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New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin met in 1995 at Stanford University when Brin was considering whether or not to attend grad school there. Page was tasked with showing him around – and they disagreed about nearly everything, according to some.But the next year, they formed a partnership that led to the creation of a search engine in their dorms, CBS News reported.What was formerly called Backrub, a search engine that scoured the internet and ranked pages based on importance, was later named Google.By August 1998, they had $100,000 from co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim and…

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Google has become synonymous with search engines. When it was first starting out in 1998, however, it was competing with names such as Yahoo, Ask Jeeves and AltaVista for a share of the pie, Straits Times reported.Founded in 1994, Yahoo was once a global leader in e-mail, online news and search until the start of the 21st century.However, the company was swiftly overtaken by rivals like Gmail and Hotmail in its main search and display ad businesses, while its news aggregation fell behind Facebook, Twitter and other digital channels, the BBC reported.With most of its…

Talking about this, the ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ singer said that she is proud to hail from the Latin American country.Shakira was honoured by Spotify on September 29 as the platform declared it ‘Shakira Day’ for the entirety of Friday, and she was even announced as the Equal Global Ambassador for the month of September.The whole ‘Shakira Day’ honour was given to the singer after she was extensively highlighted by the trend #ShakiraDeservesADay campaign, created by her Colombian fanbase.The whole trend went viral on social media, which coupled with her popularity and acclaim for being the No.1 most listened to Latin…

It’s the largest tech monopoly case of the 21st century that could reshape the search engine giant and the internet as it exists now. It’s being compared in scale to the antitrust trial against Microsoft in 1998, which the tech giant lost.The trial is expected to last three months in the federal court of Judge Amit Mehta, who was born in Patan, Gujarat and came to the US with his parents when he was one. Sunder Pichai, the Google CEO, who was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu and came to the US after his early studies. They are almost the…

As Google looks ahead, the Indian-origin tech mogul has been reflecting on the commitment from the original founder’s letter in 2004: “to develop services that improve the lives of as many people as possible — to do things that matter.”“We’re just beginning to see what the next wave of technology is capable of and how quickly it can improve,“ according to Pichai.Today, one million people are using generative AI in the Google Workspace to write and create.Flood forecasting now covers places where more than 460 million people live. A million researchers have used the AlphaFold database which covers 200 million…

They may have problems like social isolation, low educational attainment, financial difficulties and heavy substance use.The study led by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) showed that those who had mental health issues in childhood were as likely to encounter educational/economic difficulties in young adulthood as they were to face further mental health problems.“Mental health symptoms often come and go throughout childhood and adolescence, so we do not want to over-rely on symptom levels at one point in time. We decided to investigate children who had persistent reports of mental health symptoms, regardless of whether they met the…

This is the first time in the history, that the national championships of the most prestigious inter school football tournament of the country is being played outside the national capital. It has been the longstanding desire for the Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society (SMSES) to spread the reach of this iconic tournament to more corners of the country and the Sub-Junior boys tournament in the Garden City is a start to the initiative.The group stage matches will be played at the Air Force School, Jalahalli, Air Force School, Yelahanka and Air Force Training Command. All the knockout matches will be…

As smartphones have brought millions more online, Indians have become some of the most enthusiastic Google users. Using products like Gmail, Translate and Android, India is second only to the US in total number of mobile ‘Search’ queries.Search in 2003 started in English but the company quickly added Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil and many other languages going forward.India’s digital transformation is at a tipping point and millions of connected Indians, affordable smartphones and data, record highs in digital payments, the digitisation of citizen services, and a vibrant startup ecosystem have put the technology sector on track to become the…

YouTube has now become the platform of choice for four out of every five people online in India while its short-video-making app called Shorts has grown in popularity, with 96 per cent aged 18 to 44 in the country using YouTube Shorts.With an average of 70 billion daily views globally, YouTube Shorts continues to grow in popularity among viewers in India, according to the company.In February, Google officially started ad revenue sharing on YouTube Shorts with creators to compete with Instagram Reels. Earlier, creators were only allowed to monetise long-form content on the platform.Shorts watch-time now also surpassed devices with…

According to Statista Consumer Insights released in May, Google remains a niche player in the smartphone market, with less than five per cent of smartphone users calling a Google device their main phone in most major markets.However, a recent report by Counterpoint Research showed that the Google smartphone market grew in Japan, making the brand number two in the country.Google achieved 9 per cent of the market share in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, surpassing local brands to secure the second position after Apple, which has historically dominated the market with over 50 per cent share.The recently launched Pixel…