Alphabet-owned Google has reportedly entered into preliminary talks to purchase popular Indian social media platform ShareChat, a Twitter-backed startup that could be worth more than $1 billion. The Economic Times of India quoted unnamed sources as saying that the U.S. giant has signed a “term...
A bipartisan group of states is ready to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google next month, which could precede the more widely-publicized lawsuit from another group of states against the tech giant led by Texas, Reuters writes. The states involved include Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, New...
Google is debuting a new crowdsourcing feature in India called “Task Mate” with the aim of helping people earn money through small jobs, a report from 9to5Google says. The feature is currently in the early stages and limited to “selected testers,” the report says, but...
Google is integrating its Expedition 360 virtual reality (VR) tools to Google Arts & Culture app to allow teachers to keep offering students digital adventures as remote learning continues. Google announced on Friday (Nov. 13) that the Expeditions app will not be supported anymore and...
Google has won a green light from India’s competition watchdog for its plans to purchase a significant stake in Jio Platforms, the nation’s largest telecom. In a Wednesday (Nov. 11) tweet, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) announced its decision to approve Google’s $4.5 billion investment....
A U.S. judge will consider arguments in a disputed protective order connected with confidential information in a Justice Department antitrust case against Google, Reuters writes. According to Reuters, both sides had failed to reach an agreement on how to safeguard private information given by third...
With a new Google Play app called Device Lock Controller, creditors for installment phone plans have gained the ability to restrict access to one’s phone if they don’t make a payment on time, according to a report from XDA. But the app wasn’t supposed to...
Google’s antitrust woes in Europe and around the world just got a little bigger. Italian competition regulators are probing the Alphabet-owned search and tech giant amid allegations Google has abused its power atop the country’s display ad market, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct. 28). The investigation...
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered payments startup Skipify is partnering with Google to deliver shopping features within the Gmail ecosystem, the companies said announced on Friday (Oct. 23). Gmail users will be able to view products in real time and checkout with a shopping cart without leaving...
