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What is Project Loon?

December 17, 2020

Project Loon, a subsidiary of Google recently announced that its balloons have successfully stayed in the stratosphere for almost a year. The balloons are helium filled and cover a distance of 2.1 lakh kilo metres. Project Loon aims to provide ..

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United Nations launches “Team Halo” to counter misinformation around COVID-19 vaccines

November 18, 2020

On November 17, 2020, the United Nations along with “the Vaccine Confidence Project” of University of London launched “Team Halo”. More than 100 scientists from different parts of the world have come together under the project. Highlights Team Halo aims ..

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What is anti-trust case against Google?

October 21, 2020

The United States Justice Department recently sued Google alleging the company of illegally abusing it in the internet search. According to the department, Google is illegally using its dominant position in the internet market to advertise deals. Highlights The US ..

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Google partners with Bangladesh for Flood Forecasting

September 4, 2020

Google has partnered with Bangladesh Water Development Board for flood forecasting. Key Facts It will bring the flood warning services to Bangladesh. The system currently covers more than 40 million people in Bangladesh and it is working to expand its ..

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Google announces new Digital Education tool ‘Assignments’

August 15, 2020

The search engine giant Google has announced new education tools for teachers and students to facilitate learning in the virtual education space. This feature will be available with all the products of Google such as Meet, G Suite and Classroom. ..

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Google joins hands with Central Water Commission for flood forecasting initiative

August 15, 2020

The search engine giant Google has joined hands with the Central Water Commission in order to make the flood forecasting in the country more advanced and more effective. Google has already taken certain initiatives and sent several numerous public alerts ..

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Maharashtra ties-up with Google for Virtual Classes

August 9, 2020

Maharashtra government has signed an agreement with the technology giant Google Inc. in order to strengthen the online education infra in the state. The state government has signed the pact with the terms that the students and the teachers will ..

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Google joins hands with Prasar Bharati for AI-enabled Independence Day celebration

August 6, 2020

Google India has joined hands with Prasar Bharati in order to utilize Artificial Intelligence in the Independence Day celebrations in the country. The company plans to make the celebrations unique this year. In an attempt to make people remember the ..

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Google to launch file-sharing feature ‘Nearby Share’

August 5, 2020

The search-engine giant Google has finally come out with an announcement to launch its own file-sharing feature within the next few weeks. This will be akin to the Air-Drop like feature. Details The Nearby Share Feature will allow the users ..

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Facebook and Google to pay for news in Australia, for the first time in the world

July 31, 2020

In a first of its kind move, Australia has made it mandatory that tech giants Google and Facebook will have to pay the media outlets in the country for the news content used by these companies. This is aimed at ..

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