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Microsoft Outlook Lite releases soon

Microsoft is reportedly planning on releasing a Lite version of the Microsoft Outlook app for Android. According to details stated in the Microsoft 365 roadmap, Microsoft Outlook Lite will have a smaller app size and improve performance for low-end devices on any network. 
14 July 2022, 17:27 PM

Apple devices getting ‘lockdown’ safeguard against spyware

Apple recently unveiled a new way for activists, journalists and other targets of state-sponsored espionage to protect themselves from spyware.
7 July 2022, 09:21 AM

European consumer groups raise Google privacy concerns

A number of European organisations, led by the European consumer organisation BEUC, have raised complaints regarding Google's privacy settings.
30 June 2022, 10:59 AM

Google Hangouts to officially shut down

Google, the world’s most popular search engine, has announced that it will be showing an in-app prompt to users who still use Google Hangouts to switch to Chat in Gmail or the Chat app.
28 June 2022, 13:44 PM

Google hit with antitrust complaint

Tech giant Google was hit with an antitrust complaint recently after a Danish online job-search rival took its grievance to EU regulators, alleging that Google had unfairly favoured its own job search service.
27 June 2022, 08:16 AM

Google says Italian company's hacking tools used to spy on Apple Inc, Android smartphones

An Italian company's hacking tools were used to spy on Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said in a report on Thursday.
23 June 2022, 18:20 PM

Think twice before using Google’s 'incognito' mode

Google, the world’s largest search engine, apparently collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a “private browsing” mode.
20 May 2022, 13:06 PM

Earth Day 2022: Google doodle shows stark images of climate change

Google today is marking Earth Day 2022 with glaring satellite images of climate change.
22 April 2022, 06:13 AM

How tech giants took advantage of the pandemic

In a dramatic reversal of fortune for the big tech companies, Amazon and Facebook capitalised on being seen as essential for people in lockdown,
6 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Five global tech firms paid Tk 4.6 crore VAT in August to NBR

Five global tech firms paid Tk 4.6 crore as value added tax (VAT) in August with social media giant facebook depositing the highest amount, which reflects the growing desire of businesses to advert about their product and services in the digital sphere.
16 September 2021, 09:50 AM

Google to start paying some news publishers for content

Google says it will start paying some publishers for their news content, in a move that could pave the way for reduced tensions between the internet search giant and the beleaguered news industry.
30 June 2020, 09:56 AM

Google launches ‘journalism relief fund,’ following Facebook

Google announces it will launch an emergency fund to help local news outlets struggling to maintain operations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
15 April 2020, 15:25 PM

Google co-founders step down

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down from their roles at the helm of parent firm Alphabet and handing the reins to current Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the company says.
4 December 2019, 04:48 AM

Amnesty International calls Facebook, Google rights abusers

Amnesty International issues a scathing indictment of the world’s dominant internet corporations, arguing in a new report that Google and Facebook should be forced to abandon what it calls their surveillance-based business model because it is “predicated on human rights abuse.”
21 November 2019, 04:47 AM

Huawei phones lose access to install Google’s apps

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s newly launched Mate 30 devices have lost their access to manually install Google’s Android apps, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
2 October 2019, 18:00 PM

All that’s new with Android 10

Google has released the much anticipated Android 10 and Android 10 GO operating system on a select few devices on September 3 of this year.
29 September 2019, 18:00 PM

No response from Facebook, Google, YouTube

The government has failed to bring Facebook, Google, YouTube and other digital platforms under its tax network three months after
22 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Google calendar app down globally

Alphabet Inc’s Google Calendar app users were unable to access their schedules on Tuesday as the app faced technical issues globally.
19 June 2019, 08:05 AM

Google will give users more control over who tracks them online

Google is tightening the rules for how websites track people who use its Chrome web browser, an effort to assure users it wants them to be in control over who watches their moves online.
8 May 2019, 06:31 AM

Facebook, Google face widening crackdown over online content

Tech giants like Facebook and Google came under increasing pressure in Europe when countries proposed stricter rules to force them to block extreme material such as terrorist propaganda and child porn.
9 April 2019, 08:24 AM