Google Confirms It has Bought Stake in Indonesia’s Ride-Hailing Startup Go-Jek

Google confirms investment in Indonesia’s Ride-Hailing Startup Go-Jek. Today Google officially confirmed that it has invested in Indonesian ride-hailing startup Go-Jek, following last week’s report in TechCrunch that the American tech giant has bought a stake in the ride-hailing firm. According to this report, Google formed a trio team along with China’s Meituan-Dianping & Singapore’s Temasek…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 29, 20180Comments

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Google Continues with China Expansion Drive, Opens New Office in Shenzhen

Google opens brand new office in Shenzhen city. The global search giant Google seems to be stung by a strong Chinese fever as it continues with expansion drive across the mainland China. Almost a month after announcing that it would soon open its first dedicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) lab in the Asian country, Google has now…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 17, 20180Comments

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With eye on Smartphone Business, Google Acquires U.K. Based Startup Redux: Report

Google Acquires U.K. Based Startup Redux. Alphabet Inc’s flagship company Google has reportedly acquired a UK based startup that will probably revolutionize the way we listen to music on our smartphones. This startup is known as “Redux” and it has created a technology that can automatically turn smartphone screen into a speaker. If this technology does…

ByGirish ShettiJanuary 12, 20180Comments

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Google’s First AI Center in Asia to be Launched in China

Google to launch AI center in China Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc said on Wednesday that it will open a new state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) center in China. This will be one of its kind AI center run by Google in entire Asia. It will conduct similar research work in AI as is being conducted at…

ByGirish ShettiDecember 13, 20170Comments

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Google Assistant Introduces Males Voice Option

Google Assistant adds male voice. Google Assistant, a virtual personal assistant launched by search giant last year, has now inserted a new male voice option to the menu. Until today, Google Assistant by default had only female voice option but that has changed now. Named as simply ‘Voice II’ this new male voice option will be…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 4, 20170Comments

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Google Bars Youtube Access to Amazon Echo Show

No Youtube access for Amazon echo show. In surprising turn of events, Amazon said on Tuesday that its smart speaker device Echo Show is no longer able to stream Youtube videos. The company said that the device lost access to Youtube since afternoon. The matter appears to be a completely technical issue, but is not. The issue…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 27, 20170Comments

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Apple Ditches Bing, Settles for Google on Siri and macOS Searches

Apple drops Bing, opts for Google. Next time you search something on internet with Siri on IOS or Spotlight on macOS, your search results won’t be dashed out by Bing but Google. This is the result of Apple’s decision to part ways with Bing and switch over to Google as a new default user on both…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 26, 20170Comments

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Waymo want Uber to Pay Whopping $2.6 billion for Single Trade Theft

Waymo seeks $2.6 billion from Uber for trade theft Waymo, self-driving car unit of Alphabet Inc (parent company of Google) wants $2.6 billion as financial compensation from Uber for allegedly stealing a trade secret, which Google claims is one of the several trade secrets that the cab hailing company has stolen. The compensation figure for the…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 21, 20170Comments

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Google Acquires HTC’s Engineering Team in Bid to Aid Hardware Business

Google Acquires HTC’s Engineering Team. Alphabet Inc, parent company of search engine giant Google, has agreed to acquire part of HTC Corp.’s engineering and design teams for nearly $1.1 billion. This latest acquisition is expected to help the U.S. search giant in bolstering its nascent hardware business and to better compete with arch rival Apple. As per…

ByGirish ShettiSeptember 21, 20170Comments

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