Culture & Policy News After Amazon and Flipkart, Google faces antitrust probe in India over abuse of dominant position in Smart TV sector Antitrust probes have become a common occurrence as tech giants continue to… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 23, 20213 minute read
Internet News Search engine miscategorized as a social media intermediary, new IT rules do not apply to it: Google tells Delhi HC The new IT rules have proved to be a headache for major… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 2, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Google to provide information on oxygen and bed availability in India through new Maps feature Sundar Pichai-led Google has announced that it will be testing a new… Manasi VarmaMay 10, 20213 minute read
Culture & Policy News Google lends aid to India in COVID-19 crisis, pledges ₹135 crores for medical supplies and support With the COVID-19 situation in India getting worse with the second wave,… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 26, 20212 minute read
Internet News Delhi HC instructs Google to suspend account for controversy in Ad Words bidding war The dispute between travel booking rivals MakeMyTrip (MMT) and HappyEasyGo (HEG) came… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 4, 20212 minute read
Internet News Indian Newspaper Society asks Google to pay 85% of ad revenue to news publishers, days after Australia’s landmark law The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), the central organization of the Press of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 26, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Google takes down personal loan apps amid financial frauds and harassment reports Google has announced that it will be pulling down a few personal… Nikhil MakwanaJanuary 14, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Indian Premier League tops Google search results in India in 2020, beating ‘Coronavirus’ Internet has undoubtedly become an essential part of most people’s lives, and… Maaz AhmedDecember 9, 20203 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Google faces investigation from India’s competition watchdog for abusing app store dominance to promote its own payments app It is a tumultuous time for big tech companies, as governments around… Shashank RajNovember 9, 20203 minute read
Apps Internet News Google will not mandate its Play Store commission fees in India till 2022 While Apple has a set policy when it comes to App Store… Upneet SinghOctober 5, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Google expands its flood forecasting service to all of India, and parts of Bangladesh Google, in its efforts to help people in flood prone areas receive… Shashank RajSeptember 2, 20202 minute read
Internet News Google’s ‘add me to search’ launches in India, allowing anyone to create ‘People Cards’ to show up in search results Google has today announced the launch of ‘People Cards’, a feature that… Chinni SinghAugust 11, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Google will provide digital learning tools to 23 million students in India’s Maharashtra state The state government of Maharashtra and Google are partnering up to promote… Chinni SinghAugust 7, 20202 minute read
Business Internet News Google to invest $4.5Bn in Reliance Jio Platforms for a 7.7% stake In a deal that was pretty much out in the open yesterday,… Staff@The Tech PortalJuly 15, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News India could establish new data regulatory body to curb US dominance in country’s digital space: Report India has been tinkering with its data policies from some while now,… Upneet SinghJuly 13, 20202 minute read
Google partners with CBSE for digital education push in India American tech companies are continue to see more value in India’s digital… Chinni SinghJuly 13, 20202 minute read
Apps News Google to shut down local Q&A app Neighbourly in India Google has announced that its hyper local social networking app- Neighbourly will… Shalabha SarathApril 2, 20202 minute read
Business News Google Pay revenues in India surged 155% to $156M in FY 2018-19 with $710K in profits Google Pay, the UPI enabled payments service that Alphabet-owned Google runs in… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 27, 20203 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Google Former Disney India head Sanjay Gupta to lead Google’s India business Eight months after Google’s former India MD, Rajan Anandan departed to join… Staff@The Tech PortalNovember 8, 20192 minute read
India’s competition watchdog asks details of agreements between handset companies and Google : Report The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has sought from handset companies, the… Diya RustagiJune 20, 20192 minute read
Apps Google Maps in India now allows users to check live bus timings and live train status Google Maps, the online mapping service launched by Google 14 years ago,… Shreyes MadgaonkarJune 4, 20193 minute read
