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
Internet Google Pay now has 25 Mn active users and over 1.2 Million businesses on its platform in India Despite all the mass usage popularity and digital payments that Paytm enjoys… Deepanshu KhandelwalSeptember 19, 2018No comments1 minute read
News Startups Google launches “Solve for India” program to support the startup ecosystem in Tier II cities Google is emulating the concept of Launchpad Accelerator program for the entrepreneurs… Kajal JoshiApril 28, 2017No comments2 minute read
Enterprise News Google crowned as India’s most attractive employer, Amazon & ITC bag sector-specific awards As per a recent survey by Dutch HR consulting firm Randstad, Google… Simran AgarwalApril 27, 2017No comments2 minute read
Internet News Google’s Knowledge Graph has been updated with support for Bengali language Well, who knew Bengali was the sixth most spoken language in the… March 29, 2017No comments2 minute read
Internet News Google India and the Indian Government announce initiatives for fintech, artisans and android developers In what has the potential to turn into a very powerful partnership… Mudit MohilayMarch 23, 2017No comments3 minute read
Apps News Google Maps extends its ‘transit feature’ to seven more Indian cities As announced today, Google Maps is making its ‘transit feature’ available across… March 16, 2017No comments2 minute read
Internet News Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces Digital Unlocked initiative to empower SMBs with digital skills At a special event today in New Delhi, Google CEO Sundar Pichai… January 4, 2017No comments2 minute read
Enterprise Internet News Google to reportedly develop ‘Bharat Saves’ platform, to help Indians better manage and save money With a myriad of Internet tech giants craving to invade one of… September 6, 2016No comments3 minute read
