The search giant celebrates English writer and humorist Douglas Adams' 61st birthday with a doodle.
Internet search giant Google on Thursday said it will be "happy to help" India in implementing a project to provide unique identity numbers to citizens, if asked.
Internet search-engine giant Google has agreed to give its closest rival Yahoo 2.7 million shares of its stock to settle patent infringement and other legal claims, the companies announced on Tuesday.
Once the user selects a service, they will be directed to the Uber or Ola app to request the ride with one tap.
The latest rally gives Google a market capitalisation north of $264 billion and comes as the major market indexes edge closer to all-time highs.
"Live Search Maps for India will allow users to search for geographical information, places of general interest and business listings both on the PC and on mobile phones," said Microsoft India Consumer and Online Marketing Operations Head Rishi Srivastava. Microsoft's map services will offer detailed listings and street maps for nine cities, business listings across 29 cities and access to highway networks to 20,000 cities and towns.
As Google redirected its users in China to a website in Hong Kong, influential Chinese authors have demanded settling copyright issues, alleging that the US-based search engine scanned their books without permission.
Worried about possible terror attacks on Maharashtra's water installations, the state government is going to request the Centre to block information on dams from search engines such as Google.
If one searches for Trump Tower on Google Maps, they will not find that exact name there. Instead, they will find "Dump Tower," WPIX-TV reported.
Online search-engine leader Google Inc. is preparing to introduce an electronic payment system later this year in a move that would pose a financial threat to one of its biggest advertisers, Internet auctioneer eBay Inc.\n\n
Internet search giant Google has acquired social games website SocialDeck for an undisclosed amount, in a move to strengthen its social networking service.
The latest round of WikiLeaks disclosures published by the UK's Guardian newspaper claimed that Li Changchun, who is ranked fifth in the Chinese Communist Party politburo, became hostile to Google after he searched his own name and found articles criticising him.
Apart from the embarrassment, these "crazy blogs" - as companies term them - force India Inc to spend crores of rupees to repair the damage.
Women, although open to using the internet for health information, reported feeling overwhelmed by what they found.
It revealed that in absolute volume terms or the number of education related "searches", India ranks second only to US globally.
The efforts, a part of '#40 Forward' programme under Google for Entrepreneurs', are aimed at finding new ways to advance female entrepreneurs.
On his personal Google+ page, the 52-year old announced his plans.
American cartoonist Winsor Zenic McCay had inspired the likes of Walt Disney and several other animators of his time. Google pays a tribute to his genius with this interactive doodle.
In 2009, India did not even feature in the top 10 list of countries searching for FIFA world cup online, notes search giant Google.
Today, the search giant is celebrating the Irish novelist's 165th birthday with the doodle.
The runaway success of an American company in controlling access to information, in an information age, does not sit comfortably with the powers in Paris, Berlin, Rome and Brussels.
Himanshu Juneja reviews the best phone yet from Google
The categories which came up trumps include apparels and accessories, food and beverages, hair care, skin care, and the surprise of the lot, baby care.
Internet connectivity in Pakistan is quite low with estimated penetration rate of 10 per cent but opportunities for growth are evident as 62 per cent of Pakistanis are under the age of 25, Google has said.
Kartik shared a picture from his visit to the shrine on Instagram and wrote, 'Overwhelmed with your Pure Love.'
China on Tuesday hit back at leading internet search engine Google, saying its move to stop censoring web content in the country violated its written undertaking and warned it against violating rules.
Bharat Ratna recipient Ustad Bismillah Khan was born March 21, 1916.
In the official company blog, Google Vice President Security (Engineering) Eric Grosse said, "We are constantly on the lookout for malicious activity on our systems, in particular attempts by third parties to log into users' accounts unauthorised. Today, we are taking that a step further for a subset of our users, who we believe may be the target of state-sponsored attacks".
This would be the first visit to India as Google CEO.
The US media world is suddenly agog with reports of Kosmix, a start up that could change the way people search the web, which also could be a potential threat to search engines like Google or Yahoo.
Search giant Google has released satellite images of facilities at two Iranian cities that the United Nations claims may be used to develop nuclear weapons.
Internet search giant Google has been ranked by the Fortune magazine as the best company to work for in America with amenities like free gourmet food, free laundry facilities and onsite doctor.
The pay hike comes as Google ramps up its battle with competitors, especially neighbouring Facebook Inc, in a fight to secure talented staff.
In India and Bangladesh alone, more than 500 million people speak these five languages.
This month, Google, the Internet Goliath completed its 13 years of existence. Widely recognised as a search engine there is more to Google, feels Get Ahead reader Indresh Kumar.
Today's animated doodle on the search engine's homepage pays tribute to the English cricketer and creator of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
Internet search engine Google made a surprise entry as the second-most preferred employer in a survey conducted among engineering students.
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