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Indians Searched For COVID-19 Vaccine The Most In May: Google

indbadmin Jun 8, 2020

New Delhi: Google on Monday revealed that the search for COVID-19 vaccine skyrocketed in May and went up by over 190 per cent in India. The search for coronavirus, on the other hand, dropped to No. 12 in searched topics, according to a…

Google India To Help Find Food And Night Shelters For Those Away From Home

indbadmin Apr 14, 2020

Amid a large number of people stranded away from their homes, Google India has teamed up with the Indian government to locate night shelters and places where food is available in cities. The feature is available on smartphones and also on…

Parliament Panel Wants A Fix To Porn Problem On Social Media

indbadmin Jan 13, 2020

Bengaluru: A parliamentary committee formed to study the prevalence of adult pornography and child abuse videos on social media platforms has questioned Twitter and Google on how they will curb children’s access to such content. The…

Fraudster Posing As Google Head Arrested In Bhubaneswar

indbadmin Nov 25, 2019

Bhubaneswar: A man, identified as Soumyajit Tripathy, was arrested on charges of looting mobile phones and laptops in Odisha capital by posing as the state head of tech giant Google. A resident of Shastri Nagar here, the accused had…

Google Chrome To Mark Slow Loading Sites

indbadmin Nov 12, 2019

Google Chrome is reportedly going to label websites that typically load slowly. Chrome is expected to display a badge for this soon. It may also identify and suggest if a site is likely to be slow on the user’s device and current network…

New Google Messaging Protocol To Replace SMS; Threat To WhatsApp?

indbadmin Oct 29, 2019

Google has introduced a new messaging protocol that is meant to replace SMS. The new protocol has advanced features such as file transfers, typing indicators, etc. This is somewhat like WhatsApp, albeit with lesser features. A Universal…

Google Bans Predatory Personal Loan Apps

indbadmin Oct 14, 2019

In a cleanup, Google has banned personal loan apps where the annual percentage rate was 36 per cent or higher. These 'payday loan' apps were termed as 'deceptive or harmful'. Google is reportedly wanting to "protect users" against…

Google Doodle Fetes India’s First Woman Graduate

indbadmin Oct 12, 2019

Google on Saturday dedicated a doodle in memory of Kamini Roy, a social reformer and the first woman to graduate with honours in India. Roy was born on October 12, 1864 to an elite Bengali Baidya family. Her father, Chandi Charan Sen, was…

Google Maps To Show Public Toilets Near You

indbadmin Oct 2, 2019

Google on Wednesday announced an update for Google Maps that will show the nearest public toilets. The service has been rolled out in association with Swachh Bharat Mission and Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs. It has currently…

Happy Birthday Google: Search Engine Turns 21 Today

indbadmin Sep 27, 2019

Google celebrated its 21st birthday with an adorable and special doodle on Friday. The doodle is a throwback photo of a bulky computer, which shows a Google search screen, lying on the side on a table with the time stamp of ‘98 9 27’…

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