Microsoft, responding to the rights group's allegations, said a system fault had removed some search results for users outside China.
EU says Google unfairly pushes own apps with Android
It will compete with rivals Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure
Lumia 640 XL will begin rolling out globally in March.
A group of influential lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan legislation in the US Senate to comprehensively overhaul the H-1B and L-1 visa programmes and usher in more transparency in the recruitment of foreign workers. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. Technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.
The US has announced that individuals travelling to the country on a business or tourist visa - B-1 and B-2 - can apply for new jobs and even appear in interviews, but the prospective employees must ensure that they have changed their visa status before starting a new role. B-1 and B-2 visas are generally referred to as "B visas", and they are the most common types of visa issued for a wide range of uses in the United States. The B-1 visa is issued mainly for short-term business trips, while the B-2 visa is issued mainly travelling for tourism purposes.
Microsoft's new search engine, bing.com, automatically censors certain sex-related terms when the user's 'country location' is set as India.
The group has called for a retaliatory tariff action against India, if New Delhi does not roll back the 'unilateral and discriminatory' equalisation levy or Google Tax.
In July, Google announced plans to launch its own operating system for personal computers. The planned open source 'Google Chrome Operating System' is expected to be available in the second half of 2010.
This year will be the one when GenAI becomes a part of the daily lives of people around the world.
Nokia agreed in September to sell its devices and services business and license its patents to Microsoft for 5.44 billion euros after failing to recover from a late start in smartphones.
Search engine Google will invest $1 billion for a 5 per cent stake in Time Warner's AOL Internet unit, strengthening the alliance between the two Internet powerbrokers and creating new hurdles for competitors such as Microsoft.
Windows 10, which comes almost three years after the launch of the company's last operating system, will be available in 190 countries.
'Today's engineering graduates have to learn the skills to solve problems which is actually a higher order skill.'
The company ended a longer-than-expected search for a new leader after Steve Ballmer announced his intention to retire in August.
The US launched an investigation, focusing on whether the tax in India and other countries discriminated against American companies, were retroactive, and reflected unreasonable tax policy.
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Samsung which leads the global list takes the 10th spot in India.
India has emerged as a favoured location for captive technology units of Walmart, Lowes and Daimler.
In February this year, Nokia had announced the 'Nokia X' family of affordable smartphones, running Google's Android apps, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The catch is the need for a supportive framework in place that allows free and fair use of such technology.
Global software behemoth Microsoft on Wednesday said it aims to capture a respectable marketshare in the popular online search engine space currently dominated by Google and Yahoo.
Mountain View baed search engine giant launches Google Nexus 4 smartphone, Nexus 10 tablets with price tags that could start a new price war among the likes of Apple, Samsung and Amazon.
There are really three parts to this answer: getting the right experience, creating a good resume, and submitting it the right way.
Android M would be built directly into cars allowing drivers to enjoy all the benefits of the internet without even plugging in their smartphones.
Citing denial of assistance from United States authorities, a Delhi court on Monday said the proceedings against 13 websites, including Facebook and Google, are "stayed" in a complaint case which accused them of promoting class enmity and undermining national integrity.
Google has admitted that it is lagging behind other industry players such as Apple and Microsoft in terms of the number of patents it holds.
The offer of $196 per share represents a premium of 49.5 per cent to LinkedIn's Friday closing price
If Android One succeeds, it will only cement Pichai's so-called position as the most powerful man in the mobile world.
Internet giant Google is the most attractive employer for graduates from the Asia-Pacific region in a list of top companies which figures no Indian firm.
From educating people about the internet, connecting far-flung areas with a high-speed net, promoting entrepreneurship, building start-up incubators, women empowerment, to even running a voter registration campaign, cybersecurity and counter-terrorism, Facebook and Google have done it all for the government.
Despite regulatory hurdles, India continues to be among the preferred destinations for FDI due to the country's high economic growth, with both Mumbai and Delhi being touted as among the cities likely to produce the next Microsoft or Google, a survey said.
Internet major Google is facing probes by fair trade regulators in India, Europe and three other jurisdictions for alleged anti-competitive practices.
Their startup investments number 13 so far, compared to 17 deals in 2020.
Setting a deadline for 22 social networking websites including Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to remove all "anti-religious" or "anti-social" content, a Delhi court on Saturday directed the companies to file compliance reports by February 6.
Retail giants are looking at Indian start-ups in the big data and analytics space
A dozen state-owned local research institute or mapping bureaus, obtained a class-A license from State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping.
Amid mass layoffs in the tech sector, the federal agency for immigration services has said it is wrong to assume that sacked workers holding the much-sought-after H-1B visas have to leave the country within 60 days, asserting they have multiple options to stay in the US. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. Technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.
Wojcicki, 54, said in her blog post that she will focus on "family, health, and personal projects I'm passionate about." Wojcicki, who was previously a senior vice president for ad products at Google, became CEO of YouTube in 2014.
Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said there is a tremendous momentum in cloud adoption, as he termed cloud a "big game changer". Nadella, who is currently in India, addressed Microsoft Future Ready Leadership Summit in Mumbai on Tuesday. He is also scheduled to visit Delhi and Bengaluru this week, and will be meeting key customers, startups, developers, educators and students during his India visit.
In EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who has kickstarted the long-pending anti-trust investigation into Google, the internet search giant may have finally met its match.
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