Google expands Jio partnership with Indian smartphone, cloud tie-ups

NEW DELHI, June 24 (Reuters) – Google deepened its partnership with Reliance Jio on Thursday with an “ultra-affordable” smartphone which could connect hundreds of millions of customers to high-speed mobile data and a cloud tie-up to boost the Indian telecoms firm’s 5G push. The ‘JioPhone Next’ has been developed by Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Jio for the Indian market, Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) of which Jio is a part, told his company’s annual shareholder… Source link

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Another 411,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims last week

New weekly jobless claims resumed declining last week but by a smaller than expected margin, underscoring the still-choppy recovery in the U.S. labor market.  The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to consensus data compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended June 19: 411,000 vs. 380,000 expected and an upwardly revised 418,000 during prior week Continuing claims,… Source link

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Grandson racks up $9,000 Google Play bill without knowing; Grandma is now fighting for a refund

PHOENIX — Saving your passwords and even your payment information on your phone may make online shopping a lot quicker, but it could also leave you open to some unexpected charges. Kathy says she learned the hard way after she got a fraud alert from her bank. “I was absolutely appalled. They had drained the entire checking and savings account,” said Kathy. Almost $9,000 was gone. She says even more surprising, all the money went to buy games through Google Play. Kathy says she did link her… Source link

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Google and Jio collaborate on ‘ultra-affordable’ JioPhone Next

Indian tech giant Jio Platforms has collaborated with Google on a new affordable smartphone called the JioPhone Next, Jio’s parent company Reliance announced today. The Next is aimed at helping the roughly 300 million users in India who are currently on 2G networks upgrade to 4G, TechCrunch reports. It will be released in India on September 10th, before coming to other markets at a later date. Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani said the JioPhone Next would be an “ultra-affordable 4G… Source link

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Google and Jio Platforms announce JioPhone Next, an affordable Android smartphone – TechCrunch

Jio Platforms, run by India’s richest man (Mukesh Ambani), and Google on Thursday unveiled the JioPhone Next, an affordable Android smartphone, as the top Indian telecom operator makes further push to expand its reach in the world’s second largest internet market. The Indian firm, which secured $4.5 billion investment from Google (and another $15.5 billion from Facebook and others) last year and shared plans to work on low-cost smartphones, said the JioPhone Next is aimed at… Source link

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1 dead, 8 injured in Miami condo collapse a block from Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s home, reports say

A section of Champlain Towers South, a Miami Beach condominium just one block from where Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are leasing a home, crumbled in the wee hours of Thursday morning. Screengrab/Google Street View; Screengrab/Alex Hernandez via Twitter A person died with 8 more injured in a Florida building collapse early Thursday, local media said. A video posted on Twitter showed damage to Champlain Towers on 8777 Collins Avenue, Surfside. The building is one block from Ivanka Trump and… Source link

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The red hot housing market is slowing down the economy: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, June 24, 2021 Supply can’t meet demand, housing edition We’ve periodically checked in on the housing market at The Morning Brief over the last year, and the story has, in general, been consistent.  Home prices are rising amid a surge in demand, while low interest rates enable buyers to afford more house.  But cracks in the housing market… Source link

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Meet the man designing Google’s new headquarters

British designer Thomas Heatherwick is designing Google’s new buildings in California and London. Getty In 2012, British designer Thomas Heatherwick found himself having dinner with Google co-founder Larry Page at the billionaire’s house in California. Page wanted to discuss the future of Google’s sprawling headquarters in Mountain View, as well as some of the company’s other offices around the world. But the dinner very nearly didn’t happen. “I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t, we didn’t, really… Source link

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Google will let more video, music and book apps evade its 30 percent cut

Google is opening up applications to a new program for developers of media apps that lets them keep more of what they earn — paying a lower 15 percent commission to Google in exchange for supporting certain platforms and features (via 9to5Google). The Play Media Experience Program is another way to get around the company’s 30 percent service fee, and it’s also an admission that the Google had already been cutting deals with some developers behind the scenes; Google is positioning… Source link

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