'Why should Sundar Pichai continue?': Google employees hit hard by layoffs express anger, sorrow
Google layoffs: Google CEO Sundar Pichai, in an email to his employees, recently announced that the company will lay off 12,000 jobs across the globe. In his email to employees, the Indian-origin CEO said, "I have some difficult news to share. We've decided to reduce our workforce by approximately 12,000 roles." With this move, Google became the latest tech giant after Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon to lay off staff en mass amid global recession fears.
Jan 23, 2023, 16:48 PM IST
COVID-19: Sunder Pichai, Punit Renjen and Shantanu Narayen join Global Task Force on Pandemic Response to help India
Three Indian-American CEOs Sunder Pichai from Google, Punit Renjen from Deloitte and Shantanu Narayen from Adobe have joined the steering committee of the Global Task Force on Pandemic Response, to help India successfully fight COVID-19.
May 07, 2021, 09:04 AM IST
Google announces Stadia, a browser-based video game streaming service
Alphabet Inc`s Google announced on Tuesday a video game streaming service dubbed Stadia that attempts to capitalize on the company`s cloud technology and global network of data centers.
Mar 20, 2019, 11:22 AM IST
Google announces shutting down Google plus after massive user data leak
A technical glitch was found to have compromised accounts and personal information of over 500,000 of Google users.
Oct 09, 2018, 06:54 AM IST
Google I/O'18: CEO Sundar Pichai apologises for burger, beer emoji
Google CEO Pichai also spoke about the inaccurate beer emoji which was a half-full mug with foam coming out of the top.
May 09, 2018, 06:27 AM IST
Senate committee summons Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs to testify over data theft
The hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee has been scheduled for April 10. Senator Mark Warner also sought answers from these social media companies on data protection.
Mar 27, 2018, 10:43 AM IST
Sundar Pichai's interaction session at IIT Kharagpur: Key Highlights
It was like walking down the memory lanes for Google's India-born chief Sundar Pichai when he visited his alma mater IIT Kharagpur on Wednesday. Close to 3,000 IITians gathered to meet the alumnus.
Jan 06, 2017, 07:03 AM IST
Four Indian-Americans to be honoured with Great Immigrants Award
Four Indian-Americans, including Google CEO Sunder Pichai, are among 42 US nationals to be honoured with this year's prestigious "Great Immigrants: The Pride of America" award for their inspiring professional accomplishments.
Jun 29, 2016, 13:18 PM IST
100 railway stations to have Google Wi-Fi in one year
At least 100 railway stations will have Google-sponsored Wi-Fi connectivity in one year, Union minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu said here on Saturday.
Jan 23, 2016, 23:46 PM IST
Google to set up Wi-Fi at 400 Indian railway stations in India
Google has announced plans to make Internet accessible to one crore passengers at 100 busiest railway stations in India by the end of next year and will later expand it to 300 other stations, making it one of the largest public Wi-Fi projects in the world.
Sep 28, 2015, 14:07 PM IST
Good news for Android users! From next month type in 11 more languages
Google CEO Sunder Pichai has said that the company will introduce 11 new languages in Android next month.
Sep 28, 2015, 11:43 AM IST
India will play big part in driving technology forward: Sunder Pichai
India will play a big part in driving technology forward in the future, Google CEO Sunder Pichai said Saturday and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accelerating India's effort to become the next global hot bed of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Sep 27, 2015, 14:47 PM IST
India fastest growing start-up nation: Google CEO Sunder Pichai
Google Chief Executive Sunder Pichai on Sunday described India as the "fastest growing start up nation in the world".
Sep 27, 2015, 13:17 PM IST
