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The stampede from Silicon Valley
Regulatory burden is pushing big firms out of California
Mukesh Ambani sold dreams to tech giants for $27 bn. Now he has to deliver
Investors are watching Ambani's every move as he overhauls his empire -- with a market value of $179 billion -- in the middle of a pandemic
 "Mukesh Ambani sold dreams to tech giants for $27 bn. Now he has to deliver")
How InMobi's Glance is changing digital habits for India and Bharat
In a bold move in 2018, it reimagined mobile advertising and developed a first-of-its-kind lock-screen content platform, which has 115 mn users across Asia today
 "How InMobi's Glance is changing digital habits for India and Bharat")
Google takes away wide-angle astrophotography from Pixel phones
Google Pixel 5 and 4a 5G users can no longer use their ultra-wide cameras to take pictures of the stars
 "Google takes away wide-angle astrophotography from Pixel phones")
Owning databases that we help build: Can it end capitalism as we know it?
Sacrificing some more of our freedom to eternal state surveillance could become a deal with a devil we're growing to know only too well
 "Owning databases that we help build: Can it end capitalism as we know it?")
Google's gaming platform Stadia to receive four games in January 2021
Google's game streaming platform Stadia will receive four new games to its collection as part of Stadia Pro in January 2021
 "Google's gaming platform Stadia to receive four games in January 2021")
InMobi Group: This Make-in-India innovator is raring to go places
Glance, the home-grown firm's newest business, has just received major funding from an unexpected source - Google - vaulting the 18 month-old-unit to Unicorn status
 "InMobi Group: This Make-in-India innovator is raring to go places")
Google Meet, Duo hosted over 1 trillion minutes of video calls
Google Duo and Google Meet hosted over one trillion minutes of video calls globally -- equal to more than 18 billion hour-long virtual workouts in a single year
 "Google Meet, Duo hosted over 1 trillion minutes of video calls")
This former Facebook India head finds his sweet spot in vernacular content
Umang Bedi's firm VerSe capitalised on the ban on Chinese apps by launching 'Josh', which claims to have over 77 million monthly active users, 36 million daily users ad 1.5 billion video plays a day
 "This former Facebook India head finds his sweet spot in vernacular content")
Google told scientists to 'strike a positive tone' in AI research: Report
Google states on its public-facing website that its scientists have "substantial" freedom
 "Google told scientists to 'strike a positive tone' in AI research: Report")
Google, FB agreed to team up against antitrust action, says draft lawsuit
WSJ report cited an unredacted version of a lawsuit filed by 10 states against Google last week.
 "Google, FB agreed to team up against antitrust action, says draft lawsuit")
Google brings cloud-computing services to Saudi Arabia with Aramco
The partnership gives Alphabet Inc.'s Google regulatory clearance to set up what it calls a "cloud region" in the Kingdom, the companies said on Monday
 "Google brings cloud-computing services to Saudi Arabia with Aramco")
How vernacular platform Dailyhunt plans to take on Facebook in Bharat
The vernacular platform's parent VerSe has become a unicorn after over $100 mn funding from Google, Microsoft and others
 "How vernacular platform Dailyhunt plans to take on Facebook in Bharat")
Indian TikTok clone gets Google, Microsoft backing in $100 mn fund raise
This comes months after the Chinese-owned short-video app was banned in the country
 "Indian TikTok clone gets Google, Microsoft backing in $100 mn fund raise")
Dailyhunt parent VerSe becomes unicorn after funding from Google, Microsoft
The new funding comes at a time when VerSe Innovation is expanding its family of apps through its leading short video platform Josh, which is available in 12 local languages
 "Dailyhunt parent VerSe becomes unicorn after funding from Google, Microsoft")
Google, Microsoft back Facebook lawsuit against NSO group over surveillance
WhatsApp accused the spyware maker of using a since-closed vulnerability in the messaging service to install spyware on the phones of at least 1,400 users
Microsoft, Google, Dell join FB in legal battle against hacking company NSO
Tech giants including Microsoft and Google on joined Facebook's legal battle against hacking company NSO, filing a brief that warned that the Israeli firm's tools were "powerful, and dangerous"
 "Microsoft, Google, Dell join FB in legal battle against hacking company NSO")
Google partners with Sheroes to support 500 rural women entrepreneurs
Last year, the tech major had started a small pilot for an accelerator programme for 10 women entrepreneurs in rural India across its Internet Saathi network
Being part of Amazon is Prime Video's biggest strength, and challenge
From convincing filmmakers to do shows for online, to having a slate with some of the best films and shows, Amazon Prime Video has come a long way since it came to India four years ago
 "Being part of Amazon is Prime Video's biggest strength, and challenge")
Big Tech's big worries: Why are govts everywhere out to de-fang FAANG?
So far, there seems to be limited debate about their activities in India, where virtually all FAANG companies have teamed up in different ways with India's most powerful businessman, writes T N Ninan
