CWC, Google sign agreement for flood forecasting and dissemination of flood related information

Central Water Commission (CWC) has signed collaboration agreement with search engine giant Google for flood forecasting and dissemination of flood related information to masses. This initiative will help crisis management agencies to deal extreme hydrological events in better manner for effective flood management in India under National Hydrology Project (NHP). Key Facts Under this collaboration, ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018

Topics: Central Water Commission • CWC • Flood Management • Google • National • National Hydrology Project

Nitin Bawankule appointed as country head for Google Cloud business in India

Google has appointed Nitin Bawankule as the country head for its cloud business in India. He will take over from Mohit Pande who has quit the company. Bawankule will report to Rick Harshman, Managing Director of Asia Pacific, Google Cloud. Nitin has been with Google India for over six years as sales head for multiple ..

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Google launches Android Things for IoT platform

Alphabet Inc’s Google launched Android Things (codenamed Brillo), a variant (or spinoff) of Android operating system for Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as smart home appliances and other smart machines. Its goal is to enable IoT machines developers to be built faster, cheaper and more secure. Android Things It is Android-based embedded operating system ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018

Topics: Android Things • Google • Internet of things • Science and Technology

NITI Aayog ink SoI with Google to help grow AI ecosystem in India

The NITI Aayog has signed Statement of Intent (SoI) with search engine giant Google to work together to foster growth for India’s nascent artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) ecosystem, Key Facts Under the aegis of this program, Google will train and incubate Indian AI startups in accelerator program. These startups will be mentored ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018

Topics: Artificial intelligence • Google • National • NITI Aayog • Science and Technology

Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with Google India launches a 360° Virtual Reality (VR) video on Incredible India

On April 26, Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with Google India has launched a 360° Virtual Reality (VR) experience video on Incredible India https://t.co/H1VdcNXBUR. As part of the partnership, Google Arts and Culture will provide users with an immersive 360-degree view of India’s heritage festivity spirituality and adventure. The video will showcase users a 360-degree ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018

Topics: 360-degree video • Digital media • Google • Qutb Minar • Technology • Video game consoles • Virtual reality • Vithoba • Xbox 360