Google chases businesses to maintain its payments lead in India
Google said today it is bringing its mobile payments app — Google Pay — to businesses in India as the Android-maker rushes to maintain its payments...
Google is bringing Assistant to people without internet access
Google Assistant, the digital assistant from the global search giant, is available to users through their smartphones, laptops, and smart speakers. Earlier this year, the company...
Geek Trivia: What Company Did Google Almost Sell Out To For Less Than A Million Dollars?
What Company Did Google Almost Sell Out To For Less Than A Million Dollars? Excite Lycos AltaVista Yahoo! Think you know the answer? Source : Geek...
Private search engine Qwant’s new CEO is Mozilla Europe veteran Tristan Nitot
French startup Qwant, whose non-tracking search engine has been gaining traction in its home market as a privacy-respecting alternative to Google, has made a change to...
Tracking our progress on flood forecasting
Around the world, floods cause between 6,000 and 18,000 fatalities every year—20 percent of those are in India—and between $21 and $33 billion in economic damages....
Shipper, a platform for e-commerce logistics in Indonesia, raises $5 million
Indonesia has one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in the world, but the logistics industry there is still very fragmented, creating headaches for both vendors and...
Report: FBI Tried to Get Encrypted Phone Firm to Build Backdoor So They Could Spy on Sinaloa Cartel
The FBI tried to get the CEO of encrypted phone company Phantom Secure, Vincent Ramos, to install a backdoor in his service so that the agency...
Justin Trudeau apologizes for wearing brownface in old yearbook photo, calls it racist
Not for the first time this year, a politician has apologized for a racist photo discovered in an old yearbook. This time it’s Justin Trudeau, the...
Ruin some childhoods this Halloween with the ‘Sexy Mr. Rogers’ costume
Maybe this is Tom Hanks’ fault. If you turn up to a Halloween party looking for the helpers — to help you get undressed, that is...
An experimental lab for local news in the U.K.
A sustainable digital model for local news: That’s the aim of a three-year partnership between Google and U.K. publisher Archant. Project Neon will rethink local news...
