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Apple acquires GPS firm Coherent Navigations

May 20, 2015

Tech giant Apple has acquired Global Position System (GPS) firm Coherent Navigation to improve its mapping capabilities. Coherent Navigation’s technology will be used by Apple to significantly enhance its Apple Maps product which is struggling to provide accurate location information. ..

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Telangana Government inks MoU with Google to build biggest campus outside US in Hyderabad

May 13, 2015

Telangana Government has inked a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with tech giant Google Inc to build biggest campus outside US in Hyderabad. The MoU was signed between Telangana Secretary of IT Jayesh Ranjan and his counterpart David Redcliffe, Google’s global ..

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Ruth Porat appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Google

March 26, 2015

Ruth Porat has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of world’s largest search engine giant Google. She will succeed Patrick Pichette who had announced his retirement on 10 March 2015 and assume charge on 26 May 2015. As CFO ..

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China prepares to outsmart Windows and Android

August 26, 2014

China is reportedly en-route to launch its indigenous operating system which will give direct competition to Microsoft Windows and Google Android. This is said to be chiefly done to reduce Chinese dependence on US technology. The platform will be standard ..

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CBI registers enquiry against Google for showing classified sites on its Maps

August 9, 2014

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a Preliminary Enquiry against Google on the basis of allegations made by Surveyor General of India (SoI) Swarna Subba Rao who alleged that Google did not refrain from mentioning classified sites despite ..

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Gmail’s Android version becomes first single app to pass 1 billion installations

May 15, 2014

Google’s Android version of Gmail app has become the first individual smartphone app to pass one billion installations on Android devices. The rankings were done by Google Play Store which ranks apps by downloads in different ranges and the Gmail Android app figured into the ..

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