New Google camera makes copying artworks a snap
18 May 2016
Using what it calls the Art Camera, the Google Cultural Institute has scanned 1,000 works of art in record time and is now making the camera available to other cultural institutes, including in India, for free
EU antitrust regulator to fine Google record €3 bn for manipulating search results
16 May 2016
European antitrust regulators plan to impose a record €3-billion fine on Google in the days ahead for abusing its dominance of the online search market
Google to not display payday lenders' ads
12 May 2016
US regulators seek information about security updates for phones, software from technology majors
10 May 2016
Oracle, Google to face each other in legal battle over APIs
09 May 2016
If the dispute over API packages Google uses in the Android mobile operating system were to go Oracle's way, Google could end up owing the software giant up to $9 billion, far surpassing any other copyright verdict
Idea ties up with Google Play for card-less purchases
06 May 2016
Idea Cellular and Google have announced a partnership to enable more than 175 million subscribers of the mobile phone operator to make credit cards unnecessary for making purchases on Google Play
Apple hires GoogleX lab co-founder Yoky Matsuoka
05 May 2016
Winner of the MacArthur "Genius Grant", Yoky Matsuoka is a leader in the field of neurorobotics, which combines robotics with how the human nervous system coordinates muscle and skeletal movements
Google, Fiat Chrysler tie up for driverless cars
By By Jagdeep Worah | 04 May 2016
Under the arrangement, Fiat Chrysler will provide Google with an initial 100 hybrid minivans built specifically to accommodate Google’s self-driving features. By Jagdeep Worah
Google in overdrive to make driver-less cars street legal
02 May 2016
Google has been joined by others like Ford, Uber and Volvo in pushing for “one clear set of federal standards” for autonomous or driverless cars to bring them on US roads as early as possible
Google Street View car catches itself speeding
30 Apr 2016
Motorola ex-chief Rick Osterloh joins Google
29 Apr 2016
Google's parent Alphabet’s Q1 profit fails to impress at $4.21 billion
23 Apr 2016
Google's holding company Alphabet said the costs of traffic acquisition, or what it pays to other web sites for ad space totaled $3.8 billion and accounted for 21 per cent of advertising revenues during the quarter
Google remains India’s most attractive employer
21 Apr 2016
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
.jpg "Microsoft, Google challenge Delhi HC order to remove non-consensual content")
