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Google Pixel Phones Launch Event Highlights

Oct 05, 2016 01:58 (IST) Google Pixel, Pixel XL’s Really Blue Colour Variant Is Not Launching in India Oct 04, 2016 23:00 (IST) Google Pixel Phone Launched: First Phone With Google Assistant Built-In 22:55 (IST) That’s about all there is from the event. Thanks for following the live blog. Stay tuned to Gadgets 360 for detailed coverage. 22:54 (IST) There’ll ... Read More »

How to Watch Google Pixel Phones Event Live

How to Watch Google Pixel Phones Event Live The Google Pixel event is the company’s biggest launch of the year, where the software giant will unveil its new portfolio of hardware products, ranging from the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, to the Google Home smart speaker. Other products expected to be launched at the October 4 event are the Google ... Read More »

Google Home, Google Wifi, Daydream View, Chromecast Ultra, and Other Announcements

Google Home, Google Wifi, Daydream View, Chromecast Ultra, and Other Announcements HIGHLIGHTS Google unveiled an array of hardware products on Tuesday The products are the fruits of the unified hardware division The central theme of the products was smart home automation Google at its #MadeByGoogle event unveiled its hardware portfolio, the fruits of the newly-formed hardware division under Rick Osterloh, ... Read More »

Google, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, and Amazon Announce ‘Partnership on AI’

Google, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, and Amazon Announce ‘Partnership on AI’ HIGHLIGHTS Companies will discuss advancements and conduct research in AI AI-powered bots will become the next interface Nadella said AI-powered chatbots will revolutionise computing experience In a major boost to artificial intelligence (AI) research, five top-notch tech companies – Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft – have joined hands to ... Read More »

Google Researcher Highlights Flaws in Dozens of Norton, Symantec Products

HIGHLIGHTS Symantec fixed the issues informed by Ormandy and asked users to update Issues could have allowed hackers to control OS without user interaction Symantec uses the same core engine across their entire product line Google Project Zero member and security researcher Tavis Ormandy published a blog on Wednesday detailing major security flaws found in nearly 25 of Norton and ... Read More »

Google+ Revamped UI Starts Rolling Out to All Users

Google+ Revamped UI Starts Rolling Out to All Users HIGHLIGHTS The new Google+ is expected to be light, fast and responsive The new features to reach Android, iOS and web users in the coming weeks It also brings to ability to add photos and links to comments. Google hasn’t given up on Google+ yet. The tech giant on Tuesday began ... Read More »

South Korea Says Investigating Whether Google Broke Antitrust Laws

South Korea’s antitrust regulator said on Friday it is looking into whether Google has violated the country’s anticompetition laws, acknowledging formal scrutiny of the global internet search company for the first time. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) disclosed the investigation in a brief statement, without commenting on the nature of the probe nor any potential antitrust violations. A person ... Read More »

Instagram Hits 1 Billion Downloads on Google Play

HIGHLIGHTS Instagram enjoys 500 million monthly users 300 million people use the app everyday It recently introduced ‘Snapchat clone’ Instagram Stories feature Instagram has crossed a new milestone by achieving 1 billion downloads on Google Play. What is more noteworthy is that Instagram is the nineteenth app to do so, joining the scarce billion-downloads club. The social sharing app enjoys ... Read More »

Google Chrome 47 Finally Removes Desktop Notifications Centre

As promised back in October, Google with Chrome 47 for Windows, Mac, and Linux has removed the desktop notification centre. Several bug fixes also come as part of the update. The search giant has also rolled out Chrome 47 for iOS with some new features. Chrome 47 for Android is expected to hit Google Play soon. Google in October announced ... Read More »

Rio 2016 Olympics: Google to Showcase Events, Results, and More in Search

Google on Tuesday unveiled a set of enhanced features to bring alive the Olympic mood among Indian fans which will help them to know more about their favourite athletes and sports disciplines. On Google, when you search for “Olympics” or a similar query, an in-depth search result will be displayed at the top of the Search page or in your ... Read More »