GOOGLE PLANNING TO REOPEN ITS OFFICES IN U.S. IN APRIL

Highlights

• This decision taken by the Alphabet-owned company is on similar lines of the announcements made by tech firms like Amazon Inc., Facebook Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc.

• In a statement, Google said offices will likely open in April based on specific cri...

ALPHABET INC'S GOOGLE WILL RESUME ACCEPTING POLITICAL ADS IN US

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• The Alphabet-owned company had paused taking political advertisements in January following the violence at US Capitol complex and in the run up to the presidential inauguration

• Facebook has declined to respond to a request for a comment on when the ban...

US STOCKS SURGE OVER REPORTS OF STRONG EARNING AND HIRING DATA

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• Wall Street stocks were primarily boosted by the results announced by Alphabet and e-commerce giant Amazon as both the companies continued making profits despite the COVID-19 pandemic

• According to the data released by payroll firm ADP, the United State...

GOOGLE ACQUIRES FITBIT FOR WHOPPING $2.1 BILLION

Highlights

• The US Justice Department had said that it has not reached a final decision about whether to pursue an enforcement action regarding the Fitbit deal

• “We complied with the DOJ's (Justice Department’s) extensive review for the past 14 mont...

CHINA’S BAIDU AND GEELY’S MERGER TO ROLLOUT WITH SMART CARS

• Baidu will hone in with smart driving dynamics while Geely will offer design and manufacturing saliency.
• Geely is a pioneer in china’s automobile industry, and also is proprietor of Volvo and owns a stake in Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler.

The two companies...

GOOGLE WORKFORCE UNITES TO FORM LABOR ASSOCIATION FOR PRESENTING THEIR PROBLEMS AT ORGANIZATION

HIGHLIGHTS

• A gathering of Google engineers and different specialists declared Monday they have shaped an association, making uncommon traction for the work developed in the tech business

Around 225 representatives at Google and its parent organ...

‘ALPHABET WORKERS UNION': U.S. GOOGLE EMPLOYEES FORM LABOR UNION

Highlights

• This labor union known as the “Alphabet Workers Union” has been formed to promote workplace equity and ethical business practices

• It will collect dues of 1 percent of total compensation from members and these funds will cover paid organizer...

GOOGLE TO DISPLAY INSTAGRAM AND TikTok VIDEOS IN ITS SEARCH RESULTS

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• Reports state that the Alphabet-owned company is working on the possibility to feature the videos from both the platforms, TikTok and Instagram

• A Google spokesperson said the search-engine giant is currently testing the feature on mobile phones

GOOGLE RESPONDS TO U.S. ANTITRUST LAWSUIT, DENIES MISUSE OF POWER

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• Google said it didn’t make use of its multibillion-dollar deals with other tech companies to safeguard its position as the primary online search engine

• The Alphabet-owned company used agreements with device makers like Apple, Samsung and LG in or...

GOOGLE IS OFFERING FREE WEEKLY COVID-19 TESTS TO 90,000 EMPLOYEES IN THE U.S.

Highlights

• The company has already announced extension of its work from policy till September 2021, which will be applicable to all its 200,000 employees worldwide

• Every employee of Google and its subsidiaries like YouTube will be eligible to sign up for a free a...

YouTube SUSPENDS U.S. NEWS CHANNEL OVER MISLEADING INFORMATION CHARGE

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• Online video streaming platform YouTube has decided to suspend a channel named One America News Network (OANN) for sharing misinformation regarding a cure for dreadful COVID-19

• During this period of suspension, no new videos can be uploaded and in orde...

GOOGLE & U.S. FAIL TO REACH CONSENSUS OVER PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR FIRMS TIED TO LAWSUIT

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• The U.S. government has sued Google last month accusing them of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals in the biggest challenge to power and influence of Big tech over the period of last 10 years

• Google said in a court filing, that it is pu...

GOOGLE WILL NOT FILE MOTION TO DISMISS US LAWSUIT

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• Google was sued by the U.S. Justice Department for $1 trillion in the month of October accused of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals in the biggest challenge to the power and influence of Big Tech in decades

• Google would refrain from fi...

YouTube BROUGHT IN $5 BILLION IN AD REVENUE FOR GOOGLE IN Q3

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• YouTube currently has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, and over 35 million inclusive of those on free trials

• In third quarter of 2020, online video streaming platform YouTube was successful in bringing in $5 billion in advertisi...

DECEMBER 19: LAST DATE FOR GOOGLE TO RESPOND TO US ANTITRUST LAWSUIT

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• According to a court filing on Friday, search engine giant Google has to respond to the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit by December 19

• The Justice Department accused Google of illegally maintaining its monopoly over search with the help...

INDIAN AMERICAN JUDGE AMIT MEHTA TO HEAR U.S. ANTITRUST CASE AGAINST GOOGLE

Highlights

• Amit Mehta was nominated to the court by former US President Barack Obama and was confirmed to the US District Court for the District of Columbia in the year 2014

• According to the experts, Amit Mehta who previously was a partner at the law firm Zuckerm...

YouTube Shorts: NEWEST SUBSTITUTE FOR ByteDance's TikTok

Highlights

• YouTube Shorts is Alphabet's answer to TikTok developed by ByteDance and will allow users to upload 15-second or less short-term videos

• Most of the features in YouTube Shorts are similar to TikTok and its rival cloned by Instagram called Reels

TECH GIANTS POST AMAZING RESULTS: STOCKS HARDLY MOVE

Highlights:

•       Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, and Facebook post better than expected results

•       Alphabet posted a historic low on revenues within its own framework

It was a day of contrasts in ...

RELIANCE: WORLD’S NEW SECOND MOST VALUABLE ENERGY COMPANY

After jumping to the 46th spot in the list of world’s most valuable companies thanks to its market capitalisation of more than Rs 14 lakh crore, Reliance Industries Limited has now displaced ExxonMobil to become the world’s second most valuable energy company. 
Few days ba...

NOT LARRY PAGE BUT MUKESH AMBANI IS THE 6TH RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD

Highlights

• According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the real-time net worth of Mukesh Ambani is $72.4 billion.

• The flurry of investments witnessed by Reliance Jio Platforms has immensely benefited the wealth of Mukesh Ambani as owns stake of 42 percent in R...