Google’s parent dumps another looney plan – ballon bursts for Loon
Alphabet is shutting down Loon after concluding the business, offering balloons as an alternative to cell towers, is not commercially viable. Read more…
Alphabet is shutting down Loon after concluding the business, offering balloons as an alternative to cell towers, is not commercially viable. Read more…
Australian regulator warns that laws to force Google, Facebook to pay for news are just the start of more regulation for digital platforms. Read more…
The Indian parent of TikTok clone Josh has raised more than $100 million from investors including Alphabet Inc’s Google and Microsoft. Read more…
After committing $10 billion to India under its digitisation fund, Google is now making efforts to further localize its services. Read more…
Google has begun talks with India’s Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel to pilot high-speed internet using light beams under Project Taara. Read more…
Australia has finalised plans to make Facebook and Google pay its media outlets for news content, a world-first move. Read more…
Google said it has removed a number of browser extensions of online conglomerate IAC/InterActive Corp for “policy violations”. Read more…
The number of political prisoners from online activism in Vietnam has reached its highest on record, according to a tally by Amnesty Int. Read more…
As we reflect on the progress of the pandemic that is affecting all our lives, the questions begin. Did technology save or fail us? Read more…
Google is looking to enter India’s fast-growing short-video app space through a possible acquisition of Twitter-backed ShareChat application Read more…
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