowshahi said that "we can turn the knobs to get this business even on a full basis profitable." Uber's last year losses were $4.5 billion on net revenue of $7.5 billion, but this is the last thought that Uber CEO is worried about right now. He says,"(forcing the business to be profitable)would sacrifice growth and sacrifice innovation.” Dara said that it's Uber's commitment to "developing" markets that are dragging its business down, but he views that as an "optional investment". He however, thinks that it is the "right thing to do," indicating that company will not stop exploring options and investing in Asia. Ultimately, Uber's business is getting p...

Google to Acquire IOT Platform for $50 million

16Feb By RishabhNo Comments

ACQUISITION

Google to Acquire IOT Platform for $50 million

Google announced in a blog-post that it has agreed into agreements to acquire Xively, a division of LogMeIn Inc for $50 million through which, its Cloud IOT Core will gain deep IOT technology and engineering expertise, including Xively’s advanced device management, messaging, and dashboard capabilities. Google believes that the growing IOT market can reach as much as 20 billion connected things by 2020. This acquisition of Xively will help the search engine giant to enable device designers to build connectivity directly into the design process while providing a cloud-mobile connection between the end user app and the connected device. "With the addition of Xively’s robust, enterprise-ready IoT platform, we can accelerate our customers’ timeline from IoT vision to product, as they lo...

AI will be Bigger Than Electricity or Fire- Sundar Pichai, Google CEO

25Jan By NitishNo Comments

Entrepreneurs Talk

AI will be Bigger Than Electricity or Fire- Sundar Pichai, Google CEO

weforum- Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google was speaking at Wef 2018 conference said that the Artificial Intelligence will save us not destroy us. “AI is probably the most important thing humanity has ever worked on. I think of it as something more profound than electricity or fire,” he said. “Any time you work with technology, you need to learn to harness the benefits while minimising the downsides.” While some thinkers notably Professor Stephen Hawking have warned that AI could wipe out mankind, Pichai was optimistic. He said that the technology could eliminate many of the constraints we now face, helping us for example to make “clean, cheap, reliable energy” a reality. Pichai, who grew up in India, spoke of the transformative power of technology. “Growing up, I did...

Netflix Crosses $100B Market Capitalization As Subscribers Surge

23Jan By reutersNo Comments

Tech

Netflix Crosses $100B Market Capitalization As Subscribers Surge

Netflix Inc snagged 2 million more subscribers than Wall Street expected in the final three months of 2017, tripling profits at the online video service that is burning money on new programming to dominate internet television around the world. The results drove Netflix to a market capitalization of more than $100 billion for the first time. Shares jumped 9 percent to over $248 in after-hours trading on Monday after rallying throughout the month and rising 53 percent last year. The company has signed up more than half of all U.S. broadband households and is building its customer base in 190 countries by spending billions on programming. Netflix picked up 6.36 million subscribers in international markets from October through December, when it released new seasons of critically accla...

Google Faces Its First “Right To Be Forgotten” Trial in England

20Jan By PriyankaNo Comments

News

Google Faces Its First “Right To Be Forgotten” Trial in England

The search engine giant, Google Inc is set for its first battle in a London court over the "right to be forgotten" in two cases. This is the first time that the court in England will be dealing with the matter of Google's personal privacy and public interest. The case is filed by two businessmen (anonymous) who want the search engine to take down the information of their older convictions, Bloomberg reported. One of the men had been found guilty of conspiracy to account falsely, while the other of conspiracy to intercept communications, said Judge Matthew Nicklin at a pre-trial hearing Thursday. The convictions highlighted are old and presently covered under an English law designed to rehabilitate offenders- saying they can effectively be ignored. With a few exceptions, they don’t...

Google Collaborate With Coursera to Launch Online IT Certification Courses

17Jan By AnkitaNo Comments

BUSINESS

Google Collaborate With Coursera to Launch Online IT Certification Courses

Tech giant Google and online education leader Coursera today announced the launch of a certificate course aimed at filling entry-level IT support jobs globally. The Google IT Support Professional Certificate, developed by subject-matter experts at Google and offered exclusively on Coursera, will help anyone with no prior experience to be ready for an entry-level IT support job in 8 to 12 months. The programme will allow learners to share their information with a host of top companies looking to hire entry-level support professionals, including Bank of America, Walmart, Sprint, GE Digital, PNC Bank, Infosys, TEKSystems, UPMC, and, of course, Google. "Finding qualified IT personnel is a challenge many companies face. With 150,000 open roles in IT support, it is one of the fastest...