Google has been targeted by a French consumer group and its peers in complaints to privacy watchdogs over its vast trove of users’ personal data harvested via their Google accounts, said European consumer organisation BEUC. “The language Google uses at every step of the registration process is unclear, incomplete, and misleading,” the group said.Read More
Monthly Archives: July 2022
BlackBerry said on Monday it will sell its legacy patents primarily related to mobile devices, messaging and wireless networking for $600 million (roughly Rs. 4,490 crore) to a special purpose vehicle formed to acquire the company’s patent assets.Read More
Vodafone is working with Google to extend the battery life of on Wear OS by Google watches. The telecom network will achieve so by reducing the “chatter” between the device and the network.Read More
BlackBerry plans to negotiate a settlement of an eight-year-old lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by overstating demand for its BlackBerry 10.Read More
Google has announced a new update for the Google Password Manager that will now allow users to manually add password on Chrome and Android. The new update will also provide a consistent and unified user interface experience on Chrome and Android. The new update will also let users add a Google Password Manager shortcut on…
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved Google’s proposed acquisition of a minority stake in telecom major Bharti Airtel. Earlier in January this year, Google announced its plan to invest up to $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,510 crore) in Airtel in a move that could help bolster the Indian telecom operator’s digital offerings, the…
YouTube announced that it will no longer allow users to hide the number of subscribers they have. The company has added a new comment moderation setting to increase strictness and it is also limiting the type of special characters that can be used in a channel name.Read More
Facebook parent Meta Platforms will reportedly reduce its target for hiring engineers in 2022 to around 6,000-7,000, down from an initial plan to hire about 10,000 new engineers. According to Reuters, the statement comes Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, who cited the figure during a weekly employee Q&A session on Thursday.Read More
Google has agreed to pay $90 million (nearly Rs. 711 crore) to settle a legal fight with app developers over the money they earned creating apps for Android smartphones and for enticing users to make in-app purchases, according to a court filing. There were likely 48,000 app developers eligible to apply for the $90 million fund.Read…
Dyson V11 Absolute Pro has got an upgrade almost two years after its launch in 2019. It now comes with a new swappable click-in battery system that extends the runtime of the vacuum cleaner to up to two hours. Dyson has also introduced exchange offers for buyers in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai for a limited…