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Stampede: Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner to issue notices to RCB and others
Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesha is leading a magisterial probe into the Chinnaswamy stadium stampede. Notices will be issued to KSCA, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Police Commissioner B Dayananda to join the inquiry. Jagadeesha inspected the stadium and aims to complete the inquiry within 15 days, gathering evidence to determine responsibility for the tragedy.
How a Gujarati bought the Google.com domain for less than Rs 1,000 and got Rs 4 lakh from the tech giant
In 2015, Sanmay Ved, an ex-Google employee, surprisingly bought google.com. He found the domain listed on Google Domains. The purchase cost him just $12. Google quickly realized the mistake and canceled the transaction. Ved received a reward of $6,006.13 from Google. He then donated the money to a charity. The charity provides education to underprivileged children.
Google outage affects millions: Issues reported with search, maps, and more
Google services experienced a significant global outage affecting platforms like Search, Maps, YouTube, News, and Gmail. Users reported issues starting at 6:00 PM IST, with disruptions peaking around 7:00 PM. Google acknowledged the problem with Search and is working on a fix, while users expressed their frustrations on social media. The outage impacted both mobile and desktop users across various regions.
New York Times to get around $100 million from Google over three years: report
The New York Times is getting around $100 million from Google over three years as part of a broad deal that allows the Alphabet Inc unit to feature Times content on some of its platforms, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Antitrust probe into Google's news product dropped
The decision comes after Google earlier this year made a major concession by offering to exclude "Google News Showcase" content from its general search results. "Google has responded to our concerns and implemented important adjustments to the benefit of publishers," said Andreas Mundt, president of Germany's Federal Cartel Office.
German cartel office ends proceedings against Google News Showcase
The office said Google had abandoned plans to integrate the Google News Showcase into general searches and changed its contractual practice to make sure publishers do not face difficulties in asserting their ancillary copyright in response to its concerns.
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Google News may soon be coming to WearOS 3 watches: Report
Google unveiled the Pixel Watch, along with the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, during its "Made By Google" event. Following the release of the company's first wristwatch, Google appears to have pushed developers to produce more WearOS apps.
Google News turns 20! Tech giant brings more customisable experience for desktop
Users can also customise the topics that appear on the page.
India has the most fact checkers in the world: Irene Jay Liu, News Lab lead, APAC at Google
Liu said that as journalists are at the frontline of fighting misinformation and that it was with this in mind that the Google News Initiative (GNI) India Training Network was created. She said it was focused on bringing the skills of fact checking, digital safety and security and other topics to newsrooms where working journalists can teach others.
Russian regulator blocks Google News, cites Ukraine conflict
"We've confirmed that some people are having difficulty accessing the Google News app and website in Russia and that this is not due to any technical issues on our end," Google said in a statement.
Google launches GNI Advertising Lab to support small, medium sized news publishers in India
The programme will select up to 800 small to medium news publishers and work closely with a select subset to guide them through the optimisation/setup of their content management systems, websites, and ad setups.
German competition authority launches probe into Google's news showcase
Google said that its Showcase product, which was launched last autumn, was one of many ways it supported journalism, building on products and funds that all publishers can benefit from
Google brings News Showcase to India, after Australia, UK and Germany
Under the Google News Showcase feature, the search giant will pay participating news organisations to give readers access to a limited amount of paywalled content.
Google agrees to pay Italian publishers for news
The deal will give the Italian publishers access to the Google News Showcase programme, which sees it pay outlets for a selection of enriched content.
Quint Digital bags Google contract to fact-check misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine in India
"The company has been awarded a contract by Google Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd to support journalistic efforts to fact-check misinformation about the COVID-19 immunization process in India," Quint Digital said in a regulatory filing.
News Corp signs multi-year news partnership deal with Google
As part of the agreement, the companies will develop a subscription platform and will share advertising revenue through Google's ad technology services.
Google plans to pay publishers $1 billion over three years for their content
CEO Sundar Pichai said the new product called Google News Showcase will launch first in Germany, where it has signed up German newspapers including Der Spiegel, Stern, Die Zeit, and in Brazil with Folha de S.Paulo, Band and Infobae.
Google wants to tackle coronavirus misinformation, pumps in $6.5 mn into fact-checkers
The company is also looking to use its products and 'ecosystem' to bolster the battle against fake news.
Microsoft News review: This app is the tech giant's answer to Apple and Google News
They've added a whole lot of simplicity and flair plus made it free and unrestricted.
Google to expand options for non-English-language news readers
Google News, a computer-generated free news site provided by Google Inc that aggregates stories worldwide, is expanding its customization options for non-English-language readers this year, the creator of the news service said recently.
Google lets online media keep stories, photos or video out of its index
Publishers have always been able to block Google from including their website content in the search engine index.
Google search result: Journalist 'Qasab'
Google News has given Kasab the status of a BBC correspondent reporting out of Mumbai, albeit mistakenly. Phishing email I How you could be attacked on net!
Google News mistakes Jackson queries for attack
A deluge of search queries for Michael Jackson led Google News, the news aggregator of Web search engine Google, to initially believe it was under attack.
Google News launches Twitter feed
The news aggregation site run by the Internet search giant announced the launch of the @googlenews Twitter feed in a post on the Google News blog on Monday.
Google to offer content from European news agencies
Content from eight national news agencies that own European Pressphoto Agency is to be made available on Internet via Google News, under a new accord announced.
Google News, EPA members in partnership agreement
Internet search giant Google announced Tuesday it had reached agreement to host news stories and photos from eight members of the European Press Agency (EPA) on Google News and display ads alongside them.
Google News: Newspapers should love us
Newspapers should understand the benefits of what Google has done both for them and for the readers, says Krishna Bharat, creator of Google News. Selling mantra
Google working to fix glitch on news site
Engineers at Google Inc are working to resolve a problem on the company's Google News site that has resulted in some photos and news stories being mismatched.
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