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ChatGPT may derail Google’s market domination on online search engine

ChatGPT may derail Google’s market domination on online search engine

February 17, 2023

Over the past few months, interactive chatbots, based on Artificial Intelligence, have redefined online searches for information. Leading the revolutionary change is ChatGPT, which was the first such chatbot launched in November 2022 which has set social media ablaze with its pop...

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Top 10 YouTubers of India

Top 10 YouTubers of India

September 6, 2022

Ever since it was launched in 2005, YouTube has dominated the video sharing social media platform. After the parent company Google, it is the second most-visited site on the internet in the world. Over the years, YouTube has become immensely popular in India, with cheap data rate...

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Google & Facebook face anti-trust heat across globe

Google & Facebook face anti-trust heat across globe

December 17, 2020

Few had imagined the scenario even five years ago, but the seemingly invincible Big Tech firms Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple are all facing the heat of competition authorities across the globe as government regulators finally wake up to the threats to a fair and free market ...

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Data experts concerned over contact tracing apps

Data experts concerned over contact tracing apps

September 3, 2020

Globally, the Covid-19 outbreak has upturned all systems with an increasing number of infections and about a million deaths. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Artificial Intelligence and big data is playing a significant role in controlling the spread of the pande...

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India censors online data the most, says study

India censors online data the most, says study

October 6, 2019

According to a study by Britain-based tech research firm Comparitech, India has topped the list of countries in terms of sending content removal requests to technology companies like Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft and Wikimedia.

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Regional languages changing India’s internet landscape

Regional languages changing India’s internet landscape

May 14, 2019

With the diverse nature of Indian demography, the growing use of local Indian languages online will change the country's internet landscape breaking the English language barrier.

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Google Santa Tracker is helping kids track Santa Claus

Google Santa Tracker is helping kids track Santa Claus

December 26, 2018

While the kids in the pre-internet era waited night long in the hope of the arrival of Santa Claus, kids nowadays can simply track him on Google Santa Tracker, play Christmas games and lots more-courtesy smartphones.

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Is Facebook censoring political content in India?

Is Facebook censoring political content in India?

November 17, 2018

According to reports Facebook accounts of 10 journalists were temporarily suspended in the month of September.

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Google services make Android phone and PC even smarter

Google services make Android phone and PC even smarter

October 6, 2018

The number of website users in India is expected to soar to 536 million by 2021, as Google added a new feature to Google Go, its search app, where users can access web pages in 28 native languages.

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Google’s free WiFi project caters to 400 train stations in India

Google’s free WiFi project caters to 400 train stations in India

June 13, 2018

The project covered 100 of the busiest railway stations across India within the first year of its launch, thus enabling 15,000 people to experience the internet for the first time every day. Each station has a capacity of 1GB and the internet connection slows down after 30 minute...

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What did India search for in 2017?

What did India search for in 2017?

December 31, 2017

The year of demonetization, cricket, GST and Bitcoin witnessed some old and some new favourites on Google’s trending panel.

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Google Earth to take students on a virtual voyage

Google Earth to take students on a virtual voyage

July 4, 2017

Innovative and more interactive, the new Google Earth interface is set to revolutionise education in the world, however, is India ready to take handle the extra baggage of map security?

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