Tag: Google

New Delhi: In a bid to recreate some festival fervour in the social distancing times, Google has created a virtual Diwali experience that everyone can be a part of — via a new Augmented Reality (AR) experience. Google Arts & Culture has partnered with over 20 cultural heritage organisations to launch Diwali @Home. “Striking images […]

New Delhi: Google has announced that it will soon start charging for Google Photos storage once users upload more than 15GB onto their accounts. Starting June 1, 2021, all new photos and videos backed up in high quality will count toward the free 15GB of storage that comes with Google Account or any additional storage […]

San Francisco: Google said it will further put users in control of their data and the Google experience, with a new setting for smart features and personalisation in Gmail. Soon, Gmail users will be able to see a new setting for controlling whether user data in Gmail, Meet and Chat can be used to offer […]

Seoul/New Delhi: Facing backlash from developers, Google said on Monday that it will postpone enforcing a 30 per cent commission on in-app purchases of digital content from its Play Store from next January to next September. Under the new policy set to be adopted in late September, Google plans to take a 30 per cent […]

San Francisco: Google’s game streaming platform Stadia has received six new games to its collection as part of Stadia Pro. The games include Into the Breach, Hitman 2, Kine, Monster Jam Steel Titans, Everspace and Secret Neighbor. Players can claim all six of the games this month and keep them for as long as they […]

San Francisco: Google has made it official that it is going to shut down Poly, its 3D platform, next year. In an email sent to Poly users, Google said the service will completely shut down on June 30, 2021, and will stop accepting uploads on April 30, 2021. The users are advised to download their […]

New Delhi: Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube is launching a new feature that is aimed at reducing offensive comments on the platform The feature will warn users when their comment may be offensive to others, giving them the option to reflect before posting. From the reminder, the commenter can move forward with posting the comment […]

New Delhi: Google has updated its Street View app on Android and now, anyone can share their photos with Street View and create connected photos with just a smartphone. The users can collect own Street View imagery and put it in the right place on Google Maps. “Using our new connected photos tool in the […]

New Delhi: Google’s game streaming platform Stadia has received five new games to its collection as part of Stadia Pro. The January 2021 games -Ary and the Secret of Seasons, Figment, F1 2020, and Hotline Miami – are now available for Stadia Pro subscribers, reports 9To5Google. New year, new games to enjoy with Stadia Pro! […]

San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube, which is yet to permanently ban the outgoing US President Donald Trump, has removed a new video from his account for violating the content policies. The company has also issued a “strike” against his account, meaning he cannot upload new videos or livestream content for at least a week. “After careful […]

New Delhi: Hash Code 2021, Googles flagship team programming competition, is back in a virtual avatar owing to the ongoing pandemic. ‘Hash Code 2021′ will kick off with the Online Qualifications on February 25 and wrap up with the ‘Virtual World Finals’ in April. Hash Code is for students and professionals around the world where […]

New Delhi: Alarmed at the growing harmful financial services products on its Play Store in India, Google on Thursday said it has reviewed hundreds of personal loan apps in India and pulled down several of them found to be violating its app policies. The company said it has asked the developers of the remaining identified […]

New Delhi: The Google News Showcase has reached nearly 450 publications across a dozen countries, the majority of which are local and regional, the company has announced. Google said that its investment of $1 billion over the next three years towards news partnerships and for Google News Showcase helps support publications to produce, distribute and […]

Sydney: Google on Friday threatened to pull its Search engine from Australia if a proposed media bargaining law, that directs Google to pay news publishers, goes into effect. Mel Silva, Managing Director of Google Australia and New Zealand, appeared before a public hearing of the Senate Economics Legislation Committee that is reviewing a proposed new […]

New Delhi: Google is celebrating Team India’s historic win over Australia in the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Test series in a unique way. Whenever an internet user searches for ‘Indian cricket team’ on the search engine, he/she is greeted with virtual fireworks. The tricolour fireworks appear on the screen once search results for the Indian cricket team […]