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NEW DELHI, July 15 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google is ramping up cloud infrastructure in India with a second cluster of data centres in and around capital New Delhi to meet increasing customer demands in a key growth market, senior company executives said. The Google cloud region in Delhi and its outskirts is the U.S. tech giant’s second such piece of infrastructure in the country and the tenth in the Asia Pacific. “We have seen enormous growth in demand for Google cloud services… Source link

Google Photos is trying out an entirely new feature that could change the way we share photos and video. Google Photos is considering a new way of sharing photos and videos. GOOGLE MORE FROM FORBESApple Reveals Ground-Breaking New iPhone TechnologyBy Paul Monckton Thanks to some typically revealing forensic work from software sleuth Jane Manchun Wong, we can now see a new “Ask Friends For Photos” feature currently lying dormant within the Google Photos app, as revealed in the… Source link

Google and other Big Tech companies face challenges in every legal sphere, from the U.S. Congress and state legislatures to federal and state courts and authorities in foreign jurisdictions. Most critics of Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, and other tech giants focus on the companies’ market conduct and argue that their operations are anti-competitive and monopolistic. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general have brought antitrust litigation against these… Source link

Where you go, Google knows. Here’s how to stop it from knowing where you are all the time.  Getty Images You turned… Source link

9to5Google Where many other companies were focused on releasing Android phones with the biggest and most… Source link

Google has brought an end to its effectively “unlimited” group video calls in Meet for free Gmail accounts, according to support pages spotted by 9to5Google. Now users with free accounts logging on to Meet will have group calls capped at an hour rather than the previous 24-hour meeting duration. Google’s unlimited group meeting offer was helpful because so many traditionally in-person functions moved online due to COVID-19. Not having to worry about a call cutting out or creating… Source link

Google Workspace Individual, the company’s Workspace plan designed to give one-person businesses access to some premium features in the software suite, is now available in five countries (via 9to5Google). With Workspace Individual, you’ll be able to host group meetings in Google Meet for longer than 60 minutes on a computer as well as record Meet calls and use noise cancellation. Workspace Individual also makes it easy to let others schedule time on your Google Calendar, thanks to… Source link

Google is revising how much of a cut it takes from Stadia games in a bid to try to attract more developers. Starting on October 1st, Google will take 15 percent of sales up to $3 million through the end of 2023. With the change, Google seems to be trying to make its cloud gaming platform a more enticing option for developers — a proposition that has likely become much harder since the company shut down its own in-house studios…. Source link

Screenshot: Google In order to better manage files for both home users and enterprise needs, Google is introducing the new Drive app, which is slated to merge and replace the features of the outgoing Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync apps. In a recent blog post, Google explained that the new Drive app is designed to be a unified client that lets you share and sync your files quickly and easily across all your devices and in the cloud. For the past few years, home users have relied on the… Source link

Google is aiming to help small-business insurers more accurately measure occupancy of buildings where they are on the hook for slip-and-fall accidents and other risks. The endeavor is part of a partnership between Google Cloud and Menlo Park, Calif.-based BlueZoo Inc. It is the latest publicly announced initiative of the Alphabet Inc. GOOG 0.63% unit as property and casualty insurers explore a wider range… Source link