Slate of Google updates boost its smartwatch, work collaboration efforts
Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday unveiled updates across many services, including Maps, Photos and operating systems, as the company showcases its role in a world that has become more digitally connected during the pandemic.
Italy fines Google $123 mln for abuse of dominant position
Italy’s competition watchdog said on Thursday it had fined Google (GOOGL.O) 102 million euros ($123 million) for abuse of its dominant position due to its Android mobile operating system and app store Google Play.
The CEO of Google sends an email detailing the company’s resumption of operations
As the lockdowns begin to ease, Google’s CEO sent an email to employees encouraging them to return to work three days a week. The business began reinstalling workplaces in April but has only recently revealed how it intends to implement a new hybrid operating week. In his email, Sundar Pichai extols the virtues of office […]
From Amazon to Tata, industry steps up to combat India’s coronavirus crisis
Sachin Ravikumar, Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Chris Thomas Global and Indian firms are flexing their industrial muscle to help the world’s second biggest population battle coronavirus, coming to the rescue of a public health system buckling under the weight of surging infections and deaths. Amazon.com (AMZN.O), Intel (INTC.O) and Google, as well as Indian firms Tata Sons, Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) and JSW […]
Israel picks Amazon’s AWS, Google for flagship cloud project
Israel’s government chose Amazon Web Services (AWS) (AMZN.O) and Google for a more than $1 billion project to provide cloud services for the country’s public sector and military. Amazon and Google beat out Microsoft (MSFT.O), Oracle (ORCL.N) and IBM (IBM.N) in the tender for the four phase project known as “Nimbus”, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday. They will establish local cloud […]
Google Maps to start directing drivers to ‘eco-friendly’ routes
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