Australia Passed Amendment to Make Google, Facebook Pay for News
Australia’s laws forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news are ready to take effect, though the laws’ architect said it will take time for the digital giants to...
Tag : Google
FB to Restore News Pages in Country Soon, Says Australia Govt
Facebook has reached an agreement with the Australian government and will restore news pages in the country days after restricting them. The decision follows negotiations between the...
Smartphone Sales Declined 12.5 Per Cent Globally in 2020
Smartphone sales declined 12.5 per cent globally in 2020, according to a report by market research firm Gartner. The company said the global smartphone market declined...
Google Fires Second AI Ethics Leader as Dispute Over Research, Diversity Grows
Google, the Alphabet Inc has fired staff scientist Margaret Mitchell, they both said, a move that fanned company divisions on academic freedom and diversity that...
TaxiForSure Co-founder’s New Startup Zolve Raises $15 Mn
Online taxi booking service TaxiForSure got $10 million in a Series B round of funding, led by Bessemer Venture Partners along with existing partners Accel...
Nokia to Launch Mass-Market 5G Smartphones in India
Global smartphone manufacturer, HMD Global, which operates Nokia-branded mobile phones, plans to launch its feature phone and smartphones in India. The global smartphone maker is...
Google Play Store Removes 30 Loan Apps for Violating User Safety Policies
Google has begun to remove money-lending apps that do not comply with the country’s banking regulations from its Android Play Store following directions from the Reserve Bank...
Glance Raises $145 Million from Google, Mithril Capital
Glance, the world’s leading lock screen platform, today announced that it has closed a $145 million investment round from Google and existing investor Mithril Capital....
Dailyhunt Parent Raised $100 Mn Funding, Becomes Unicorn
VerSe Innovation Private Ltd., Dailyhunt’s parent company, has received more than $100 million (around Rs 738 crore) funding from Falcon Edge Capital’s AlphaWave, Google and Microsoft at a valuation of more...
Google Services Resume After Massive Gmail, YouTube Outage
Google services including YouTube, Gmail, and Google Docs were inaccessible to millions of users worldwide.Several people had taken to Twitter to report the inability to access...