YouTube receives over 1 billion visitors
21 Mar 2013
India losing out on internet revolution, warns Google chief
21 Mar 2013
Google chairman Eric Schmidt has warned that lack of infrastructure and adequate technology mean that India was in very real danger of missing the internet revolution completely
Google to retire Google Reader
15 Mar 2013
Google is pulling the plug on its RSS aggregation tool Google Reader, due to declining popularity, and plans to discontinue the sevice from 1 July
Android OS most vulnerable to infections: Study
09 Mar 2013
The Android operating system accouns for 79 per cent of all malware infections on smartphones, and the threat was multiplying, reveals research by security firm F-Secure
Google makes fashion statement with Google Glass
22 Feb 2013
Google launches Chromebook Pixel
22 Feb 2013
With its touch-sensitive screen at 239ppi, the Chromebook Pixel looks among the frontrunners in the laptop space
Eric Schmidt to cash in $2.5 bn by selling nearly half of his Google stock
09 Feb 2013
In an SEC filing yesterday, Google said that chairman Eric Schmidt plans to sell 3.2 million shares to diversify his portfolio and raise personal liquidity
Google India launches ‘Mapathon 2013’
08 Feb 2013
Google settles French media copyright dispute
02 Feb 2013
Google and French news organisations yesterday settled a copyright dispute over whether the search engine giant should pay to display news content in its search results
Google results beat analysts’ projections
23 Jan 2013
Google gets clean chit from FTC over search results manipulation accusation
04 Jan 2013
Google won a crucial victory last night after a top US regulator ruled it did not unfairly manipulate its search results, a decision that would come as a heavy blow to major rivals
Google to take on Apple, Samsung with X-phone
22 Dec 2012
Following its acquisition of Motorola earlier this year, Google aims to grab market share from Apple and Samsung with the development of its own handset codenamed “X-phone”
Arris to acquire Motorola's home business from Google for $2.35 bn
20 Dec 2012
Broadband technology provider Arris Group will acquire the Motorola home business from Motorola Mobility, for $2.35 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation