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India helps us improve Google Maps: Top executive
Fri, Feb 07, 2020
There are at least eight India-first features that Google Maps boasts about. While the "two-wheeler mode" introduced first in the country shows trip routes that use "shortcuts" not accessible to cars and trucks, the "Stay Safer" feature alerts and notifies users travelling using public transport when their vehicle goes off-route and also enables them to share the live status of their trips with friends and family
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$2.3 bn payout! Google founders Larry Page, Sergey Brin earn this whopping amount, AFTER quitting
Fri, Dec 06, 2019
It would be a dream come true if you could continue to make money even after quitting your job! Seems like the same has happened with Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who recently stepped down from the day-to-day management of Alphabet Inc.
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This Google company proposes plan to build smart city to tackle challenges of urban growth
Wed, Jun 26, 2019
Sidewalks Lab, the Google's sister company presented its plan for Toronto, Canada project to build Quayside, a gateway into western waterfront area into a high-tech smart city. The $990 million project entitled as 'Toronto Tomorrow: A new approach for inclusive growth.'
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Google parent struggles with mobile clicks, YouTube changes, shares down 7 percent
Tue, Apr 30, 2019
Alphabet Inc`s Google failed to reap the benefits of a strong economy that bolstered rivals in the first quarter as the leading internet ad company faced increased competition in its search and hardware businesses and suffered from disruptive changes at YouTube.
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Google announces Stadia video game streaming service
Tue, Mar 19, 2019
Google has endured mixed results in gaming. Video games are the best-selling category on its app store for Android mobile devices. It sold an estimated $21.5 billion worth of games last year, according to research firm Sensor Tower.
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Flipkart deal done? Walmart may make announcement in just days
Tue, May 08, 2018
Walmart is likely to announce its much-anticipated deal to buy a controlling stake in Indian e-commerce player Flipkart before the end of this week, two sources said, in what is likely to be the U.S. retail giant`s biggest acquisition of a business.
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Self-driving car: Waymo CEO says its tech would have handled Uber incident safely
Sun, Mar 25, 2018
Self-driving car: The fatal collision on March 18 in Tempe, Arizona, has raised questions about the safety of autonomous technology in general, and of Uber`s system specifically, of which few details are known. An investigation by police and federal safety regulators is ongoing into the accident, in which an Uber test vehicle driving in autonomous mode hit a pedestrian at night as she was walking across a four-lane roadway with her bike.
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Google hires former Samsung exec to coordinate Internet of Things projects
Tue, Feb 13, 2018
Alphabet Inc`s Google this month hired Injong Rhee, who recently resigned as Samsung Electronics Co`s chief technology officer, to lead its Internet of Things business, he said in a LinkedIn post Monday.
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