• COMPUTERS
    Google, Acer Unveil Chromebase for Meetings

    Search engine giant Google and Taiwanese hardware and electronics firm Acer have released Chromebase for meetings – an all-in-one standalone secure video conferencing device. The $799 (roughly Rs. 52,000) device, which has a 24-inch, 1080p touchscreen, high-definition conferencing camera, four microphones and two stereo speakers, is specifically tricked out for video conferences. Acer claims that […]

  • NEWS
    For Google, India to be bigger market than US by next year: Pichai

    Sundar Pichai, global chief executive at Goggle, the giant search engine, believes India will become a bigger marketfor the company than the US sometime in the middle of 2016. In an interaction with half a dozen journalists here on Wednesday, he said it was not only with regard to the use of Android-based phones that […]

  • NEWS
    Project Loon: How Google plans to use balloons to connect India

    obal search giant Google’s Project Loon to provideinternet across geographies comes across as an intriguing idea, especially as it is to be done using floating balloons. The idea caused more curiosity in India when GoogleChief Executive Sundar Pichai said in a press meet on Wednesday that his company was bringing balloon-powered internet to India.   […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Apple, Google to Face EU Lawmakers Over Tax Deals

    Apple, Google, McDonald’s and IKEA will be asked about their European tax deals on Wednesday as EU lawmakers ratchet up the pressure on multinationals to pay more tax on their profits locally. The hearing, organised by the European Parliament’s tax committee, follows a similar event in November last year when Anheuser-Busch InBev, HSBC, Google and […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    15 Google Analytics Alternatives

    Google Analytics has a pretty solid hold on the online analytics market. If you want to see insights about how many people are visiting your site and what their habits are once they’re there, Google Analytics is probably your first stop. But it’s not the only option out there. For a few of the other […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Android 6.0 Marshmallow Now on 2.3 Percent of Active Devices: Google

    Google’s latest publicly available version of Android mobile and tablet operating system, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, last month finally made it to 1 percent of active devices in five months after its release to Nexus devices. The new Marshmallow version in the company’s updated Google Play distribution data for the seven-day period ending March 7 has […]

  • NEWS
    Google Search ‘Destinations’ Helps You Plan Entire Vacations on Mobile

    With smartphones around, it’s always easier to search for your next vacation and even plan one from the phone itself. Google’s new Destinations feature is aimed to make planning a complete vacation even easier on your smartphone. The new feature works right from the Google Search on the smartphone which will allow you to browse […]

  • NEWS
    Google Announces Android Beta Program, Here’s How to Opt In

    Google took everyone by surprise on Wednesday when it announced the early release of Android Npreview for developers (and enthusiasts). Along with that, the Mountain View-based company also announced Android Beta Program, which aims to help users test the latest version of its mobile operating system, and receive new builds as an over-the-air update. The […]

  • NEWS
    Google, Microsoft, Other Rivals Back Apple Ahead of iPhone Ruling

    Tech industry leaders including Alphabet Inc’s Google, Facebook Inc, Microsoft Corp, AT&T and more than two dozen other Internet and technology companies were filing legal briefs on Thursday asking a judge to support Apple Inc in its encryption battle with the US government, court documents and sources familiar with the companies’ plans said. The rare […]