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Google to finally shut down Inbox by Gmail on 2 April, same day as Google Plus
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Google to finally shut down Inbox by Gmail on 2 April, same day as Google Plus

Inbox by Gmail users have two more weeks to switch over to the normal Gmail app.

Google Plus officially discontinues on 1 April: Here's how to download your data
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Google Plus officially discontinues on 1 April: Here's how to download your data

Here is how you can download your data and delete your Google+ account.

Sundar Pichai's Congress hearing: Five dumb questions that the Google CEO had to answer
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Sundar Pichai's Congress hearing: Five dumb questions that the Google CEO had to answer

Several members of Congress have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to technology.

Google+ shut down speeds up, a second privacy bug affected 52.5 million users
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Google+ shut down speeds up, a second privacy bug affected 52.5 million users

Google+ software flaw for the second time this year allowed partner apps to access its users’ data.

Sundar Pichai defends Google's 'integrity' of products ahead of 11 Dec testimony
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Sundar Pichai defends Google's 'integrity' of products ahead of 11 Dec testimony

In written testimony, Sundar Pichai said he has led the company “without political bias.”

Google asked to explain the reason for delay in disclosing issues with its Google+
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Google asked to explain the reason for delay in disclosing issues with its Google+

Google claims to shut down the consumer version of Google+ and tighten its data sharing policies.

Google+ leaked data of 5,00,000 users: Here's how you can delete your account
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Google+ leaked data of 5,00,000 users: Here's how you can delete your account

It will take Google roughly 10 months to remove Google+ completely.

Daily Bulletin: #MeToo throws up more names, Narendra Modi to address farmer rally in Rohtak; top stories for today
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Daily Bulletin: #MeToo throws up more names, Narendra Modi to address farmer rally in Rohtak; top stories for today

Following the escalating voices against sexual harassment across the world as part of the #MeToo wave, more and more Indian women have come out and named prominent journalists and Bollywood personalities as sexual predators.

Google to shut down Google+ after exposing user data of up to 5,00,000 accounts
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Google to shut down Google+ after exposing user data of up to 5,00,000 accounts

A bug outside developers access to private Google+ profile data between 2015 and March 2018.

Google might be testing edits like manual bokeh effect, colour pop in Google photos
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Google might be testing edits like manual bokeh effect, colour pop in Google photos

These features might still have to undergo a lot of testing before they are rolled out.

Google faces criticism again as former reporter claims tech giant forced her to 'unpublish' a story
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Google faces criticism again as former reporter claims tech giant forced her to 'unpublish' a story

A former Forbes reporter has claimed that she was also put under pressure by the tech giant to ‘unpublish’ a story regarding its platform Google Plus.

Google pressurises publications to drop stories speaking negatively of it, claims a reporter
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Google pressurises publications to drop stories speaking negatively of it, claims a reporter

Google also pressurised the higher-ups at Forbes by saying the article was problematic and had to come down.

Facebook Messenger now has more than a billion active users
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Facebook Messenger now has more than a billion active users

Facebook Messenger has just crossed the one-billion-active-user mark. The app now joins the likes of WhatsApp and Facebook, both owned by Facebook Inc. by the way, in an elite club.

Facebook vs Google+: Mark Zuckerberg on a mission to destroy Google's social network
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Facebook vs Google+: Mark Zuckerberg on a mission to destroy Google's social network

Zuckerberg made it a mission to destroy the Google's social network no matter what the cost, reveals an ex-Facebook employee.

Zuckerberg's stare borders from psychopathic to sexist; Facebook ex-employee
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Zuckerberg's stare borders from psychopathic to sexist; Facebook ex-employee

But this isn't the first time, and in the past, we've heard how the glam and glittery Facebook just fades off from within.

Frequent social media use may lead to eating disorder
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Frequent social media use may lead to eating disorder

Excess use of social media such as Facebook, Instagram or YouTube may lead to disordered eating and body image concerns among young adults, suggests new research.

Google received 'right to be forgotten' URL removal requests for 1.2 million sites
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Google received 'right to be forgotten' URL removal requests for 1.2 million sites

Google has released some numbers related to the 'right to be forgotten' ruling. It means individuals who've requested removing of certain URLs from search results.

Google Hangouts gets a dedicated website
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Google Hangouts gets a dedicated website

Google Hangouts finally gets an all-new dedicated website.

Facebook is teenagers' favourite, Google Plus and Twitter follow, claims study
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Facebook is teenagers' favourite, Google Plus and Twitter follow, claims study

Facebook is the most preferred social networking site of teenagers, while Twitter comes a surprising third, after Google Plus, a 14-city survey has said

Google+ launches Pinterest-type Collections; now available for Android and Web
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Google+ launches Pinterest-type Collections; now available for Android and Web

Google+ has ventured into something different with the introduction of a new feature called Collections, which allows users to create boards of images videos, and other content which is categorised according to specific topics.